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2006 REGULAR RELEASES:

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	All the King's Men	2006	James Horner	***	3.16	771	13	\|\|	788	10/06
•	Apocalypto	2006	James Horner	**	2.83	1,061	15	\|\|	583	12/06
•	Babel	2006	Gustavo Santaolalla, Ryuichi Sakamoto	*	1.61	1,456	26	\|\|\|	395	12/06
•	Basic Instinct 2	2006	John Murphy	**	2.48	342	1	\|\|	1,131	04/06
•	The Black Dahlia	2006	Mark Isham	****	3.58	816	5	\|\|	866	09/06
•	Blood Diamond	2006	James Newton Howard	****	3.70	1,130	18	\|\|	391	12/06
•	Cars	2006	Randy Newman	***	2.99	1,014	11	\|	449	05/06
•	Casino Royale	2006	David Arnold	****	3.67	1,624	28	\|\|\|\|	240	12/06	multiple albums
•	Charlotte's Web	2006	Danny Elfman	****	3.44	773	5	\|\|	681	12/06
•	The Da Vinci Code	2006	Hans Zimmer	***	3.11	5,582	217	\|\|\|\|	241	05/06
•	The Departed	2006	Howard Shore	****	3.32	336	11	\|	981	12/06
•	Eragon	2006	Patrick Doyle	****	3.41	880	15	\|\|	781	12/06 - 01/07
•	The Family Stone	2005	Michael Giacchino	***	2.87	148	0	\|\|	1,924	12/11
•	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	2006	Brian Tyler	***	3.01	211	1	\|\|\|	1,744	04/11
•	Fateless	2006	Ennio Morricone	****	3.35	321	3	\|	1,142	02/06
•	Firewall	2006	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.87	194	0	\|\|	1,901	02/12
•	Flags of Our Fathers	2006	Clint Eastwood	*	1.99	814	9	\|\|\|	766	10/06 - 06/22	all albums
•	The Fountain	2006	Clint Mansell, Various	**	3.10	752	9	\|\|	770	12/06
•	Freedomland	2006	James Newton Howard	**	2.62	65	0	\|\|	2,425	03/25
•	Fun With Dick and Jane	2005	Theodore Shapiro	***	2.81	113	1	\|\|	1,951	01/12
•	The Grudge 2	2006	Christopher Young	***	2.86	156	0	\|\|	1,928	12/11
•	Happy Feet	2006	John Powell	****	3.43	444	8	\|\|	795	12/06
•	Ice Age: The Meltdown	2006	John Powell	***	3.22	492	6	\|	713	04/06
•	The Illusionist	2006	Philip Glass	****	3.66	791	5	\|\|	772	11/06
•	Inside Man	2006	Terence Blanchard	***	2.51	452	7	\|	846	04/06
•	Jet Li's Fearless	2006	Shigeru Umebayashi	***	2.88	178	0	\|	1,472	02/07
•	Lady in the Water	2006	James Newton Howard	*****	4.15	3,111	47	\|\|\|	106	07/06
•	The Lake House	2006	Rachel Portman	***	3.08	261	1	\|\|	1,363	02/07
•	Mission: Impossible III	2006	Michael Giacchino	***	3.06	1,196	12	\|\|	641	06/06
•	Nanny McPhee	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.21	313	0	\|\|	1,684	08/11
•	The Nativity Story	2006	Mychael Danna	*****	3.86	700	7	\|\|	532	12/06
•	The New World	2005	James Horner	****	3.60	1,383	87	\|\|\|	302	02/06
•	Night at the Museum	2006	Alan Silvestri	***	3.44	720	6	\|	513	12/06
•	The Omen	2006	Marco Beltrami	**	2.46	174	0	\|\|	1,701	02/12
•	Over the Hedge	2006	Rupert Gregson-Williams, Ben Folds	***	2.84	102	1	\|\|	1,872	12/11
•	Pan's Labyrinth	2006	Javier Navarrete	****	3.49	1,095	14	\|	439	01/07
•	The Pink Panther	2006	Christophe Beck	***	3.14	160	0	\|\|	1,848	01/12
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	2006	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	2.66	5,490	237	\|\|\|\|	173	07/06 - 07/11	multiple albums
•	Poseidon	2006	Klaus Badelt	**	2.56	435	10	\|	1,125	06/06
•	The Prestige	2006	David Julyan	*	2.09	540	11	\|	739	11/06
•	The Promise	2006	Klaus Badelt	*****	3.80	620	11	\|\|\|	562	01/07
•	The Queen	2006	Alexandre Desplat	**	3.14	574	5	\|\|	1,163	01/07
•	The Return	2006	Dario Marianelli	***	2.87	293	3	\|	1,616	02/07
•	The Sentinel	2006	Christophe Beck	*	2.39	327	6	\|\|	1,146	04/06
•	The Shaggy Dog	2006	Alan Menken	****	3.22	298	0	\|\|	1,316	02/07
•	Superman Returns	2006	John Ottman	*****	3.91	2,145	96	\|\|\|	190	06/06 - 01/14	all albums
•	The Triangle	2005	Joseph LoDuca	**	2.88	160	0	\|\|	1,787	04/06
•	Underworld: Evolution	2006	Marco Beltrami	**	2.63	225	3	\|\|	1,545	02/07
•	United 93	2006	John Powell	**	3.03	195	1	\|\|	1,824	10/10
•	V for Vendetta	2006	Dario Marianelli	****	3.64	1,009	17	\|\|	394	03/06 - 04/06
•	Wah-Wah	2005	Patrick Doyle	***	3.05	67	0	\|\|	2,436	03/25
•	We Are Marshall	2006	Christophe Beck	***	3.13	689	5	\|	959	12/06
•	Wedding Crashers	2005	Rolfe Kent	****	2.86	102	0	\|\|	1,978	01/12
•	The Wicker Man	2006	Angelo Badalamenti	***	2.86	367	0	\|	1,350	09/06
•	The Wild	2006	Alan Silvestri	****	3.27	327	3	\|\|	859	04/06
•	World Trade Center	2006	Craig Armstrong	****	3.24	818	7	\|\|	674	08/06
•	X-Men: The Last Stand	2006	John Powell	****	3.53	1,163	59	\|\|	387	06/06

