Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2009 Albums

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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	***	2.46	569	9	\|\|\|	1,166	11/09
•	9	2009	Deborah Lurie, Danny Elfman	***	3.23	105	0	\|\|\|	2,295	12/24
•	Agora	2009	Dario Marianelli	*****	3.87	405	17	\|\|\|	1,077	01/10
•	Aliens in the Attic	2009	John Debney	***	3.01	224	1	\|\|	1,674	09/09
•	Angels & Demons	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Atli Örvarsson	****	3.32	1,700	30	\|\|\|	456	05/09
•	Astro Boy	2009	John Ottman	****	3.40	335	1	\|\|	1,340	10/09
•	Avatar	2009	James Horner	*****	3.83	8,981	158	\|\|\|\|\|	125	12/09 - 05/21	multiple albums
•	Cheri	2009	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.10	272	0	\|\|	1,726	07/09
•	A Christmas Carol	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	3.19	379	1	\|\|	1,039	11/09 - 04/16	multiple albums
•	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	2009	Mark Mothersbaugh	***	3.14	192	0	\|\|	1,751	03/11
•	Coraline	2009	Bruno Coulais	****	3.49	705	9	\|\|	950	03/09
•	Couples Retreat	2009	A.R. Rahman	****	3.44	472	1	\|\|\|	1,168	11/09
•	District 9	2009	Clinton Shorter	***	3.00	237	1	\|\|	1,829	01/10
•	Drag Me to Hell	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.57	427	2	\|\|\|	1,261	01/10
•	Duplicity	2009	James Newton Howard	**	2.87	382	0	\|\|	1,379	03/09
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.98	334	3	\|\|	1,564	02/10 - 03/11	all albums
•	Fast & Furious	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.94	190	0	\|\|	1,770	04/11
•	The Final Destination	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.93	338	1	\|\|\|	1,175	08/09
•	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	Rolfe Kent	****	3.07	130	1	\|\|	1,957	04/11
•	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	2.60	532	14	\|\|	1,017	08/09
•	Grey Gardens	2009	Rachel Portman	***	2.94	201	0	\|\|	1,884	07/09
•	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	Nicholas Hooper	**	2.44	2,071	86	\|\|\|	481	07/09
•	He's Just Not That Into You	2009	Cliff Eidelman	**	2.62	89	0	\|\|	1,958	06/11
•	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2009	John Powell	***	2.99	392	6	\|\|	1,184	06/09
•	The Informant!	2009	Marvin Hamlisch	****	3.07	223	0	\|\|	1,855	01/10
•	Julie & Julia	2009	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.83	187	2	\|\|	1,815	02/11
•	Knowing	2009	Marco Beltrami	***	3.10	542	7	\|\|\|	1,028	03/09 - 05/21	multiple albums
•	Land of the Lost	2009	Michael Giacchino	**	2.49	341	6	\|\|	1,599	06/09
•	Law Abiding Citizen	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.69	157	0	\|\|	1,843	03/11
•	Lesbian Vampire Killers	2009	Debbie Wiseman	*****	3.97	449	5	\|\|\|\|	1,107	01/10
•	Monsters vs. Aliens	2009	Henry Jackman	***	2.88	636	1	\|\|	955	03/09
•	My Sister's Keeper	2009	Aaron Zigman	**	2.90	273	0	\|\|	1,737	07/09
•	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	2.97	340	4	\|\|	1,425	06/09
•	Orphan	2009	John Ottman	***	2.86	285	1	\|\|	1,597	08/09
•	A Perfect Getaway	2009	Boris Elkis	**	2.41	242	2	\|\|	1,664	08/09
•	Pope Joan (Die Päpstin)	2009	Marcel Barsotti	*****	3.83	287	1	\|\|\|	1,616	01/10 - 03/10
•	The Princess and the Frog	2009	Randy Newman	****	3.16	507	4	\|\|	1,203	12/09
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.07	1,888	25	\|\|\|\|	399	05/09 - 07/20	all albums
•	Surrogates	2009	Richard Marvin	***	2.72	143	0	\|\|	1,872	12/10
•	Taken	2009	Nathaniel Mechaly	**	2.53	141	0	\|\|	1,968	04/11
•	The Taking of Pelham 123	2009	Harry Gregson-Williams	*	2.09	166	1	\|\|	1,789	02/11
•	Taking Woodstock	2009	Danny Elfman	**	2.89	311	0	\|\|	1,826	03/10
•	Terminator Salvation	2009	Danny Elfman	***	2.96	1,426	21	\|\|\|	666	05/09
•	The Time Traveler's Wife	2009	Mychael Danna	***	3.01	290	0	\|\|	1,272	08/09
•	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	Steve Jablonsky, Lorne Balfe	***	2.44	1,511	29	\|\|\|	832	07/09
•	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	2009	Alexandre Desplat	****	2.89	1,128	9	\|\|\|	849	11/09
•	The Ugly Truth	2009	Aaron Zigman	**	2.70	138	0	\|\|	1,963	04/11
•	Un Homme et Son Chien	2009	Philippe Rombi	****	3.22	160	0	\|\|	1,910	01/10
•	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	2009	Paul Haslinger	**	2.21	127	0	\|\|	1,948	04/11
•	The Uninvited	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.13	234	0	\|\|	1,853	04/10
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.28	1,561	26	\|\|\|	637	01/10 - 08/11	all albums
•	The Vampire's Assistant	2009	Stephen Trask, Lior Rosner, Amanda Goodpaster	**	2.50	258	2	\|\|\|	1,682	10/09
•	Watchmen	2009	Tyler Bates	**	1.98	642	6	\|\|	1,186	03/09
•	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	2009	Harry Gregson-Williams, Halli Cauthery	***	2.61	731	9	\|\|	876	05/09
•	Year One	2009	Theodore Shapiro	**	2.40	209	0	\|\|	1,874	07/09

