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2010 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	127 Hours	2010	A.R. Rahman	***	2.91	405	2	\|\|	1,544	11/10
•	The A-Team	2010	Alan Silvestri	***	2.90	344	2	\|\|	1,304	06/10
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.15	3,213	11	\|\|\|\|	243	03/10 - 06/11	all albums
•	Black Swan	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.70	497	1	\|\|	1,282	01/11
•	The Blind Side	2009	Carter Burwell	***	2.87	150	1	\|\|	1,853	06/11
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	2010	David Arnold	*****	3.79	926	14	\|\|\|\|	727	12/10
•	Clash of the Titans	2010	Ramin Djawadi, Various	**	2.13	1,042	36	\|\|\|\|	835	04/10
•	The Crazies	2010	Mark Isham	**	2.35	247	0	\|\|	1,644	03/10
•	Creation	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.21	280	8	\|\|	1,759	01/10
•	Edge of Darkness	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.78	309	2	\|\|	1,565	03/10
•	The Expendables	2010	Brian Tyler	***	3.00	425	9	\|\|	1,481	09/10
•	Fair Game	2010	John Powell	**	2.61	306	4	\|\|	1,846	11/10
•	Faster	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.30	255	0	\|\|	1,836	11/10
•	The Ghost Writer	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.45	458	1	\|\|	1,705	12/10
•	Green Zone	2010	John Powell	****	3.09	353	1	\|\|	1,735	12/10
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.80	2,697	45	\|\|\|\|\|	501	11/10 - 01/11	all albums
•	Henri 4	2010	Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer	**	2.20	283	1	\|\|	1,789	07/11
•	How to Train Your Dragon	2010	John Powell	*****	4.14	2,701	21	\|\|\|\|	231	04/10 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	The Hurt Locker	2009	Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders	*	2.32	446	14	\|\|	1,493	02/10
•	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	2009	Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna	****	3.26	307	0	\|\|	1,876	02/10
•	Inception	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	**	3.02	4,397	155	\|\|\|\|	216	07/10
•	Iron Man 2	2010	John Debney	**	3.11	805	9	\|\|\|	1,063	07/10
•	The Karate Kid	2010	James Horner	***	3.15	645	7	\|\|\|	1,115	06/10
•	The King's Speech	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.04	843	1	\|\|	953	12/10
•	Knight and Day	2010	John Powell	***	2.92	277	5	\|\|	1,819	08/11
•	The Last Airbender	2010	James Newton Howard	*****	4.14	2,950	12	\|\|\|\|	403	06/10
•	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	2010	David Hirschfelder	****	3.08	517	4	\|\|\|	1,325	10/10
•	Let Me In	2010	Michael Giacchino	**	2.77	307	11	\|\|	1,730	11/10
•	The Losers	2010	John Ottman	***	2.97	216	2	\|\|	1,896	06/10
•	Love Happens	2009	Christopher Young	***	3.00	248	0	\|\|	1,906	04/10
•	Marmaduke	2010	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.72	163	0	\|\|	1,983	12/10
•	Megamind	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	****	2.82	1,664	5	\|\|\|	1,038	10/10
•	Nanny McPhee Returns	2010	James Newton Howard	***	2.94	359	1	\|\|	1,778	08/11	all albums
•	Never Let Me Go	2010	Rachel Portman	***	3.03	319	3	\|\|	1,385	09/10
•	The Next Three Days	2010	Danny Elfman	***	3.12	393	2	\|\|	1,344	01/11	all albums
•	Oceans	2010	Bruno Coulais	****	3.35	346	1	\|\|	1,622	07/10	import
•	The Pacific	2010	Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, Blake Neely	***	2.86	289	0	\|\|	1,684	07/11
•	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	2010	Christophe Beck	****	3.16	327	13	\|\|\|	1,206	03/10
•	Predators	2010	John Debney	***	3.01	608	10	\|\|\|	1,156	07/10
•	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.19	769	4	\|\|\|	1,123	05/10
•	Robin Hood	2010	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.87	663	1	\|\|\|	1,272	05/10
•	Salt	2010	James Newton Howard	***	3.15	636	5	\|\|	1,189	07/10
•	Sex and the City 2	2010	Aaron Zigman	***	2.66	88	1	\|\|	1,998	08/11
•	Sherlock Holmes	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	***	3.15	1,552	9	\|\|\|	683	01/10
•	Shrek Forever After	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.07	628	1	\|\|	1,398	05/10
•	Skyline	2010	Matthew Margeson	**	2.56	319	4	\|\|	1,760	11/10
•	The Social Network	2010	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	FRISBEE	2.38	2,264	61	\|\|\|	584	12/10	multiple albums
•	Tangled	2010	Alan Menken	****	3.68	1,140	3	\|\|\|	806	11/10
•	The Tourist	2010	James Newton Howard, Gabriel Yared	***	3.08	359	1	\|\|	1,570	01/11
•	The Town	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley	**	2.52	351	0	\|\|	1,335	09/10
•	Toy Story 3	2010	Randy Newman, Various	***	3.01	1,075	3	\|\|	936	06/10 - 01/12	all albums
•	Tron: Legacy	2010	Daft Punk	***	3.46	1,377	27	\|\|\|\|	500	12/10 - 11/23	all albums
•	True Grit	2010	Carter Burwell, Various	****	3.33	413	1	\|\|	1,432	01/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.99	564	1	\|\|\|	1,264	07/10
•	Unstoppable	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.47	268	1	\|\|	1,718	12/10
•	Valentine's Day	2010	John Debney	***	3.00	211	1	\|\|	1,909	05/10
