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2005 REGULAR RELEASES:

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D	2005	Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell, John Debney	**	2.59	242	3	\|\|	900	12/05
•	Aeon Flux	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.51	338	7	\|	1,118	12/05
•	Assault on Precinct 13	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.49	199	4	\|\|	996	02/05 - 10/11
•	The Aviator	2004	Howard Shore	***	3.40	1,681	44	\|\|	372	12/04 - 10/11
•	Batman Begins	2005	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Various	**	2.95	6,459	384	\|\|\|\|	80	06/05 - 09/11
•	Because of Winn-Dixie	2005	Rachel Portman	***	2.51	278	3	\|\|	936	02/05 - 10/11
•	Bee Season	2005	Peter Nashel	**	2.25	185	0	\|	1,525	12/05
•	Brokeback Mountain	2005	Gustavo Santaolalla	***	2.55	1,656	70	\|\|	362	12/05
•	The Brothers Grimm	2005	Dario Marianelli	*****	3.86	646	13	\|	583	11/05
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.44	1,850	7	\|\|\|	471	11/05 - 06/11	all albums
•	Chicken Little	2005	John Debney	***	2.83	603	5	\|\|	713	11/05
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.80	1,149	4	\|\|	589	01/05 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.30	2,214	133	\|\|\|	260	12/05
•	The Chumscrubber	2005	James Horner	**	2.81	408	4	\|\|	1,083	11/05
•	Cinderella Man	2005	Thomas Newman	****	3.24	715	12	\|\|	381	05/05 - 10/11
•	The Constant Gardener	2005	Alberto Iglesias	**	2.66	272	30	\|	1,110	02/06
•	Constantine	2005	Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt	***	3.08	774	42	\|\|\|	463	02/05 - 10/11
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.41	1,988	18	\|\|\|	342	11/05 - 06/11	all albums
•	Crash	2004	Mark Isham	***	3.03	229	0	\|\|	1,769	09/09
•	Dreamer	2005	John Debney	****	3.69	851	4	\|	922	11/05
•	Dust to Glory	2005	Nathan Furst	****	3.12	172	0	\|\|	1,527	05/05 - 10/11
•	Elektra	2005	Christophe Beck	***	2.81	299	5	\|\|	688	01/05 - 10/11
•	Fantastic Four	2005	John Ottman	***	3.00	497	27	\|	963	11/05
•	Flightplan	2005	James Horner	***	3.22	798	8	\|\|	815	11/05
•	The Fog	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.46	186	0	\|	1,413	12/05
•	The Greatest Game Ever Played	2005	Brian Tyler	***	3.07	329	5	\|\|	1,285	11/05
•	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.40	4,216	308	\|\|\|	140	11/05
•	Hide and Seek	2005	John Ottman	***	3.01	220	2	\|\|	1,276	04/05 - 10/11
•	A History of Violence	2005	Howard Shore	***	3.13	350	0	\|	1,226	11/05
•	Hostage	2005	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.34	136	0	\|\|	1,869	02/12
•	House of Flying Daggers	2004	Shigeru Umebayashi	***	3.02	151	1	\|\|	1,826	06/10
•	House of Wax	2005	John Ottman	***	3.01	306	11	\|\|	757	05/05 - 10/11
•	The Interpreter	2005	James Newton Howard	***	3.11	468	11	\|\|	747	04/05 - 10/11
•	The Island	2005	Steve Jablonsky, Various	*	2.02	639	30	\|	824	12/05
•	Jarhead	2005	Thomas Newman	***	3.05	550	2	\|	952	12/05
•	King Kong	2005	James Newton Howard	****	3.60	2,242	139	\|\|\|	222	12/05
•	Kingdom of Heaven	2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.96	3,108	314	\|\|\|	124	04/05 - 09/11
•	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	John Ottman	***	2.84	196	0	\|	1,294	11/05
•	The Legend of Zorro	2005	James Horner	*****	3.98	1,552	60	\|\|	280	11/05
•	Madagascar	2005	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.88	1,221	39	\|\|	205	05/05 - 09/11
•	March of the Penguins	2005	Alex Wurman	***	3.22	504	3	\|	1,298	11/05
•	Meet the Fockers	2004	Randy Newman	**	2.60	312	4	\|\|	760	01/05 - 10/11
•	Memoirs of a Geisha	2005	John Williams	****	3.64	1,638	60	\|	229	11/05
•	Million Dollar Baby	2004	Clint Eastwood	**	2.17	610	13	\|\|	553	03/05 - 10/11
•	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	2005	John Powell	***	2.94	170	1	\|\|	1,849	01/12
•	Mulan II	2004	Joel McNeely	****	3.42	187	3	\|\|\|	1,068	02/05 - 10/11
•	Munich	2005	John Williams	****	3.52	1,544	63	\|\|	328	01/06
•	Oliver Twist	2005	Rachel Portman	****	3.59	534	3	\|	878	11/05
•	Pride & Prejudice	2005	Dario Marianelli	***	3.52	1,508	126	\|	201	11/05
•	Proof	2005	Stephen Warbeck	***	3.22	452	1	\|	1,519	11/05
•	Racing Stripes	2005	Mark Isham	*****	3.73	775	6	\|\|	561	02/05 - 10/11
•	Robots	2005	John Powell	***	3.21	552	16	\|\|	611	03/05 - 10/11
•	Sahara	2005	Clint Mansell	****	3.30	266	4	\|\|	1,191	02/06
•	Serenity	2005	David Newman	**	3.08	489	7	\|\|\|	941	11/05 - 01/24	all albums
•	Sin City	2005	Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell, John Debney	****	3.28	892	44	\|\|\|	313	04/05 - 09/11
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	2005	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.77	419	2	\|	536	12/05
•	The Skeleton Key	2005	Edward Shearmur	**	2.47	191	2	\|	1,382	11/05
•	Spanglish	2004	Hans Zimmer	****	3.26	742	12	\|\|	736	01/05 - 10/11
•	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	2005	John Williams	****	4.04	20,297	532	\|\|\|\|\|	45	04/05 - 11/23
•	Stay	2005	Asche and Spencer	*	2.16	238	4	\|	1,383	11/05
•	Stealth	2005	BT, Various	**	2.50	234	7	\|	1,315	12/05
•	Syriana	2005	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.71	559	7	\|	721	12/05
•	Valiant	2005	George Fenton	***	3.09	383	0	\|\|	1,443	05/05 - 11/05	multiple albums
•	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	Julian Nott, Various	****	3.32	601	9	\|\|	988	11/05
•	War of the Worlds	2005	John Williams	***	3.03	2,017	127	\|\|\|	148	07/05 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	Zathura	2005	John Debney	****	3.40	333	13	\|	903	12/05

