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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	127 Hours	2010	A.R. Rahman	***	2.94	383	2	\|\|	1,559	11/10
•	The A-Team	2010	Alan Silvestri	***	2.90	323	2	\|\|	1,306	06/10
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.18	3,080	11	\|\|\|\|	268	03/10 - 06/11	all albums
•	Black Swan	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.68	467	1	\|\|	1,318	01/11
•	The Blind Side	2009	Carter Burwell	***	2.81	113	1	\|\|	1,836	06/11
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	2010	David Arnold	*****	3.80	843	14	\|\|\|\|	739	12/10
•	Clash of the Titans	2010	Ramin Djawadi, Various	**	2.12	980	35	\|\|\|\|	836	04/10
•	The Crazies	2010	Mark Isham	**	2.34	199	0	\|\|	1,599	03/10
•	Creation	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.30	226	8	\|\|	1,758	01/10
•	Edge of Darkness	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.74	264	2	\|\|	1,533	03/10
•	The Expendables	2010	Brian Tyler	***	3.00	405	9	\|\|	1,481	09/10
•	Fair Game	2010	John Powell	**	2.60	246	4	\|\|	1,827	11/10
•	Faster	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.29	207	0	\|\|	1,803	11/10
•	The Ghost Writer	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.47	432	1	\|\|	1,709	12/10
•	Green Zone	2010	John Powell	****	3.09	292	1	\|\|	1,730	12/10
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.80	2,544	44	\|\|\|\|\|	505	11/10 - 01/11	all albums
•	Henri 4	2010	Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer	**	2.14	216	1	\|\|	1,779	07/11
•	How to Train Your Dragon	2010	John Powell	*****	4.17	2,510	21	\|\|\|\|	247	04/10 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	The Hurt Locker	2009	Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders	*	2.32	420	14	\|\|	1,495	02/10
•	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	2009	Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna	****	3.34	244	0	\|\|	1,859	02/10
•	Inception	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	**	3.04	4,281	155	\|\|\|\|	232	07/10
•	Iron Man 2	2010	John Debney	**	3.20	736	9	\|\|\|	1,088	07/10
•	The Karate Kid	2010	James Horner	***	3.23	592	7	\|\|\|	1,129	06/10
•	The King's Speech	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.04	796	1	\|\|	945	12/10
•	Knight and Day	2010	John Powell	***	2.96	213	5	\|\|	1,831	08/11
•	The Last Airbender	2010	James Newton Howard	*****	4.16	2,728	12	\|\|\|\|	407	06/10
•	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	2010	David Hirschfelder	****	3.08	493	4	\|\|\|	1,329	10/10
•	Let Me In	2010	Michael Giacchino	**	2.81	240	11	\|\|	1,731	11/10
•	The Losers	2010	John Ottman	***	3.01	168	2	\|\|	1,885	06/10
•	Love Happens	2009	Christopher Young	***	3.01	197	0	\|\|	1,895	04/10
•	Marmaduke	2010	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.70	129	0	\|\|	1,954	12/10
•	Megamind	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	****	2.82	1,566	5	\|\|\|	1,080	10/10
•	Nanny McPhee Returns	2010	James Newton Howard	***	2.92	338	1	\|\|	1,789	08/11	all albums
•	Never Let Me Go	2010	Rachel Portman	***	3.04	307	3	\|\|	1,378	09/10
•	The Next Three Days	2010	Danny Elfman	***	3.12	374	2	\|\|	1,340	01/11	all albums
•	Oceans	2010	Bruno Coulais	****	3.52	307	1	\|\|	1,621	07/10	import
•	The Pacific	2010	Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, Blake Neely	***	2.84	229	0	\|\|	1,699	07/11
•	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	2010	Christophe Beck	****	3.16	312	13	\|\|\|	1,208	03/10
•	Predators	2010	John Debney	***	3.05	570	10	\|\|\|	1,167	07/10
•	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.18	727	4	\|\|\|	1,123	05/10
•	Robin Hood	2010	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.88	631	1	\|\|\|	1,277	05/10
•	Salt	2010	James Newton Howard	***	3.14	602	5	\|\|	1,184	07/10
•	Sex and the City 2	2010	Aaron Zigman	***	2.58	62	1	\|\|	1,967	08/11
•	Sherlock Holmes	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	***	3.20	1,430	9	\|\|\|	693	01/10
•	Shrek Forever After	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.07	595	1	\|\|	1,402	05/10
•	Skyline	2010	Matthew Margeson	**	2.56	280	4	\|\|	1,741	11/10
•	The Social Network	2010	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	FRISBEE	2.42	2,134	61	\|\|\|	599	12/10	multiple albums
•	Tangled	2010	Alan Menken	****	3.72	1,074	3	\|\|\|	817	11/10
•	The Tourist	2010	James Newton Howard, Gabriel Yared	***	3.08	340	1	\|\|	1,580	01/11
•	The Town	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley	**	2.52	334	0	\|\|	1,343	09/10
•	Toy Story 3	2010	Randy Newman, Various	***	3.01	1,017	3	\|\|	953	06/10 - 01/12	all albums
•	Tron: Legacy	2010	Daft Punk	***	3.46	1,291	27	\|\|\|\|	519	12/10 - 11/23	all albums
•	True Grit	2010	Carter Burwell, Various	****	3.33	392	1	\|\|	1,401	01/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.93	527	1	\|\|\|	1,257	07/10
•	Unstoppable	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.45	214	1	\|\|	1,702	12/10
•	Valentine's Day	2010	John Debney	***	3.01	166	1	\|\|	1,898	05/10
•	Vampires Suck	2010	Christopher Lennertz	****	3.12	314	3	\|\|\|	1,654	09/10
•	The Wolfman	2010	Danny Elfman, Various	****	3.36	832	6	\|\|\|	854	03/10

