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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	**	2.60	272	3	\|\|	900	12/05
•	Aeon Flux	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.51	346	7	\|	1,124	12/05
•	Assault on Precinct 13	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.51	222	4	\|\|	1,002	02/05 - 10/11
•	The Aviator	2004	Howard Shore	***	3.40	1,728	44	\|\|	374	12/04 - 10/11
•	Batman Begins	2005	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Various	**	2.95	6,495	384	\|\|\|\|	80	06/05 - 09/11
•	Because of Winn-Dixie	2005	Rachel Portman	***	2.52	308	3	\|\|	939	02/05 - 10/11
•	Bee Season	2005	Peter Nashel	**	2.26	206	0	\|	1,539	12/05
•	Brokeback Mountain	2005	Gustavo Santaolalla	***	2.55	1,703	70	\|\|	364	12/05
•	The Brothers Grimm	2005	Dario Marianelli	*****	3.87	663	13	\|	587	11/05
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.44	1,906	7	\|\|\|	466	11/05 - 06/11	all albums
•	Chicken Little	2005	John Debney	***	2.82	621	5	\|\|	713	11/05
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.80	1,181	4	\|\|	578	01/05 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.30	2,278	133	\|\|\|	260	12/05
•	The Chumscrubber	2005	James Horner	**	2.81	419	4	\|\|	1,087	11/05
•	Cinderella Man	2005	Thomas Newman	****	3.24	735	12	\|\|	379	05/05 - 10/11
•	The Constant Gardener	2005	Alberto Iglesias	**	2.66	302	30	\|	1,114	02/06
•	Constantine	2005	Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt	***	3.08	796	42	\|\|\|	465	02/05 - 10/11
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.42	2,048	18	\|\|\|	341	11/05 - 06/11	all albums
•	Crash	2004	Mark Isham	***	3.04	255	0	\|\|	1,769	09/09
•	Dreamer	2005	John Debney	****	3.69	874	4	\|	924	11/05
•	Dust to Glory	2005	Nathan Furst	****	3.11	191	0	\|\|	1,529	05/05 - 10/11
•	Elektra	2005	Christophe Beck	***	2.81	334	5	\|\|	692	01/05 - 10/11
•	Fantastic Four	2005	John Ottman	***	3.00	510	27	\|	964	11/05
•	Flightplan	2005	James Horner	***	3.22	821	8	\|\|	815	11/05
•	The Fog	2005	Graeme Revell	**	2.47	208	0	\|	1,416	12/05
•	The Greatest Game Ever Played	2005	Brian Tyler	***	3.07	336	5	\|\|	1,287	11/05
•	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.40	4,236	308	\|\|\|	140	11/05
•	Hide and Seek	2005	John Ottman	***	3.02	244	2	\|\|	1,282	04/05 - 10/11
•	A History of Violence	2005	Howard Shore	***	3.14	359	0	\|	1,230	11/05
•	Hostage	2005	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.33	153	0	\|\|	1,858	02/12
•	House of Flying Daggers	2004	Shigeru Umebayashi	***	3.02	170	1	\|\|	1,830	06/10
•	House of Wax	2005	John Ottman	***	3.00	312	11	\|\|	761	05/05 - 10/11
•	The Interpreter	2005	James Newton Howard	***	3.11	479	11	\|\|	747	04/05 - 10/11
•	The Island	2005	Steve Jablonsky, Various	*	2.02	656	30	\|	824	12/05
•	Jarhead	2005	Thomas Newman	***	3.04	564	2	\|	952	12/05
•	King Kong	2005	James Newton Howard	****	3.61	2,308	139	\|\|\|	222	12/05
•	Kingdom of Heaven	2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.96	3,121	314	\|\|\|	124	04/05 - 09/11
•	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	John Ottman	***	2.84	219	0	\|	1,297	11/05
•	The Legend of Zorro	2005	James Horner	*****	3.98	1,597	60	\|\|	281	11/05
N	The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island	2005	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer	****	3.53	76	0	\|\|\|	2,334	02/25
•	Madagascar	2005	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.87	1,257	39	\|\|	203	05/05 - 09/11
•	March of the Penguins	2005	Alex Wurman	***	3.22	517	3	\|	1,307	11/05
•	Meet the Fockers	2004	Randy Newman	**	2.60	321	4	\|\|	759	01/05 - 10/11
•	Memoirs of a Geisha	2005	John Williams	****	3.64	1,688	60	\|	231	11/05
•	Million Dollar Baby	2004	Clint Eastwood	**	2.17	626	13	\|\|	554	03/05 - 10/11
•	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	2005	John Powell	***	2.94	190	1	\|\|	1,852	01/12
•	Mulan II	2004	Joel McNeely	****	3.42	208	3	\|\|\|	1,068	02/05 - 10/11
•	Munich	2005	John Williams	****	3.52	1,590	63	\|\|	326	01/06
•	Oliver Twist	2005	Rachel Portman	****	3.60	547	3	\|	879	11/05
•	Pride & Prejudice	2005	Dario Marianelli	***	3.52	1,551	126	\|	201	11/05
•	Proof	2005	Stephen Warbeck	***	3.22	463	1	\|	1,521	11/05
•	Racing Stripes	2005	Mark Isham	*****	3.73	797	6	\|\|	564	02/05 - 10/11
•	Robots	2005	John Powell	***	3.21	566	16	\|\|	612	03/05 - 10/11
•	Sahara	2005	Clint Mansell	****	3.30	295	4	\|\|	1,196	02/06
•	Serenity	2005	David Newman	**	3.08	501	7	\|\|\|	940	11/05 - 01/24	all albums
•	Sin City	2005	Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell, John Debney	****	3.28	919	44	\|\|\|	316	04/05 - 09/11
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	2005	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.77	429	2	\|	536	12/05
•	The Skeleton Key	2005	Edward Shearmur	**	2.47	212	2	\|	1,392	11/05
•	Spanglish	2004	Hans Zimmer	****	3.27	763	12	\|\|	737	01/05 - 10/11
•	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	2005	John Williams	****	4.04	20,398	532	\|\|\|\|\|	45	04/05 - 11/23
•	Stay	2005	Asche and Spencer	*	2.17	264	4	\|	1,394	11/05
•	Stealth	2005	BT, Various	**	2.51	259	7	\|	1,316	12/05
•	Syriana	2005	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.70	575	7	\|	723	12/05
•	Valiant	2005	George Fenton	***	3.09	391	0	\|\|	1,450	05/05 - 11/05	multiple albums
•	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	Julian Nott, Various	****	3.32	616	9	\|\|	993	11/05
•	War of the Worlds	2005	John Williams	***	3.03	2,077	127	\|\|\|	148	07/05 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	Zathura	2005	John Debney	****	3.40	342	13	\|	907	12/05

