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2005 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	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	**	2.60	272	3	\|\|	897	12/05
•	Aeon Flux	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.51	346	7	\|	1,139	12/05
•	Assault on Precinct 13	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.51	222	4	\|\|	1,004	02/05 - 10/11
•	The Aviator	2004	Howard Shore	***	3.40	1,728	44	\|\|	375	12/04 - 10/11
•	Batman Begins	2005	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Various	**	2.94	6,541	384	\|\|\|\|	80	06/05 - 09/11
•	Because of Winn-Dixie	2005	Rachel Portman	***	2.52	309	3	\|\|	946	02/05 - 10/11
•	Bee Season	2005	Peter Nashel	**	2.26	206	0	\|	1,562	12/05
•	Brokeback Mountain	2005	Gustavo Santaolalla	***	2.55	1,704	70	\|\|	362	12/05
•	The Brothers Grimm	2005	Dario Marianelli	*****	3.86	665	13	\|	590	11/05
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.44	1,911	7	\|\|\|	461	11/05 - 06/11	all albums
•	Chicken Little	2005	John Debney	***	2.82	621	5	\|\|	716	11/05
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.80	1,182	4	\|\|	567	01/05 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.30	2,281	133	\|\|\|	259	12/05
•	The Chumscrubber	2005	James Horner	**	2.81	419	4	\|\|	1,092	11/05
•	Cinderella Man	2005	Thomas Newman	****	3.24	736	12	\|\|	379	05/05 - 10/11
•	The Constant Gardener	2005	Alberto Iglesias	**	2.66	302	30	\|	1,116	02/06
•	Constantine	2005	Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt	***	3.08	800	42	\|\|\|	463	02/05 - 10/11
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.42	2,052	18	\|\|\|	341	11/05 - 06/11	all albums
•	Crash	2004	Mark Isham	***	3.04	255	0	\|\|	1,776	09/09
•	Dreamer	2005	John Debney	****	3.69	875	4	\|	926	11/05
•	Dust to Glory	2005	Nathan Furst	****	3.11	191	0	\|\|	1,537	05/05 - 10/11
•	Elektra	2005	Christophe Beck	***	2.81	335	5	\|\|	696	01/05 - 10/11
•	Fantastic Four	2005	John Ottman	***	3.00	514	27	\|	959	11/05
•	Flightplan	2005	James Horner	***	3.22	821	8	\|\|	806	11/05
•	The Fog	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.47	208	0	\|	1,424	12/05
•	The Greatest Game Ever Played	2005	Brian Tyler	***	3.07	336	5	\|\|	1,294	11/05
•	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.40	4,238	308	\|\|\|	140	11/05
•	Hide and Seek	2005	John Ottman	***	3.02	244	2	\|\|	1,278	04/05 - 10/11
•	A History of Violence	2005	Howard Shore	***	3.14	359	0	\|	1,242	11/05
•	Hostage	2005	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.33	154	0	\|\|	1,858	02/12
•	House of Flying Daggers	2004	Shigeru Umebayashi	***	3.02	170	1	\|\|	1,834	06/10
•	House of Wax	2005	John Ottman	***	3.00	313	11	\|\|	763	05/05 - 10/11
•	The Interpreter	2005	James Newton Howard	***	3.11	479	11	\|\|	753	04/05 - 10/11
•	The Island	2005	Steve Jablonsky, Various	*	2.03	659	30	\|	822	12/05
•	Jarhead	2005	Thomas Newman	***	3.04	564	2	\|	951	12/05
•	King Kong	2005	James Newton Howard	****	3.61	2,312	139	\|\|\|	223	12/05
•	Kingdom of Heaven	2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.96	3,126	314	\|\|\|	124	04/05 - 09/11
•	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	John Ottman	***	2.84	220	0	\|	1,300	11/05
•	The Legend of Zorro	2005	James Horner	*****	3.97	1,603	60	\|\|	281	11/05
•	The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island	2005	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer	****	3.43	81	0	\|\|\|	2,343	02/25
•	Madagascar	2005	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.87	1,259	39	\|\|	203	05/05 - 09/11
•	March of the Penguins	2005	Alex Wurman	***	3.22	517	3	\|	1,316	11/05
•	Meet the Fockers	2004	Randy Newman	**	2.60	321	4	\|\|	764	01/05 - 10/11
•	Memoirs of a Geisha	2005	John Williams	****	3.64	1,692	60	\|	231	11/05
•	Million Dollar Baby	2004	Clint Eastwood	**	2.17	626	13	\|\|	556	03/05 - 10/11
•	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	2005	John Powell	***	2.93	193	1	\|\|	1,861	01/12
•	Mulan II	2004	Joel McNeely	****	3.41	210	3	\|\|\|	1,066	02/05 - 10/11
•	Munich	2005	John Williams	****	3.52	1,591	63	\|\|	326	01/06
•	Oliver Twist	2005	Rachel Portman	****	3.60	548	3	\|	881	11/05
•	Pride & Prejudice	2005	Dario Marianelli	***	3.52	1,551	126	\|	199	11/05
•	Proof	2005	Stephen Warbeck	***	3.22	463	1	\|	1,541	11/05
•	Racing Stripes	2005	Mark Isham	*****	3.73	799	6	\|\|	568	02/05 - 10/11
•	Robots	2005	John Powell	***	3.21	567	16	\|\|	615	03/05 - 10/11
•	Sahara	2005	Clint Mansell	****	3.30	295	4	\|\|	1,198	02/06
•	Serenity	2005	David Newman	**	3.08	504	7	\|\|\|	937	11/05 - 01/24	all albums
•	Sin City	2005	Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell, John Debney	****	3.28	919	44	\|\|\|	314	04/05 - 09/11
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	2005	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.76	431	2	\|	540	12/05
•	The Skeleton Key	2005	Edward Shearmur	**	2.48	213	2	\|	1,390	11/05
•	Spanglish	2004	Hans Zimmer	****	3.26	765	12	\|\|	740	01/05 - 10/11
R	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	2005	John Williams	****	4.05	20,582	532	\|\|\|\|\|	45	04/05 - 10/25
•	Stay	2005	Asche and Spencer	*	2.17	264	4	\|	1,408	11/05
•	Stealth	2005	BT, Various	**	2.51	259	7	\|	1,325	12/05
•	Syriana	2005	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.70	575	7	\|	731	12/05
•	Valiant	2005	George Fenton	***	3.09	391	0	\|\|	1,463	05/05 - 11/05	multiple albums
•	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	Julian Nott, Various	****	3.32	619	9	\|\|	997	11/05
•	War of the Worlds	2005	John Williams	***	3.03	2,083	127	\|\|\|	148	07/05 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	Zathura	2005	John Debney	****	3.40	342	13	\|	910	12/05

