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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	\|\|\|	1,659	11/10
•	American Gangster	2007	Marc Streitenfeld	****	3.08	96	0	\|\|	1,831	04/11
•	Body of Lies	2008	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.27	302	2	\|	1,274	10/08
•	Bolt	2008	John Powell	***	3.05	461	2	\|\|	1,056	11/08
•	The Bucket List	2007	Marc Shaiman	***	3.01	110	0	\|\|	1,845	10/10
•	Burn After Reading	2008	Carter Burwell	***	2.75	72	0	\|\|	1,869	08/11
•	Changeling	2008	Clint Eastwood	**	2.30	457	5	\|\|	1,216	11/08
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	2008	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.74	811	7	\|\|\|	773	05/08
•	City of Ember	2008	Andrew Lockington	****	3.40	125	2	\|\|	1,718	07/13
•	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	2008	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.37	962	17	\|\|	720	12/08
•	The Dark Knight	2008	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe	**	2.71	5,191	133	\|\|\|\|	178	07/08 - 04/10	multiple albums
•	The Day the Earth Stood Still	2008	Tyler Bates	**	1.86	314	1	\|\|	1,360	12/08
•	Defiance	2008	James Newton Howard	****	3.54	993	5	\|\|	662	12/08
•	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	2008	John Powell, Various	***	2.96	418	6	\|\|	1,014	04/08
•	The Duchess	2008	Rachel Portman	***	3.24	370	2	\|\|	1,166	10/08
•	Eagle Eye	2008	Brian Tyler	***	3.03	434	5	\|\|	1,121	10/08
•	The Express	2008	Mark Isham	***	3.15	371	0	\|\|	1,478	10/08
•	The Forbidden Kingdom	2008	David Buckley	****	3.37	208	2	\|\|	1,791	02/12
•	Frost/Nixon	2008	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	****	3.38	333	6	\|\|	1,187	12/08
•	The Golden Compass	2007	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.52	781	8	\|\|\|\|	741	02/08
•	Hancock	2008	John Powell, Various	***	3.07	403	4	\|\|	924	07/08
•	The Happening	2008	James Newton Howard	***	3.29	1,230	3	\|\|	814	06/08
•	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	2008	Danny Elfman	****	3.54	597	14	\|\|	753	07/08
•	I Am Legend	2007	James Newton Howard	****	3.55	483	0	\|\|\|	1,459	05/10
•	Igor	2008	Patrick Doyle	****	3.35	187	0	\|\|	1,638	09/09
•	The Incredible Hulk	2008	Craig Armstrong	****	3.34	469	9	\|\|\|	794	07/08
•	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	John Williams	****	3.66	1,554	24	\|\|\|\|	462	05/08 - 12/08	all albums
•	Iron Man	2008	Ramin Djawadi, Various	*	1.89	802	24	\|\|	622	05/08
•	Journey to the Center of the Earth	2008	Andrew Lockington	****	3.46	301	6	\|\|\|	1,211	02/09
•	Jumper	2008	John Powell	***	2.62	123	0	\|\|\|	1,854	08/11
•	Kung Fu Panda	2008	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Henry Jackman	***	3.30	1,070	2	\|\|	664	06/08
•	Leatherheads	2008	Randy Newman	***	3.20	315	4	\|	1,388	04/08
•	The Life Before Her Eyes	2008	James Horner	**	2.94	482	1	\|\|	1,015	04/08
•	Milk	2008	Danny Elfman	***	3.16	430	4	\|\|	1,203	12/08
•	The Mist	2007	Mark Isham	**	2.33	78	1	\|\|	1,853	11/10
•	Nim's Island	2008	Patrick Doyle	***	3.24	341	3	\|\|	1,091	04/08
•	Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea	2008	Joe Hisaishi	****	3.45	254	1	\|\|	1,043	02/09	multiple albums
•	Quantum of Solace	2008	David Arnold	***	3.24	1,002	8	\|\|\|\|\|	747	11/08
•	Rambo	2008	Brian Tyler	***	3.13	174	0	\|\|\|	1,645	03/11	all albums
•	Sex and the City	2008	Aaron Zigman	***	2.65	66	0	\|\|	1,934	08/11
•	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	2008	Rachel Portman	***	2.89	115	0	\|\|	1,891	09/09
•	Slumdog Millionaire	2008	A.R. Rahman	***	2.21	1,309	4	\|\|\|	656	01/09
•	Speed Racer	2008	Michael Giacchino	***	2.90	307	1	\|\|	1,209	06/08
•	The Spiderwick Chronicles	2008	James Horner	****	3.38	789	20	\|\|\|	490	01/08