2005 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.66	296	4	\|\|	573	10/97 - 07/09	bootleg
•	Alien Nation	1988	Jerry Goldsmith, Curt Sobel	**	2.54	134	0	\|\|\|	1,584	07/09 - 05/18	limited
•	Backdraft	1991	Hans Zimmer	****	3.70	3,302	12	\|\|\|\|	163	09/96 - 08/24	re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	***	3.42	323	2	\|\|\|\|	1,243	06/10	all albums
•	Caboblanco	1980	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.72	152	0	\|\|	1,697	07/09 - 07/21	re-issue
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.54	257	0	\|\|\|	1,086	07/09 - 04/16	limited, expanded
•	Coma	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.90	114	4	\|\|	1,627	07/09	limited, expanded
•	Cutthroat Island	1995	John Debney	*****	4.28	4,528	65	\|\|\|	110	03/98 - 03/24	expanded
•	Damien: Omen II	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.46	209	2	\|\|\|	1,524	07/09	trilogy set
•	Deep Blue	2004	George Fenton	*****	3.87	431	5	\|\|	663	07/04 - 03/06	re-issue
•	The Dukes of Hazzard	2005	Nathan Barr	***	2.81	300	0	\|	1,300	11/05	promotional
•	Extreme Prejudice	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.33	565	1	\|\|\|	1,050	02/05 - 09/21	expanded
•	The Final Conflict	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.84	313	1	\|\|\|	1,337	07/09	trilogy set
•	The Fly	1986	Howard Shore	****	3.54	254	1	\|\|	1,470	09/09 - 01/23	re-issue
•	The Fly II	1989	Christopher Young	****	3.46	179	1	\|\|	1,667	09/09	re-issue
•	Gladiator	2000	Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Various	***	3.52	60,208	759	\|\|\|\|\|	1	05/00 - 10/07	anniversary set
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	226	1	\|\|	1,479	08/09 - 03/10	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	*****	4.30	39,083	1535	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	complete set
•	The Omen	1976	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.09	699	7	\|\|\|\|	841	07/09 - 03/17	trilogy set
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.18	228	0	\|\|\|	1,160	09/09	bootlegs
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,328	3	\|\|\|	394	06/98 - 04/18	re-issue
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.57	1,629	91	\|\|\|	206	10/03 - 11/22	multiple albums
•	A River Runs Through It	1992	Mark Isham	****	3.45	128	0	\|\|	1,622	02/12	re-issue
•	Silverado	1985	Bruce Broughton	*****	3.95	282	0	\|\|\|	1,549	05/10	expanded
•	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	Cliff Eidelman	*****	4.16	3,535	20	\|\|\|\|	85	12/96 - 03/12	bootleg
•	Steamboy	2004	Steve Jablonsky	****	3.56	94	0	\|\|\|	2,214	02/24	re-issue

2005 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
	None.

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	\|\|\|	- Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words)
	\|\|	- Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words)
	\|	- Short Review (under 800 words)

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