2006 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Amazing Stories (TV)	1985	John Williams, Various	** *	3.78	1,006	1	\|\|\|\|	348	06/99 - 10/07	limited, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	****	3.41	357	2	\|\|\|\|	1,225	06/10	all albums
•	Birth	2004	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.07	143	0	\|\|	2,295	03/24	re-issue
•	Blizzard	2003	Mark McKenzie	****	3.33	329	1	\|	1,639	12/06	expanded
•	Brazil	1985	Michael Kamen	****	3.45	154	0	\|\|\|	2,257	04/24	re-issue
•	Breakheart Pass	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.16	168	0	\|\|	1,630	07/09 - 06/16	limited, expanded
•	Chariots of Fire	1981	Vangelis	**	2.97	741	5	\|\|\|	1,258	09/09	re-issue
•	Farewell to the King	1989	Basil Poledouris	*****	3.67	336	5	\|\|	512	08/97 - 07/09	expanded
•	Ghostbusters	1984	Elmer Bernstein	* **	3.50	474	4	\|\|\|	511	03/06 - 11/20	re-issue, limited
•	Inchon	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.94	301	4	\|\|	1,490	07/09 - 07/24	expanded, limited
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.16	312	5	\|\|	1,353	08/09 - 02/15	expanded
•	A League of Their Own	1992	Hans Zimmer	****	3.50	472	0	\|\|	1,421	03/10 - 10/25	bootleg
•	The Little Mermaid	1989	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman	**	4.03	16,332	23	\|\|\|\|	15	08/97 - 05/21	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.29	26,760	717	\|\|\|\|\|	22	12/02 - 08/20	complete set
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	*	3.71	691	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,105	10/10	all albums
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,624	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	re-issue
•	Platoon	1986	Georges Delerue	****	3.39	155	0	\|\|\|	2,190	01/22	re-issue
•	Quigley Down Under	1990	Basil Poledouris	****	3.65	1,242	3	\|\|\|	600	04/03 - 06/25	expanded
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.09	374	1	\|	1,028	03/01 - 06/07	expanded
•	Rocky	1976	Bill Conti	****	4.06	579	1	\|\|\|	1,254	12/09	re-issue
•	Runaway	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.28	286	0	\|\|	1,539	07/09 - 02/14	limited, expanded
•	Stargate	1994	David Arnold	****	4.00	3,102	36	\|\|\|	215	09/96 - 08/20	expanded
•	Stuart Little	1999	Alan Silvestri	****	3.18	96	0	\|\|\|	2,390	05/25	bootleg
•	Tombstone	1993	Bruce Broughton	****	3.51	327	2	\|\|\|	1,585	05/10	expanded
R	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.40	705	1	\|\|	1,184	08/09 - 10/25	re-issue

2006 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Craig Armstrong: Film Works 1995-2005	2006	Craig Armstrong	****	3.59	337	8	\|\|\|	880	01/06

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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

Year:	Year of Debut (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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