Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2009 Albums

SUPPORT FILMTRACKS! WE EARN A COMMISSION ON WHAT YOU BUY:
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk	eBay Amazon.ca

NEWEST MAJOR REVIEWS:

1. Enola Holmes
2. Mulan
3. Tenet
4. The One and Only Ivan
5. Project Power
6. An American Pickle

CURRENT BEST-SELLING SCORES:

1. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. The Monkey King
4. John Williams in Vienna
5. Space Battleship Yamato
6. Willow
7. Ready Player One
8. Ghostbusters

CURRENT MOST POPULAR REVIEWS:

1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Gladiator
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone
6. Superman
7. LOTR: Return of the King
8. Titanic
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Joker

MOBILE SITE

SUPPORT

SITE STATUS

RSS

ABOUT THE SITE

ARCHIVES

Reviews by Album Year

• General Information

• 2020 (24)
• 2019 (50)
• 2018 (70)
• 2017 (55)
• 2016 (65)
• 2015 (74)
• 2014 (60)
• 2013 (70)
• 2012 (83)
• 2011 (127)
• 2010 (105)
• 2009 (82)
• 2008 (80)
• 2007 (80)
• 2006 (80)
• 2005 (91)
• 2004 (99)
• 2003 (114)
• 2002 (106)
• 2001 (131)
• 2000 (129)
• 1999 (140)
• 1998 (128)
• 1997 (110)
• 1996 (72)
• 1995 (77)
• 1994 (53)
• 1993 (63)
• 1992 (55)
• 1991 (41)
• 1990 (51)
• 1989 (30)
• 1984-1988 (75)

(early CDs)

• Reviews by Title

2009 REGULAR RELEASES

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	2012	2009	Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker	***	2.52	529	9	\|\|\|	1,115	11/09
•	Agora	2009	Dario Marianelli	*****	3.96	353	17	\|\|\|	1,178	01/10
•	Aliens in the Attic	2009	John Debney	***	2.89	168	1	\|\|	1,607	09/09
•	Angels & Demons	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Atli Orvarsson	****	3.18	1,463	30	\|\|\|	474	05/09
•	Astro Boy	2009	John Ottman	****	3.36	308	1	\|\|	1,316	10/09
•	Avatar	2009	James Horner	*****	3.81	8,706	157	\|\|\|\|\|	136	12/09
•	Cheri	2009	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.10	216	0	\|\|	1,655	07/09
•	A Christmas Carol	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	3.17	356	1	\|\|	1,038	11/09 - 04/16	multiple albums
•	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	2009	Mark Mothersbaugh	***	3.03	143	0	\|\|	1,740	03/11
•	Coraline	2009	Bruno Coulais	****	3.35	605	9	\|\|	959	03/09
•	Couples Retreat	2009	A.R. Rahman	****	3.44	450	1	\|\|\|	1,164	11/09
•	District 9	2009	Clinton Shorter	***	2.99	190	1	\|\|	1,809	01/10
•	Drag Me to Hell	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.47	362	2	\|\|\|	1,331	01/10
•	Duplicity	2009	James Newton Howard	**	3.00	355	0	\|\|	1,314	03/09
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.95	266	3	\|\|	1,555	02/10 - 03/11	all albums
•	Fast & Furious	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.84	140	0	\|\|	1,755	04/11
•	The Final Destination	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.88	283	1	\|\|\|	1,172	08/09
•	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	Rolfe Kent	****	3.08	100	1	\|\|	1,923	04/11
•	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	2.59	498	14	\|\|	1,017	08/09
•	Grey Gardens	2009	Rachel Portman	***	2.93	160	0	\|\|	1,832	07/09
•	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	Nicholas Hooper	**	2.44	1,951	86	\|\|\|	496	07/09
•	He's Just Not That Into You	2009	Cliff Eidelman	**	2.57	68	0	\|\|	1,921	06/11
•	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2009	John Powell	***	2.96	366	6	\|\|	1,189	06/09
•	The Informant!	2009	Marvin Hamlisch	****	3.06	178	0	\|\|	1,835	01/10
•	Julie & Julia	2009	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.79	145	2	\|\|	1,780	02/11
•	Knowing	2009	Marco Beltrami	***	3.11	502	7	\|\|	1,097	03/09
•	Land of the Lost	2009	Michael Giacchino	**	2.50	296	6	\|\|	1,565	06/09
•	Law Abiding Citizen	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.54	116	0	\|\|	1,834	03/11
•	Lesbian Vampire Killers	2009	Debbie Wiseman	*****	3.96	409	4	\|\|\|\|	1,203	01/10
•	Monsters vs. Aliens	2009	Henry Jackman	***	2.87	592	1	\|\|	954	03/09
•	My Sister's Keeper	2009	Aaron Zigman	**	2.88	218	0	\|\|	1,643	07/09
•	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	2.95	318	4	\|\|	1,381	06/09
•	Orphan	2009	John Ottman	***	2.81	222	1	\|\|	1,533	08/09
•	A Perfect Getaway	2009	Boris Elkis	**	2.40	195	2	\|\|	1,536	08/09
•	Pope Joan (Die Päpstin)	2009	Marcel Barsotti	*****	3.57	184	1	\|\|\|	1,599	01/10 - 03/10
•	The Princess and the Frog	2009	Randy Newman	****	3.14	477	4	\|\|	1,212	12/09
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.05	1,753	25	\|\|\|\|	418	05/09 - 07/20	all albums
•	Surrogates	2009	Richard Marvin	***	2.71	112	0	\|\|	1,856	12/10
•	Taken	2009	Nathaniel Mechaly	**	2.51	110	0	\|\|	1,924	04/11
•	The Taking of Pelham 123	2009	Harry Gregson-Williams	*	2.00	126	1	\|\|	1,769	02/11
•	Taking Woodstock	2009	Danny Elfman	**	3.02	243	0	\|\|	1,814	03/10
•	Terminator Salvation	2009	Danny Elfman	***	2.83	1,064	20	\|\|\|	702	05/09
•	The Time Traveler's Wife	2009	Mychael Danna	***	2.94	226	0	\|\|	1,243	08/09
•	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	Steve Jablonsky, Lorne Balfe	***	2.43	1,416	29	\|\|\|	837	07/09
•	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	2009	Alexandre Desplat	****	2.88	1,058	9	\|\|\|	848	11/09
•	The Ugly Truth	2009	Aaron Zigman	**	2.67	109	0	\|\|	1,920	04/11
•	Un Homme et Son Chien	2009	Philippe Rombi	****	3.23	125	0	\|\|	1,868	01/10
•	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	2009	Paul Haslinger	**	2.16	100	0	\|\|	1,900	04/11
•	The Uninvited	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.11	158	0	\|\|	1,826	04/10
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	1,460	26	\|\|\|	698	01/10 - 08/11	all albums
•	The Vampire's Assistant	2009	Stephen Trask, Lior Rosner, Amanda Goodpaster	**	2.49	209	2	\|\|\|	1,572	10/09
•	Watchmen	2009	Tyler Bates	**	2.03	573	6	\|\|	1,113	03/09
•	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	2009	Harry Gregson-Williams, Halli Cauthery	***	2.60	680	9	\|\|	870	05/09
•	Year One	2009	Theodore Shapiro	**	2.38	165	0	\|\|	1,805	07/09

