Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2006 Albums

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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	***	3.15	751	13	\|\|	786	10/06
•	Apocalypto	2006	James Horner	**	2.87	1,018	15	\|\|	585	12/06
•	Babel	2006	Gustavo Santaolalla, Ryuichi Sakamoto	*	1.62	1,416	26	\|\|\|	397	12/06
•	Basic Instinct 2	2006	John Murphy	**	2.49	334	1	\|\|	1,118	04/06
•	The Black Dahlia	2006	Mark Isham	****	3.58	795	5	\|\|	866	09/06
•	Blood Diamond	2006	James Newton Howard	****	3.70	1,097	18	\|\|	391	12/06
•	Cars	2006	Randy Newman	***	3.00	986	11	\|	449	05/06
•	Casino Royale	2006	David Arnold	****	3.67	1,579	28	\|\|\|\|	241	12/06	multiple albums
•	Charlotte's Web	2006	Danny Elfman	****	3.44	751	5	\|\|	677	12/06
•	The Da Vinci Code	2006	Hans Zimmer	***	3.12	5,534	217	\|\|\|\|	242	05/06
•	The Departed	2006	Howard Shore	****	3.36	329	11	\|	982	12/06
•	Eragon	2006	Patrick Doyle	****	3.41	856	13	\|\|	781	12/06 - 01/07
•	The Family Stone	2005	Michael Giacchino	***	2.86	124	0	\|\|	1,915	12/11
•	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	2006	Brian Tyler	***	3.02	186	1	\|\|\|	1,744	04/11
•	Fateless	2006	Ennio Morricone	****	3.40	308	3	\|	1,130	02/06
•	Firewall	2006	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.94	170	0	\|\|	1,898	02/12
•	Flags of Our Fathers	2006	Clint Eastwood	*	1.98	792	9	\|\|\|	764	10/06 - 06/22	all albums
•	The Fountain	2006	Clint Mansell, Various	**	3.12	733	9	\|\|	770	12/06
•	Fun With Dick and Jane	2005	Theodore Shapiro	***	2.78	100	1	\|\|	1,946	01/12
•	The Grudge 2	2006	Christopher Young	***	3.01	134	0	\|\|	1,921	12/11
•	Happy Feet	2006	John Powell	****	3.40	434	8	\|\|	792	12/06
•	Ice Age: The Meltdown	2006	John Powell	***	3.21	481	6	\|	712	04/06
•	The Illusionist	2006	Philip Glass	****	3.72	746	5	\|\|	768	11/06
•	Inside Man	2006	Terence Blanchard	***	2.42	442	7	\|	847	04/06
•	Jet Li's Fearless	2006	Shigeru Umebayashi	***	2.86	159	0	\|	1,469	02/07
•	Lady in the Water	2006	James Newton Howard	*****	4.16	3,060	47	\|\|\|	114	07/06
•	The Lake House	2006	Rachel Portman	***	3.10	234	1	\|\|	1,358	02/07
•	Mission: Impossible III	2006	Michael Giacchino	***	3.09	1,150	12	\|\|	646	06/06
•	Nanny McPhee	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.21	282	0	\|\|	1,683	08/11
•	The Nativity Story	2006	Mychael Danna	*****	3.85	641	7	\|\|	530	12/06
•	The New World	2005	James Horner	****	3.60	1,346	87	\|\|\|	302	02/06
•	Night at the Museum	2006	Alan Silvestri	***	3.43	700	6	\|	514	12/06
•	The Omen	2006	Marco Beltrami	**	2.46	145	0	\|\|	1,699	02/12
•	Over the Hedge	2006	Rupert Gregson-Williams, Ben Folds	***	2.81	77	1	\|\|	1,878	12/11
•	Pan's Labyrinth	2006	Javier Navarrete	****	3.99	1,037	14	\|	441	01/07
•	The Pink Panther	2006	Christophe Beck	***	3.60	141	0	\|\|	1,844	01/12
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	2006	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	2.68	5,417	237	\|\|\|\|	174	07/06 - 07/11	multiple albums
•	Poseidon	2006	Klaus Badelt	**	2.52	408	10	\|	1,116	06/06
•	The Prestige	2006	David Julyan	*	2.02	517	11	\|	746	11/06
•	The Promise	2006	Klaus Badelt	*****	3.82	599	11	\|\|\|	563	01/07
•	The Queen	2006	Alexandre Desplat	**	3.14	559	5	\|\|	1,155	01/07
•	The Return	2006	Dario Marianelli	***	2.84	262	3	\|	1,611	02/07
•	The Sentinel	2006	Christophe Beck	*	2.41	319	6	\|\|	1,139	04/06