2005 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
R	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.63	336	4	\|\|	569	10/97 - 06/25	bootleg
•	Alien Nation	1988	Jerry Goldsmith, Curt Sobel	**	2.55	152	0	\|\|\|	1,578	07/09 - 05/18	limited
•	Backdraft	1991	Hans Zimmer	****	3.70	3,319	12	\|\|\|\|	162	09/96 - 08/24	re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	***	3.43	332	2	\|\|\|\|	1,237	06/10	all albums
•	Caboblanco	1980	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.73	171	0	\|\|	1,706	07/09 - 07/21	re-issue
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.54	288	0	\|\|\|	1,080	07/09 - 04/16	limited, expanded
R	The Chairman	1969	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.04	46	0	\|\|\|	2,381	11/24 - 11/25	re-issue
•	Coma	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.92	130	4	\|\|	1,622	07/09	limited, expanded
•	Cutthroat Island	1995	John Debney	*****	4.27	4,570	65	\|\|\|	109	03/98 - 03/24	expanded
•	Damien: Omen II	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.45	234	2	\|\|\|	1,510	07/09	trilogy set
•	Deep Blue	2004	George Fenton	*****	3.85	444	5	\|\|	666	07/04 - 03/06	re-issue
•	The Dukes of Hazzard	2005	Nathan Barr	***	2.82	334	0	\|	1,315	11/05	promotional
•	Extreme Prejudice	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.33	581	1	\|\|\|	1,054	02/05 - 09/21	expanded
•	The Final Conflict	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.84	323	1	\|\|\|	1,317	07/09	trilogy set
•	The Fly	1986	Howard Shore	****	3.53	282	1	\|\|	1,443	09/09 - 01/23	re-issue
•	The Fly II	1989	Christopher Young	****	3.47	200	1	\|\|	1,678	09/09	re-issue
R	Gladiator	2000	Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Various	***	3.52	60,601	759	\|\|\|\|\|	1	05/00 - 10/25	anniversary set
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	252	1	\|\|	1,433	08/09 - 02/25	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	*****	4.29	39,349	1536	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	complete set
•	The Omen	1976	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.07	724	7	\|\|\|\|	824	07/09 - 03/17	trilogy set
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.20	258	0	\|\|\|	1,132	09/09	bootlegs
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,367	3	\|\|\|	394	06/98 - 04/18	re-issue
•	Ransom (The Terrorists)	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	****	2.91	86	0	\|\|\|	2,336	08/24	expanded
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.57	1,679	91	\|\|\|	202	10/03 - 11/22	multiple albums
•	A River Runs Through It	1992	Mark Isham	****	3.46	145	0	\|\|	1,601	02/12	re-issue
•	Silverado	1985	Bruce Broughton	*****	3.94	316	0	\|\|\|	1,547	05/10	expanded
•	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	Cliff Eidelman	*****	4.15	3,562	20	\|\|\|\|	85	12/96 - 03/12	bootleg
•	Steamboy	2004	Steve Jablonsky	****	3.55	109	0	\|\|\|	2,256	02/24	re-issue

2005 COMPILATIONS:

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

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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)

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