2005 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.65	327	4	\|\|	572	10/97 - 07/09	bootleg
•	Alien Nation	1988	Jerry Goldsmith, Curt Sobel	**	2.54	151	0	\|\|\|	1,580	07/09 - 05/18	limited
•	Backdraft	1991	Hans Zimmer	****	3.70	3,316	12	\|\|\|\|	163	09/96 - 08/24	re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	***	3.43	332	2	\|\|\|\|	1,240	06/10	all albums
•	Caboblanco	1980	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.71	170	0	\|\|	1,701	07/09 - 07/21	re-issue
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.54	286	0	\|\|\|	1,085	07/09 - 04/16	limited, expanded
•	Coma	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.92	129	4	\|\|	1,627	07/09	limited, expanded
•	Cutthroat Island	1995	John Debney	*****	4.28	4,547	65	\|\|\|	109	03/98 - 03/24	expanded
•	Damien: Omen II	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.46	233	2	\|\|\|	1,519	07/09	trilogy set
•	Deep Blue	2004	George Fenton	*****	3.87	441	5	\|\|	665	07/04 - 03/06	re-issue
•	The Dukes of Hazzard	2005	Nathan Barr	***	2.82	334	0	\|	1,308	11/05	promotional
•	Extreme Prejudice	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.33	579	1	\|\|\|	1,051	02/05 - 09/21	expanded
•	The Final Conflict	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.86	321	1	\|\|\|	1,326	07/09	trilogy set
•	The Fly	1986	Howard Shore	****	3.53	282	1	\|\|	1,468	09/09 - 01/23	re-issue
•	The Fly II	1989	Christopher Young	****	3.47	200	1	\|\|	1,676	09/09	re-issue
•	Gladiator	2000	Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Various	***	3.52	60,509	759	\|\|\|\|\|	1	05/00 - 10/07	anniversary set
R	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	252	1	\|\|	1,441	08/09 - 02/25	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	*****	4.30	39,277	1535	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	complete set
•	The Omen	1976	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.09	719	7	\|\|\|\|	836	07/09 - 03/17	trilogy set
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.18	255	0	\|\|\|	1,150	09/09	bootlegs
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,364	3	\|\|\|	395	06/98 - 04/18	re-issue
•	Ransom (The Terrorists)	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	****	2.88	85	0	\|\|\|	2,325	08/24	expanded
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.57	1,676	91	\|\|\|	202	10/03 - 11/22	multiple albums
•	A River Runs Through It	1992	Mark Isham	****	3.44	144	0	\|\|	1,616	02/12	re-issue
•	Silverado	1985	Bruce Broughton	*****	3.95	312	0	\|\|\|	1,552	05/10	expanded
•	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	Cliff Eidelman	*****	4.16	3,551	20	\|\|\|\|	85	12/96 - 03/12	bootleg
•	Steamboy	2004	Steve Jablonsky	****	3.57	108	0	\|\|\|	2,229	02/24	re-issue

2005 COMPILATIONS:

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

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	\|\|\|\|	- 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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