•	The Shaggy Dog	2006	Alan Menken	****	3.09	255	0	\|\|	1,311	02/07
•	Superman Returns	2006	John Ottman	*****	3.94	2,059	96	\|\|\|	189	06/06 - 01/14	all albums
•	The Triangle	2005	Joseph LoDuca	**	2.88	138	0	\|\|	1,780	04/06
•	Underworld: Evolution	2006	Marco Beltrami	**	2.57	189	3	\|\|	1,527	02/07
•	United 93	2006	John Powell	**	3.02	168	1	\|\|	1,825	10/10
•	V for Vendetta	2006	Dario Marianelli	****	3.70	945	17	\|\|	392	03/06 - 04/06
•	We Are Marshall	2006	Christophe Beck	***	3.13	672	5	\|	953	12/06
•	Wedding Crashers	2005	Rolfe Kent	****	3.12	84	0	\|\|	1,972	01/12
•	The Wicker Man	2006	Angelo Badalamenti	***	2.85	353	0	\|	1,343	09/06
•	The Wild	2006	Alan Silvestri	****	3.22	321	3	\|\|	861	04/06
•	World Trade Center	2006	Craig Armstrong	****	3.40	799	7	\|\|	669	08/06
•	X-Men: The Last Stand	2006	John Powell	****	3.57	1,118	59	\|\|	388	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	979	1	\|\|\|\|	348	06/99 - 10/07	limited, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	****	3.43	332	2	\|\|\|\|	1,237	06/10	all albums
•	Birth	2004	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.08	128	0	\|\|	2,286	03/24	re-issue
•	Blizzard	2003	Mark McKenzie	****	3.37	326	1	\|	1,629	12/06	expanded
•	Brazil	1985	Michael Kamen	****	3.48	135	0	\|\|\|	2,266	04/24	re-issue
•	Breakheart Pass	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.17	151	0	\|\|	1,621	07/09 - 06/16	limited, expanded
•	Chariots of Fire	1981	Vangelis	**	2.98	720	5	\|\|\|	1,276	09/09	re-issue
•	Farewell to the King	1989	Basil Poledouris	*****	3.60	313	5	\|\|	511	08/97 - 07/09	expanded
•	Ghostbusters	1984	Elmer Bernstein	* **	3.48	445	4	\|\|\|	512	03/06 - 11/20	re-issue, limited
•	Inchon	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	263	4	\|\|	1,492	07/09 - 07/24	expanded, limited
•	King Solomon's Mines	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.23	300	5	\|\|	1,375	08/09 - 02/15	expanded
R	A League of Their Own	1992	Hans Zimmer	****	3.52	457	0	\|\|	1,434	03/10 - 10/25	bootleg
•	The Little Mermaid	1989	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman	**	4.03	16,251	23	\|\|\|\|	15	08/97 - 05/21	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.29	26,560	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	complete set
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	*	3.71	665	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,133	10/10	all albums
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,530	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	re-issue
•	Platoon	1986	Georges Delerue	****	3.41	138	0	\|\|\|	2,205	01/22	re-issue
R	Quigley Down Under	1990	Basil Poledouris	****	3.92	1,174	3	\|\|\|	605	04/03 - 06/25	expanded
•	Robotech (TV)	1985	Ulpio Minucci, Arlon Ober, Various	**	3.12	362	1	\|	1,024	03/01 - 06/07	expanded
•	Rocky	1976	Bill Conti	****	3.96	500	1	\|\|\|	1,269	12/09	re-issue
•	Runaway	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.32	253	0	\|\|	1,543	07/09 - 02/14	limited, expanded
•	Stargate	1994	David Arnold	****	4.00	3,087	36	\|\|\|	217	09/96 - 08/20	expanded
•	Tombstone	1993	Bruce Broughton	****	3.69	313	2	\|\|\|	1,587	05/10	expanded
R	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.41	661	1	\|\|	1,192	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	****	3.52	323	8	\|\|\|	879	01/06

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