2009 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.63	254	4	\|\|	567	10/97 - 07/09	limited
•	Back to the Future	1985	Alan Silvestri	*****	4.06	840	8	\|\|\|\|	717	01/10 - 04/16	expanded, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	****	3.40	312	2	\|\|\|\|	1,279	06/10	all albums
•	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	***	2.92	518	4	\|\|	736	06/99 - 01/17	limited, expanded
•	The Black Stallion	1979	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	**	3.30	420	0	\|\|	832	01/02 - 02/10	limited
•	The Black Stallion Returns	1983	Georges Delerue	*****	3.95	307	1	\|\|\|	1,729	01/02 - 02/10	limited
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.45	216	0	\|\|\|	1,128	07/09 - 04/16	re-issue
•	Extreme Close-Up (TV)	1990	James Horner	***	2.88	95	0	\|\|	1,829	05/10	limited
•	The Fugitive	1993	James Newton Howard	***	3.11	1,360	3	\|\|\|	464	12/00 - 09/10	limited set
•	High Road to China	1983	John Barry	****	3.94	1,330	1	\|\|\|	459	06/97 - 11/11	limited
•	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	1989	James Horner	**	2.94	140	1	\|\|	1,423	08/09	limited
•	House of Cards	1993	James Horner	***	2.88	119	0	\|\|	1,762	05/10	limited
•	The Incredible Hulk (TV)	1978	Joe Harnell	***	2.90	641	0	\|\|	208	11/99 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.37	418	8	\|\|\|	771	07/03 - 02/10	limited
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.90	162	0	\|\|	1,684	07/09 - 02/10	limited
•	The Journey of Natty Gann	1985	James Horner	****	3.35	130	0	\|\|\|	1,532	08/09	limited
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	****	3.75	606	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,253	10/10	all albums
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.24	882	5	\|\|\|	385	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	The Mole (TV)	2001	David Michael Frank	****	3.44	683	4	\|\|\|	790	10/01 - 06/18	limited
•	Rent-A-Cop	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.03	231	1	\|\|	1,099	06/98 - 03/10	limited
•	The Right Stuff	1983	Bill Conti	***	3.06	129	6	\|\|\|	1,523	02/12	limited
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	James Horner	***	3.05	190	5	\|\|\|\|	1,289	08/09 - 04/16	limited
•	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	James Horner	*****	4.10	1,392	36	\|\|\|\|	224	06/03 - 06/18	expanded
•	The Stoning of Soraya M.	2008	John Debney	****	3.39	199	0	\|\|	1,663	06/09	limited
•	Twilight Zone: The Movie	1983	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.85	516	0	\|\|\|	1,361	07/09	limited, expanded
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	1,460	26	\|\|\|	698	01/10 - 08/11	download only, promotional
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.32	164	2	\|\|\|	649	03/97 - 11/11	limited

2009 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The 2008 Ghent International Film Festival: Angelo Badalamenti	2008	Angelo Badalamenti	****	3.24	59	0	\|\|\|	1,892	07/11	promo set

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)

Copyright © 1996-2021, Filmtracks Publications. All rights reserved.
The reviews and other textual content contained on the filmtracks.com site may not be published, broadcast,
rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Christian Clemmensen at Filmtracks Publications. Page created 9/24/96 and last updated 5/24/15.

Reviews by Title / Year | Scoreboard Forum | Viewer Ratings | Composers