•	Standard Operating Procedure	2008	Danny Elfman	***	3.25	250	0	\|\|	1,662	09/09
•	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	2008	Kevin Kiner	**	2.13	948	22	\|\|\|	787	08/08
•	Tropic Thunder	2008	Theodore Shapiro	***	2.99	119	0	\|\|	1,892	12/10
•	Twilight	2008	Carter Burwell	**	2.74	777	8	\|\|	852	12/08
•	Untraceable	2008	Christopher Young	***	2.92	116	1	\|\|	1,860	04/10
•	Valkyrie	2008	John Ottman	***	3.22	506	8	\|\|	923	12/08
•	Vantage Point	2008	Atli Orvarsson, Various	**	2.67	72	1	\|\|	1,913	01/12
•	WALL·E	2008	Thomas Newman, Peter Gabriel	***	3.18	946	18	\|\|	443	06/08
•	Wanted	2008	Danny Elfman	****	3.36	383	5	\|\|\|	1,403	09/09
•	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	2008	Mark Snow	***	2.80	395	2	\|\|	1,569	08/08

2008 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Accidental Tourist	1988	John Williams	**	3.12	312	8	\|	699	06/98 - 02/10	re-issue
•	Alvin and the Chipmunks	2007	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.59	80	0	\|\|	1,852	10/10	limited
•	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.15	213	3	\|\|	1,558	07/09 - 06/18	limited
•	The Boys from Brazil	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.38	205	1	\|\|	1,375	07/09	limited, expanded
•	The Dark Knight	2008	Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe	*	2.71	5,191	133	\|\|\|\|	178	07/08 - 04/10	expanded
•	In Too Deep	1999	Christopher Young	****	2.61	593	0	\|\|\|	1,205	10/99 - 05/08	promotional
•	The Incredible Hulk (TV)	1978	Joe Harnell	***	2.90	641	0	\|\|	208	11/99 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	John Williams	****	3.66	1,554	24	\|\|\|\|	462	05/08 - 12/08	re-issue set
•	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	John Williams	****	3.96	4,677	18	\|\|\|	84	08/97 - 12/08	expanded set
•	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	John Williams	*****	3.91	1,068	4	\|\|\|	689	08/09	expanded set
•	The Journey of Natty Gann	1985	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.35	130	0	\|\|\|	1,532	08/09	rejected score, limited set
•	Last Embrace	1981	Miklós Rózsa	***	3.44	147	1	\|\|\|	1,226	06/97 - 07/11	limited, expanded
•	The Legend of Butch & Sundance (TV)	2004	Basil Poledouris	****	3.22	79	1	\|\|	1,782	09/09	limited
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	***	3.75	606	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,253	10/10	all albums
•	Masters of the Universe	1987	Bill Conti	**	3.06	453	6	\|\|\|	428	03/97 - 09/20	expanded
•	The Matrix	1999	Don Davis	***	2.91	20,363	288	\|\|\|	23	06/99 - 01/09	limited, expanded
•	Meet the Spartans	2008	Christopher Lennertz	****	3.16	187	10	\|\|	1,105	02/09	promotional
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	**	4.00	15,110	315	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	cover versions
•	Not Without My Daughter	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.71	293	1	\|\|	704	06/98 - 07/09	limited
•	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	John Williams	*****	4.29	6,359	5	\|\|\|\|\|	59	09/96 - 12/08	expanded set
•	Robin and Marian	1976	John Barry, Richard Shores	***	3.26	626	1	\|\|	1,095	07/03 - 03/09	limited, expanded
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.02	285	1	\|\|	1,660	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Species	1995	Christopher Young	***	3.01	303	5	\|\|	433	03/98 - 07/09	limited, expanded
•	Superman	1978	John Williams	*****	4.20	4,041	42	\|\|\|\|	27	11/98 - 10/19	expanded, limited
•	Under Fire	1983	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.14	1,037	7	\|\|\|	432	08/97 - 09/08	re-issue
•	WarGames	1983	Arthur B. Rubinstein	***	3.00	69	2	\|\|\|	1,605	08/11 - 09/20	limited

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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