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Filmtracks Statistics:
Average Filmtracks Rating: 3.28
Average Viewer Rating: 3.16
Number of Reviews: 50
Number of Votes: 52,548
Number of Comments: 611
Reviews in Filmtracks'
Top 100 Traffic Ranks:
#70. The Thin Red Line
#95. Shrek
Reviews in Filmtracks'
Top 100 Voting Ranks:
#30.  How to Train Your Dragon
#43.  Solo: A Star Wars Story
#74.  How to Train Your Dragon 2
#100.  Wicked
Filmtracks Editor's Recommendations:
•Chicken Run
•How to Train Your Dragon
•How to Train Your Dragon 2
•How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
•Solo: A Star Wars Story
•The Call of the Wild
•Wicked
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REVIEWS AT FILMTRACKS
 (see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear FR VRVTCT RD TRDates Notes
N
That Christmas2024****3.561691||||2,21001/25
N
Wicked (co-wrote)2024*****3.993434|||||2,05912/24 - 06/25multiple albums
•Migration2023****3.541801||||2,00201/24
•The Call of the Wild2020*****3.802803||||1,89201/21 - 09/21all albums
•How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019*****3.914353||||1,49003/19 - 03/24all albums
•Solo: A Star Wars Story (co-wrote)2018*****4.161,00219|||||75006/18 - 11/23all albums
•Ferdinand (co-wrote)2017***3.082400||1,81801/18
•Jason Bourne (co-wrote)2016**2.461782||1,62909/16
•Pan2015****3.561768|||1,55712/15
•How to Train Your Dragon 22014*****4.069207|||||77709/14 - 03/22all albums
•Rio 22014***2.891781||1,67208/14
•Ice Age: Continental Drift (co-wrote)2012***2.832891||1,17107/12
•Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (co-wrote)2012***2.953261||1,38303/12multiple albums
•Happy Feet Two2011***2.692151||1,74801/12
•Kung Fu Panda 2 (co-wrote)2011****3.359358||82605/11
•Mars Needs Moms2011****3.304681|||1,35903/11
•Rio2011***2.984732||1,42104/11
•Fair Game2010**2.602734||1,83311/10
•Green Zone2010****3.093251||1,73012/10
•How to Train Your Dragon2010*****4.182,58521||||24204/10 - 04/21multiple albums
•Knight and Day2010***2.962375||1,82908/11
•Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs2009***2.993906||1,18406/09
•Bolt2008***3.044852||1,05611/08
•Hancock (co-wrote)2008***3.094254||93207/08
•Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (co-wrote)2008***3.004486||98404/08
•Jumper2008***2.731640|||1,86508/11
•Kung Fu Panda (co-wrote)2008***3.211,1712||60906/08
•The Bourne Ultimatum2007***3.0493610||43708/07
•Happy Feet2006****3.404338||79012/06
•Ice Age: The Meltdown2006***3.214816|71404/06
•United 932006**3.021671||1,82210/10
•X-Men: The Last Stand2006****3.581,11459||38906/06
•Mr. & Mrs. Smith2005***2.941901||1,85201/12
•Robots2005***3.2156616||61203/05 - 10/11
•The Bourne Supremacy2004***3.421,80728||15008/04 - 09/11
•Gigli2003**2.313362||68901/04 - 03/09
•The Italian Job2003***2.741,247129||19306/03 - 03/09
•Paycheck2003****3.4457410|||46201/04 - 08/21all albums
•The Bourne Identity2002*2.331,77081|||20507/02 - 06/22all albums
•Two Weeks Notice2002***2.711580||1,87210/09
•Evolution2001***3.011,26915||57406/01 - 02/09
•I Am Sam2001***2.751030||2,27605/24
•Just Visiting (co-wrote)2001***2.754632||58304/01 - 10/08
•Shrek (co-wrote)2001***3.076,92291|||9512/01 - 01/09
•Chicken Run (co-wrote)2000****3.605,07913||33708/00 - 06/08
•The Road to El Dorado (co-wrote)2000**2.914264|||66410/03 - 03/09all albums
•Chill Factor (co-wrote)1999**2.243281||1,24310/03 - 04/09bootlegs
•Antz (co-wrote)1998****3.833,0054|30512/98 - 01/07
•The Thin Red Line (co-wrote)1998***3.0111,36810||||7001/99 - 08/20multiple albums
•Face/Off (co-wrote)1997**3.324966|42307/97 - 04/06
(reviews listed with a "co-wrote" indicate that either the composer wrote the score with another person or that more than one composer worked separately to provide a score for the production)
Legend:
Status:
N
 - indicates a new review that has been published in the last 180 days
R
 - indicates an older review that has been significantly revised in the last 180 days
Awards: AW - or a golden year indicates that the music won or was nominated for a major award
Ratings: FR - Filmtracks Rating ("Varied" indicates a split rating with no overall designation)
VR - Viewer Rating (overall average)
VT - Vote Total (for viewer ratings)
Comments: Comment Total (the number of messages posted in the review's comment area)
Review Depth: ||||| - Massive Review (over 4,000 words)
|||| - Very Long Review (between 2,200 and 4,000 words)
||| - Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words)
|| - Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words)
| - Short Review (under 800 words)
Traffic Rank: Popularity Rank (lower numbers indicate more cumulative reads; new reviews take time to climb the ranks)
Dates: 1st - indicates the month and year during which the review was first published
2nd - indicates the month and year of the review's most recent significant revision (if any)
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