2009 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
R	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.63	336	4	\|\|	568	10/97 - 06/25	limited
•	Back to the Future	1985	Alan Silvestri	*****	4.12	1,014	8	\|\|\|\|	601	01/10 - 04/16	expanded, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	****	3.43	332	2	\|\|\|\|	1,237	06/10	all albums
•	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	***	2.92	552	4	\|\|	742	06/99 - 01/17	limited, expanded
•	The Black Stallion	1979	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	**	3.37	468	0	\|\|	854	01/02 - 02/10	limited
•	The Black Stallion Returns	1983	Georges Delerue	*****	3.96	319	1	\|\|\|	1,745	01/02 - 02/10	limited
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.54	287	0	\|\|\|	1,081	07/09 - 04/16	re-issue
•	Escape From the Planet of the Apes	1971	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.42	69	0	\|\|	2,362	11/24	expanded, limited
•	Extreme Close-Up (TV)	1990	James Horner	***	2.95	127	0	\|\|	1,860	05/10	limited
•	The Fugitive	1993	James Newton Howard	***	3.13	1,455	3	\|\|\|	459	12/00 - 09/10	expanded, limited
•	High Road to China	1983	John Barry	****	3.95	1,421	1	\|\|\|	468	06/97 - 11/11	limited
•	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	1989	James Horner	**	2.97	233	1	\|\|	1,350	08/09 - 08/24	limited
•	House of Cards	1993	James Horner	***	2.89	151	0	\|\|	1,792	05/10	limited
•	The Incredible Hulk (TV)	1978	Joe Harnell	***	2.90	679	0	\|\|	214	11/99 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.38	446	8	\|\|\|	787	07/03 - 02/10	limited
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.99	214	0	\|\|	1,716	07/09 - 02/10	limited
•	The Journey of Natty Gann	1985	James Horner	****	3.35	166	0	\|\|\|	1,481	08/09	limited
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	****	3.71	665	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,133	10/10	all albums
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.19	981	5	\|\|\|	385	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	The Mole (TV)	2001	David Michael Frank	****	3.43	721	4	\|\|\|	831	10/01 - 06/18	limited
•	One Little Indian	1973	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.47	76	0	\|\|\|	2,354	09/24	limited
•	Rent-A-Cop	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	296	1	\|\|	1,110	06/98 - 03/10	limited
•	The Right Stuff	1983	Bill Conti	***	3.09	164	6	\|\|\|	1,477	02/12	limited
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	James Horner	***	3.05	286	5	\|\|\|\|	1,143	08/09 - 03/24	limited
•	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	James Horner	*****	4.09	1,529	38	\|\|\|\|	211	06/03 - 01/22	expanded
•	The Stoning of Soraya M.	2008	John Debney	****	3.49	263	0	\|\|	1,723	06/09	limited
•	Twilight Zone: The Movie	1983	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.72	692	0	\|\|\|	1,284	07/09	limited, expanded
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.28	1,561	26	\|\|\|	637	01/10 - 08/11	download only, promotional
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.37	217	2	\|\|\|	675	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	****	3.35	88	0	\|\|\|	1,913	07/11	promo set

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Comments:	Comment Total (the number of messages posted in the review's comment area)

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	\|\|\|	- Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words)
	\|\|	- Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words)
	\|	- Short Review (under 800 words)

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	2nd	- indicates the month and year of the review's most recent significant revision (if any)

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