Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2008 Albums

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2008 REGULAR RELEASES

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	10,000 BC	2008	Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker, Thomas Schobel	***	2.87	156	3	\|\|\|	1,649	11/10
•	American Gangster	2007	Marc Streitenfeld	****	3.02	92	0	\|\|	1,812	04/11
•	Body of Lies	2008	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.27	302	2	\|	1,255	10/08
•	Bolt	2008	John Powell	***	3.05	458	2	\|\|	1,053	11/08
•	The Bucket List	2007	Marc Shaiman	***	3.01	108	0	\|\|	1,829	10/10
•	Burn After Reading	2008	Carter Burwell	***	2.75	72	0	\|\|	1,857	08/11
•	Changeling	2008	Clint Eastwood	**	2.30	457	5	\|\|	1,203	11/08
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	2008	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.74	808	7	\|\|\|	770	05/08
•	City of Ember	2008	Andrew Lockington	****	3.40	123	2	\|\|	1,698	07/13
•	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	2008	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.37	961	17	\|\|	709	12/08
•	The Dark Knight	2008	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe	**	2.71	5,166	133	\|\|\|\|	180	07/08 - 04/10	multiple albums
•	The Day the Earth Stood Still	2008	Tyler Bates	**	1.86	314	1	\|\|	1,352	12/08
•	Defiance	2008	James Newton Howard	****	3.43	926	5	\|\|	679	12/08
•	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	2008	John Powell, Various	***	2.95	415	6	\|\|	1,008	04/08
•	The Duchess	2008	Rachel Portman	***	3.26	366	2	\|\|	1,157	10/08
•	Eagle Eye	2008	Brian Tyler	***	3.03	434	5	\|\|	1,115	10/08
•	The Express	2008	Mark Isham	***	3.15	371	0	\|\|	1,454	10/08
•	The Forbidden Kingdom	2008	David Buckley	****	3.37	208	2	\|\|	1,776	02/12
•	Frost/Nixon	2008	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	****	3.38	332	6	\|\|	1,179	12/08
•	The Golden Compass	2007	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.52	779	8	\|\|\|\|	736	02/08
•	Hancock	2008	John Powell, Various	***	3.07	401	4	\|\|	914	07/08
•	The Happening	2008	James Newton Howard	***	3.20	1,135	3	\|\|	826	06/08
•	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	2008	Danny Elfman	****	3.46	558	14	\|\|	768	07/08
•	I Am Legend	2007	James Newton Howard	****	3.23	378	0	\|\|\|	1,476	05/10
•	Igor	2008	Patrick Doyle	****	3.32	175	0	\|\|	1,647	09/09
•	The Incredible Hulk	2008	Craig Armstrong	****	3.34	468	9	\|\|\|	804	07/08
•	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	John Williams	****	3.55	1,435	24	\|\|\|\|	467	05/08 - 12/08	all albums
•	Iron Man	2008	Ramin Djawadi, Various	*	1.89	796	24	\|\|	639	05/08
•	Journey to the Center of the Earth	2008	Andrew Lockington	****	3.46	299	6	\|\|\|	1,224	02/09
•	Jumper	2008	John Powell	***	2.62	123	0	\|\|\|	1,846	08/11
•	Kung Fu Panda	2008	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Henry Jackman	***	3.31	1,060	2	\|\|	681	06/08
•	Leatherheads	2008	Randy Newman	***	3.20	315	4	\|	1,369	04/08
•	The Life Before Her Eyes	2008	James Horner	**	2.93	481	1	\|\|	1,006	04/08
•	Milk	2008	Danny Elfman	***	3.09	404	4	\|\|	1,252	12/08
•	The Mist	2007	Mark Isham	**	2.33	78	0	\|\|	1,842	11/10
•	Nim's Island	2008	Patrick Doyle	***	3.22	325	3	\|\|	1,091	04/08
•	Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea	2008	Joe Hisaishi	****	3.45	254	1	\|\|	1,074	02/09	multiple albums
•	Quantum of Solace	2008	David Arnold	***	3.23	992	8	\|\|\|\|\|	750	11/08
•	Rambo	2008	Brian Tyler	***	3.15	173	0	\|\|\|	1,639	03/11	all albums
•	Sex and the City	2008	Aaron Zigman	***	2.68	65	0	\|\|	1,923	08/11
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	2008	Rachel Portman	***	2.87	114	0	\|\|	1,878	09/09
•	Slumdog Millionaire	2008	A.R. Rahman	***	2.21	1,309	4	\|\|\|	649	01/09
•	Speed Racer	2008	Michael Giacchino	***	2.90	305	1	\|\|	1,205	06/08
•	The Spiderwick Chronicles	2008	James Horner	****	3.38	789	20	\|\|\|	489	01/08
•	Standard Operating Procedure	2008	Danny Elfman	***	3.18	232	0	\|\|	1,664	09/09
•	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	2008	Kevin Kiner	**	2.13	948	22	\|\|\|	782	08/08
•	Tropic Thunder	2008	Theodore Shapiro	***	2.97	117	0	\|\|	1,882	12/10
•	Twilight	2008	Carter Burwell	**	2.74	774	8	\|\|	851	12/08
•	Untraceable	2008	Christopher Young	***	2.86	112	1	\|\|	1,849	04/10
•	Valkyrie	2008	John Ottman	***	3.22	505	8	\|\|	909	12/08
•	Vantage Point	2008	Atli Orvarsson, Various	**	2.67	72	1	\|\|	1,897	01/12
•	WALL·E	2008	Thomas Newman, Peter Gabriel	***	3.18	945	18	\|\|	446	06/08
•	Wanted	2008	Danny Elfman	****	3.19	339	5	\|\|\|	1,471	09/09
•	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	2008	Mark Snow	***	2.80	395	2	\|\|	1,544	08/08

