Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2009 Albums

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2009 REGULAR RELEASES

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	2012	2009	Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker	***	2.52	529	9	\|\|\|	1,125	11/09
•	Agora	2009	Dario Marianelli	*****	3.94	339	17	\|\|\|	1,191	01/10
•	Aliens in the Attic	2009	John Debney	***	2.86	165	1	\|\|	1,591	09/09
•	Angels & Demons	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Atli Orvarsson	****	3.18	1,457	30	\|\|\|	478	05/09
•	Astro Boy	2009	John Ottman	****	3.33	301	1	\|\|	1,318	10/09
•	Avatar	2009	James Horner	*****	3.81	8,667	157	\|\|\|\|\|	138	12/09
•	Cheri	2009	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.10	216	0	\|\|	1,638	07/09
•	A Christmas Carol	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	3.17	355	1	\|\|	1,027	11/09 - 04/16	multiple albums
•	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	2009	Mark Mothersbaugh	***	3.03	142	0	\|\|	1,729	03/11
•	Coraline	2009	Bruno Coulais	****	3.31	592	9	\|\|	964	03/09
•	Couples Retreat	2009	A.R. Rahman	****	3.43	448	1	\|\|\|	1,165	11/09
•	District 9	2009	Clinton Shorter	***	2.98	189	1	\|\|	1,787	01/10
•	Drag Me to Hell	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.44	352	2	\|\|\|	1,349	01/10
•	Duplicity	2009	James Newton Howard	**	2.95	344	0	\|\|	1,310	03/09
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.94	264	3	\|\|	1,560	02/10 - 03/11	all albums
•	Fast & Furious	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.86	138	0	\|\|	1,740	04/11
•	The Final Destination	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.88	282	1	\|\|\|	1,163	08/09
•	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	Rolfe Kent	****	3.04	98	1	\|\|	1,912	04/11
•	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	2.58	497	14	\|\|	1,020	08/09
•	Grey Gardens	2009	Rachel Portman	***	2.93	160	0	\|\|	1,811	07/09
•	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	Nicholas Hooper	**	2.44	1,947	86	\|\|\|	514	07/09
•	He's Just Not That Into You	2009	Cliff Eidelman	**	2.57	68	0	\|\|	1,910	06/11
•	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2009	John Powell	***	2.97	365	6	\|\|	1,185	06/09
•	The Informant!	2009	Marvin Hamlisch	****	3.02	175	0	\|\|	1,829	01/10
•	Julie & Julia	2009	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.78	144	0	\|\|	1,765	02/11
•	Knowing	2009	Marco Beltrami	***	3.11	501	7	\|\|	1,095	03/09
•	Land of the Lost	2009	Michael Giacchino	**	2.51	295	6	\|\|	1,551	06/09
•	Law Abiding Citizen	2009	Brian Tyler	***	2.54	116	0	\|\|	1,818	03/11
•	Lesbian Vampire Killers	2009	Debbie Wiseman	*****	3.95	401	4	\|\|\|\|	1,223	01/10
•	Monsters vs. Aliens	2009	Henry Jackman	***	2.86	590	1	\|\|	954	03/09
•	My Sister's Keeper	2009	Aaron Zigman	**	2.88	218	0	\|\|	1,615	07/09
•	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	2.94	316	4	\|\|	1,371	06/09
•	Orphan	2009	John Ottman	***	2.70	211	1	\|\|	1,521	08/09
•	A Perfect Getaway	2009	Boris Elkis	**	2.40	195	2	\|\|	1,506	08/09
•	Pope Joan (Die Päpstin)	2009	Marcel Barsotti	*****	3.53	179	1	\|\|\|	1,594	01/10 - 03/10
•	The Princess and the Frog	2009	Randy Newman	****	3.14	477	4	\|\|	1,216	12/09
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.04	1,715	25	\|\|\|\|	427	05/09 - 06/10	all albums
•	Surrogates	2009	Richard Marvin	***	2.71	112	0	\|\|	1,861	12/10
•	Taken	2009	Nathaniel Mechaly	**	2.51	110	0	\|\|	1,917	04/11
•	The Taking of Pelham 123	2009	Harry Gregson-Williams	*	2.01	125	1	\|\|	1,760	02/11
•	Taking Woodstock	2009	Danny Elfman	**	2.94	225	0	\|\|	1,794	03/10
•	Terminator Salvation	2009	Danny Elfman	***	2.65	973	20	\|\|\|	701	05/09
•	The Time Traveler's Wife	2009	Mychael Danna	***	2.93	224	0	\|\|	1,232	08/09
•	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	Steve Jablonsky, Lorne Balfe	***	2.44	1,411	29	\|\|\|	836	07/09
•	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	2009	Alexandre Desplat	****	2.88	1,056	9	\|\|\|	852	11/09
•	The Ugly Truth	2009	Aaron Zigman	**	2.69	108	0	\|\|	1,909	04/11
•	Un Homme et Son Chien	2009	Philippe Rombi	****	3.27	123	0	\|\|	1,852	01/10
•	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	2009	Paul Haslinger	**	2.16	100	0	\|\|	1,884	04/11
•	The Uninvited	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.10	157	0	\|\|	1,808	04/10
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	1,455	26	\|\|\|	725	01/10 - 08/11	all albums
•	The Vampire's Assistant	2009	Stephen Trask, Lior Rosner, Amanda Goodpaster	**	2.49	209	2	\|\|\|	1,543	10/09
•	Watchmen	2009	Tyler Bates	**	2.03	572	6	\|\|	1,100	03/09
•	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	2009	Harry Gregson-Williams, Halli Cauthery	***	2.58	675	9	\|\|	864	05/09
•	Year One	2009	Theodore Shapiro	**	2.38	165	0	\|\|	1,777	07/09