•	Vampires Suck	2010	Christopher Lennertz	****	3.23	351	3	\|\|\|	1,687	09/10
•	The Wolfman	2010	Danny Elfman, Various	****	3.36	901	6	\|\|\|	838	03/10

2010 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Alien Resurrection	1997	John Frizzell	***	3.00	298	9	\|\|\|	1,523	11/10	expanded, limited
•	Avatar	2009	James Horner	*****	3.83	9,084	158	\|\|\|\|\|	122	12/09 - 05/21	expanded
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.29	14,262	96	\|\|\|\|	18	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.24	6,803	40	\|\|\|\|	61	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Special Events) (TV)	2007	Bear McCreary	***	3.02	177	1	\|\|	1,942	06/10
•	Black Sunday	1977	John Williams	***	3.06	336	0	\|\|\|	1,613	02/10 - 10/25	limited
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.14	2,265	43	\|\|\|	141	06/03 - 12/12	re-recording
•	Dragonslayer	1981	Alex North	**	2.70	393	28	\|\|\|	610	08/97 - 06/21	limited
•	Dutch	1991	Alan Silvestri	**	2.48	65	0	\|\|	2,467	06/25	limited
•	The Edge	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.43	2,051	2	\|\|\|	280	10/97 - 06/10	expanded, limited
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.07	234	1	\|\|\|	1,725	07/10	expanded
•	Family Plot	1976	John Williams	***	3.02	221	0	\|\|\|	1,704	12/10	limited
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.98	357	3	\|\|	1,549	02/10 - 03/11	expanded
•	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.79	694	3	\|\|\|	1,079	07/09 - 10/25	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.72	566	8	\|\|\|	550	03/97 - 05/14	expanded, limited
•	The Going Up of David Lev (TV)	1973	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.01	116	0	\|\|\|	2,381	09/24
•	The Goonies	1985	Dave Grusin	***	3.23	367	2	\|\|\|	1,589	06/10 - 11/20	limited
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.80	2,697	45	\|\|\|\|\|	501	11/10 - 01/11	limited, expanded
•	Home Alone	1990	John Williams	****	3.96	3,089	21	\|\|\|	112	09/96 - 10/25	expanded, limited
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,155	67	\|\|\|\|	92	09/96 - 06/10	complete
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.13	282	1	\|\|	1,433	08/09 - 02/25	original recording
•	Jade	1995	James Horner	*	2.26	327	4	\|\|\|	1,455	08/09 - 01/11	limited
•	The Karate Kid	1984	Bill Conti	***	3.00	311	8	\|\|\|	1,260	06/10 - 03/21	limited, re-issue
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.55	1,187	7	\|\|\|	253	08/97 - 08/15	limited
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	****	4.29	39,561	1536	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Howard Shore	****	4.29	23,370	693	\|\|\|\|\|	17	11/03 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.29	26,767	717	\|\|\|\|\|	22	12/02 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	* **	3.71	691	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,077	10/10	limited
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.16	301	0	\|\|\|	1,478	06/10	expanded, limited
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.88	339	4	\|\|\|	1,319	07/09 - 06/10	expanded
•	Patton	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.86	1,155	2	\|\|\|	344	03/99 - 05/21	expanded
•	Players	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.99	240	0	\|\|	1,840	02/10	limited
•	Poltergeist	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.88	3,033	4	\|\|\|	180	03/97 - 12/10	limited, expanded
•	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	John Williams	****	3.20	644	2	\|\|\|	302	09/96 - 04/21	limited
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	****	3.83	1,547	34	\|\|\|	163	09/03 - 03/12	limited
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.32	510	1	\|\|\|	967	04/10 - 06/25	limited
•	Red Sonja	1985	Ennio Morricone	***	3.03	349	3	\|\|\|	608	06/97 - 06/25	expanded, limited
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.14	622	14	\|\|\|	566	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Rocky IV	1985	Vince DiCola	***	3.04	125	1	\|\|\|	2,223	08/22	expanded
•	Space Battleship Yamato	2010	Naoki Sato	*****	3.96	760	4	\|\|\|\|	923	01/11	Japanese
•	SpaceCamp	1986	John Williams	***	3.18	424	4	\|\|\|	624	07/98 - 10/25	limited
•	Speed 2: Cruise Control	1997	Mark Mancina	****	3.40	404	3	\|\|\|	1,571	07/10	limited
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.04	1,955	25	\|\|\|\|	394	05/09 - 07/20	expanded, limited
•	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	James Horner	****	3.12	984	20	\|\|\|	477	06/03 - 06/22	expanded
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.76	3,244	9	\|\|\|	147	08/97 - 05/12	expanded, limited
•	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	Brad Fiedel	**	2.17	5,979	9	\|\|\|	29	09/96 - 08/17	re-issue
•	Tootsie	1982	Dave Grusin	***	2.90	267	0	\|\|	1,850	06/10	expanded
•	Uncommon Valor	1983	James Horner	***	2.92	215	3	\|\|	1,727	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	****	3.31	105	0	\|\|\|	1,926	07/11	re-issue

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