2008 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Accidental Tourist	1988	John Williams	**	3.10	309	8	\|	694	06/98 - 02/10	re-issue
•	Alvin and the Chipmunks	2007	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.60	79	0	\|\|	1,837	10/10	limited
•	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.13	210	3	\|\|	1,554	07/09 - 06/18	limited
•	The Boys from Brazil	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.32	198	1	\|\|	1,414	07/09	limited, expanded
•	The Dark Knight	2008	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe	*	2.71	5,166	133	\|\|\|\|	180	07/08 - 04/10	expanded
•	In Too Deep	1999	Christopher Young	****	2.61	592	0	\|\|\|	1,197	10/99 - 05/08	promotional
•	The Incredible Hulk (TV)	1978	Joe Harnell	***	2.90	641	0	\|\|	206	11/99 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	John Williams	****	3.55	1,435	24	\|\|\|\|	467	05/08 - 12/08	re-issue set
•	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	John Williams	****	3.95	4,620	18	\|\|\|	84	08/97 - 12/08	expanded set
•	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	John Williams	*****	3.83	977	4	\|\|\|	746	08/09	expanded set
•	The Journey of Natty Gann	1985	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.33	128	0	\|\|\|	1,538	08/09	rejected score, limited set
•	Last Embrace	1981	Miklós Rózsa	***	3.45	146	1	\|\|\|	1,215	06/97 - 07/11	limited, expanded
•	The Legend of Butch & Sundance (TV)	2004	Basil Poledouris	****	3.22	79	1	\|\|	1,772	09/09	limited
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	***	3.76	603	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,266	10/10	all albums
•	The Matrix	1999	Don Davis	***	2.91	20,359	288	\|\|\|	23	06/99 - 01/09	limited, expanded
•	Meet the Spartans	2008	Christopher Lennertz	****	3.11	182	10	\|\|	1,117	02/09	promotional
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	**	3.99	14,948	315	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	cover versions
•	Not Without My Daughter	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.70	290	1	\|\|	696	06/98 - 07/09	limited
•	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	John Williams	*****	4.29	6,349	5	\|\|\|\|\|	60	09/96 - 12/08	expanded set
•	Robin and Marian	1976	John Barry, Richard Shores	***	3.26	624	1	\|\|	1,096	07/03 - 03/09	limited, expanded
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.02	285	1	\|\|	1,648	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Species	1995	Christopher Young	***	3.00	300	5	\|\|	433	03/98 - 07/09	limited, expanded
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.20	4,033	42	\|\|\|\|	27	11/98 - 10/19	expanded, limited
•	Under Fire	1983	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.14	1,034	7	\|\|\|	438	08/97 - 09/08	re-issue
•	WarGames	1983	Arthur B. Rubinstein	***	3.10	59	2	\|\|\|	1,681	08/11

2008 COMPILATIONS:

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

Legend:


Status:	N	- indicates a new review that has been published in the last 90 days
	R	- indicates an older review that has been significantly revised in the last 90 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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