2009 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Airplane!	1980	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.60	246	4	\|\|	568	10/97 - 07/09	limited
•	Back to the Future	1985	Alan Silvestri	*****	3.99	760	8	\|\|\|\|	735	01/10 - 04/16	expanded, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (Series) (TV)	2004	Bear McCreary, Richard Gibbs	****	3.40	311	2	\|\|\|\|	1,274	06/10	all albums
•	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	***	2.90	510	4	\|\|	728	06/99 - 01/17	limited, expanded
•	The Black Stallion	1979	Carmine Coppola, Shirley Walker	**	3.31	419	0	\|\|	829	01/02 - 02/10	limited
•	The Black Stallion Returns	1983	Georges Delerue	*****	3.95	307	1	\|\|\|	1,714	01/02 - 02/10	limited
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.39	208	0	\|\|\|	1,134	07/09 - 04/16	re-issue
•	Extreme Close-Up (TV)	1990	James Horner	***	2.79	91	0	\|\|	1,805	05/10	limited
•	The Fugitive	1993	James Newton Howard	***	3.08	1,337	3	\|\|\|	464	12/00 - 09/10	limited set
•	High Road to China	1983	John Barry	****	3.95	1,329	1	\|\|\|	457	06/97 - 11/11	limited
•	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	1989	James Horner	**	2.95	138	1	\|\|	1,458	08/09	limited
•	House of Cards	1993	James Horner	***	2.88	118	0	\|\|	1,749	05/10	limited
•	The Incredible Hulk (TV)	1978	Joe Harnell	***	2.90	641	0	\|\|	206	11/99 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Innerspace	1987	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.37	418	8	\|\|\|	764	07/03 - 02/10	limited
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.73	150	0	\|\|	1,678	07/09 - 02/10	limited
•	The Journey of Natty Gann	1985	James Horner	****	3.33	128	0	\|\|\|	1,539	08/09	limited
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	****	3.76	603	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,266	10/10	all albums
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.17	825	5	\|\|\|	384	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	The Mole (TV)	2001	David Michael Frank	****	3.44	683	4	\|\|\|	778	10/01 - 06/18	limited
•	Rent-A-Cop	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.96	224	1	\|\|	1,090	06/98 - 03/10	limited
•	The Right Stuff	1983	Bill Conti	***	3.06	126	6	\|\|\|	1,533	02/12	limited
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	James Horner	***	3.02	186	5	\|\|\|\|	1,295	08/09 - 04/16	limited
•	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	James Horner	*****	4.10	1,382	36	\|\|\|\|	223	06/03 - 06/18	expanded
•	The Stoning of Soraya M.	2008	John Debney	****	3.37	196	0	\|\|	1,654	06/09	limited
•	Twilight Zone: The Movie	1983	Jerry Goldsmith	****	4.08	383	0	\|\|\|	1,416	07/09	limited, expanded
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	1,455	26	\|\|\|	725	01/10 - 08/11	download only, promotional
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.32	164	2	\|\|\|	645	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	****	3.26	51	0	\|\|\|	1,883	07/11	promo set

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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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