2010 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Alien Resurrection	1997	John Frizzell	***	3.17	226	9	\|\|\|	1,534	11/10	expanded, limited
•	Avatar	2009	James Horner	*****	3.83	8,904	158	\|\|\|\|\|	125	12/09 - 05/21	expanded
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.32	13,973	96	\|\|\|\|	18	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.31	6,535	40	\|\|\|\|	62	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Special Events) (TV)	2007	Bear McCreary	***	2.96	131	1	\|\|	1,913	06/10
•	Black Sunday	1977	John Williams	***	3.05	291	0	\|\|\|	1,657	02/10	limited
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.22	2,043	43	\|\|\|	147	06/03 - 12/12	re-recording
•	Dragonslayer	1981	Alex North	**	2.62	366	28	\|\|\|	610	08/97 - 06/21	limited
•	The Edge	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.42	1,924	2	\|\|\|	278	10/97 - 06/10	expanded, limited
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.05	176	1	\|\|\|	1,729	07/10	expanded
•	Family Plot	1976	John Williams	***	3.06	170	0	\|\|\|	1,701	12/10	limited
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.97	299	3	\|\|	1,575	02/10 - 03/11	expanded
•	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.85	636	3	\|\|\|	1,203	07/09 - 12/10	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.71	536	8	\|\|\|	549	03/97 - 05/14	expanded, limited
•	The Goonies	1985	Dave Grusin	***	3.22	350	2	\|\|\|	1,625	06/10 - 11/20	limited
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.80	2,544	44	\|\|\|\|\|	505	11/10 - 01/11	limited, expanded
•	Home Alone	1990	John Williams	****	3.97	2,973	21	\|\|\|	109	09/96 - 03/16	expanded, limited
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,085	67	\|\|\|\|	94	09/96 - 06/10	complete
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	226	1	\|\|	1,479	08/09 - 03/10	original recording
•	Jade	1995	James Horner	*	2.44	306	4	\|\|\|	1,464	08/09 - 01/11	limited
•	The Karate Kid	1984	Bill Conti	***	3.01	246	8	\|\|\|	1,262	06/10 - 03/21	limited, re-issue
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.55	1,119	7	\|\|\|	258	08/97 - 08/15	limited
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	****	4.30	39,083	1535	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Howard Shore	****	4.30	23,052	693	\|\|\|\|\|	17	11/03 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.30	26,367	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	* **	3.72	646	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,183	10/10	limited
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.19	238	0	\|\|\|	1,477	06/10	expanded, limited
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.91	320	4	\|\|\|	1,346	07/09 - 06/10	expanded
•	Patton	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.87	1,087	2	\|\|\|	346	03/99 - 05/21	expanded
•	Players	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	190	0	\|\|	1,830	02/10	limited
•	Poltergeist	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.94	2,831	4	\|\|\|	181	03/97 - 12/10	limited, expanded
•	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	John Williams	****	3.19	608	2	\|\|\|	306	09/96 - 04/21	limited
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	****	3.82	1,448	34	\|\|\|	166	09/03 - 03/12	limited
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.38	467	1	\|\|\|	1,049	04/10 - 05/18	limited
•	Red Sonja	1985	Ennio Morricone	***	3.04	323	3	\|\|\|	614	06/97 - 01/23	expanded, limited
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.19	574	13	\|\|\|	577	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Rocky IV	1985	Vince DiCola	***	3.05	98	1	\|\|\|	2,239	08/22	expanded
•	Space Battleship Yamato	2010	Naoki Sato	*****	4.05	608	4	\|\|\|\|	949	01/11	Japanese
•	SpaceCamp	1986	John Williams	***	3.18	404	4	\|\|	616	07/98 - 12/14	limited
•	Speed 2: Cruise Control	1997	Mark Mancina	****	3.38	294	3	\|\|\|	1,590	07/10	limited
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.07	1,835	25	\|\|\|\|	399	05/09 - 07/20	expanded, limited
•	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	James Horner	****	3.12	926	20	\|\|\|	477	06/03 - 06/22	expanded
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.75	3,214	9	\|\|\|	146	08/97 - 05/12	expanded, limited
•	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	Brad Fiedel	**	2.19	5,908	9	\|\|\|	30	09/96 - 08/17	re-issue
•	Tootsie	1982	Dave Grusin	***	2.91	215	0	\|\|	1,855	06/10	expanded
•	Uncommon Valor	1983	James Horner	***	2.93	172	3	\|\|	1,722	10/10 - 08/24	limited

2010 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The 2008 Ghent International Film Festival: Angelo Badalamenti	2008	Angelo Badalamenti	****	3.34	77	0	\|\|\|	1,906	07/11	re-issue

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