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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	***	2.94	393	2	\|\|	1,547	11/10
•	The A-Team	2010	Alan Silvestri	***	2.90	333	2	\|\|	1,299	06/10
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.17	3,140	11	\|\|\|\|	257	03/10 - 06/11	all albums
•	Black Swan	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.68	479	1	\|\|	1,298	01/11
•	The Blind Side	2009	Carter Burwell	***	2.82	127	1	\|\|	1,842	06/11
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	2010	David Arnold	*****	3.80	867	14	\|\|\|\|	736	12/10
•	Clash of the Titans	2010	Ramin Djawadi, Various	**	2.13	1,010	35	\|\|\|\|	837	04/10
•	The Crazies	2010	Mark Isham	**	2.35	222	0	\|\|	1,620	03/10
•	Creation	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.30	250	8	\|\|	1,759	01/10
•	Edge of Darkness	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.74	293	2	\|\|	1,550	03/10
•	The Expendables	2010	Brian Tyler	***	3.00	415	9	\|\|	1,484	09/10
•	Fair Game	2010	John Powell	**	2.60	275	4	\|\|	1,839	11/10
•	Faster	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.29	230	0	\|\|	1,821	11/10
•	The Ghost Writer	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.48	443	1	\|\|	1,713	12/10
•	Green Zone	2010	John Powell	****	3.09	325	1	\|\|	1,729	12/10
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.80	2,619	44	\|\|\|\|\|	502	11/10 - 01/11	all albums
•	Henri 4	2010	Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer	**	2.16	241	1	\|\|	1,779	07/11
•	How to Train Your Dragon	2010	John Powell	*****	4.16	2,604	21	\|\|\|\|	236	04/10 - 04/21	multiple albums
•	The Hurt Locker	2009	Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders	*	2.32	432	14	\|\|	1,491	02/10
•	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	2009	Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna	****	3.34	272	0	\|\|	1,871	02/10
•	Inception	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	**	3.04	4,310	155	\|\|\|\|	223	07/10
•	Iron Man 2	2010	John Debney	**	3.21	761	9	\|\|\|	1,068	07/10
•	The Karate Kid	2010	James Horner	***	3.24	611	7	\|\|\|	1,110	06/10
•	The King's Speech	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.04	819	1	\|\|	949	12/10
•	Knight and Day	2010	John Powell	***	2.95	240	5	\|\|	1,824	08/11
•	The Last Airbender	2010	James Newton Howard	*****	4.15	2,829	12	\|\|\|\|	405	06/10
•	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	2010	David Hirschfelder	****	3.08	505	4	\|\|\|	1,322	10/10
•	Let Me In	2010	Michael Giacchino	**	2.82	268	11	\|\|	1,734	11/10
•	The Losers	2010	John Ottman	***	3.02	190	2	\|\|	1,892	06/10
•	Love Happens	2009	Christopher Young	***	3.02	220	0	\|\|	1,899	04/10
•	Marmaduke	2010	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.72	146	0	\|\|	1,964	12/10
•	Megamind	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	****	2.82	1,615	5	\|\|\|	1,053	10/10
•	Nanny McPhee Returns	2010	James Newton Howard	***	2.92	347	1	\|\|	1,783	08/11	all albums
•	Never Let Me Go	2010	Rachel Portman	***	3.04	312	3	\|\|	1,374	09/10
•	The Next Three Days	2010	Danny Elfman	***	3.12	383	2	\|\|	1,338	01/11	all albums
•	Oceans	2010	Bruno Coulais	****	3.52	315	1	\|\|	1,624	07/10	import
•	The Pacific	2010	Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, Blake Neely	***	2.87	258	0	\|\|	1,693	07/11
•	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	2010	Christophe Beck	****	3.16	319	13	\|\|\|	1,206	03/10
•	Predators	2010	John Debney	***	3.05	586	10	\|\|\|	1,154	07/10
•	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.18	748	4	\|\|\|	1,122	05/10
•	Robin Hood	2010	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.87	647	1	\|\|\|	1,279	05/10
•	Salt	2010	James Newton Howard	***	3.15	619	5	\|\|	1,189	07/10
•	Sex and the City 2	2010	Aaron Zigman	***	2.56	71	1	\|\|	1,983	08/11
•	Sherlock Holmes	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	***	3.21	1,482	9	\|\|\|	684	01/10
•	Shrek Forever After	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.07	610	1	\|\|	1,401	05/10
•	Skyline	2010	Matthew Margeson	**	2.56	312	4	\|\|	1,749	11/10
•	The Social Network	2010	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	FRISBEE	2.42	2,200	61	\|\|\|	596	12/10	multiple albums
•	Tangled	2010	Alan Menken	****	3.72	1,106	3	\|\|\|	807	11/10
•	The Tourist	2010	James Newton Howard, Gabriel Yared	***	3.07	350	1	\|\|	1,573	01/11
•	The Town	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley	**	2.52	342	0	\|\|	1,337	09/10
•	Toy Story 3	2010	Randy Newman, Various	***	3.01	1,046	3	\|\|	943	06/10 - 01/12	all albums
•	Tron: Legacy	2010	Daft Punk	***	3.46	1,332	27	\|\|\|\|	506	12/10 - 11/23	all albums
•	True Grit	2010	Carter Burwell, Various	****	3.33	403	1	\|\|	1,419	01/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.93	542	1	\|\|\|	1,259	07/10
•	Unstoppable	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.46	239	1	\|\|	1,707	12/10
•	Valentine's Day	2010	John Debney	***	3.02	187	1	\|\|	1,901	05/10
•	Vampires Suck	2010	Christopher Lennertz	****	3.17	332	3	\|\|\|	1,671	09/10
•	The Wolfman	2010	Danny Elfman, Various	****	3.37	862	6	\|\|\|	841	03/10

2010 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Alien Resurrection	1997	John Frizzell	***	3.15	254	9	\|\|\|	1,532	11/10	expanded, limited
•	Avatar	2009	James Horner	*****	3.83	8,981	158	\|\|\|\|\|	125	12/09 - 05/21	expanded
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.30	14,133	96	\|\|\|\|	18	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.28	6,649	40	\|\|\|\|	62	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Special Events) (TV)	2007	Bear McCreary	***	2.97	147	1	\|\|	1,923	06/10
•	Black Sunday	1977	John Williams	***	3.05	323	0	\|\|\|	1,651	02/10	limited
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.19	2,130	43	\|\|\|	145	06/03 - 12/12	re-recording
•	Dragonslayer	1981	Alex North	**	2.62	375	28	\|\|\|	610	08/97 - 06/21	limited
•	The Edge	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.43	1,987	2	\|\|\|	279	10/97 - 06/10	expanded, limited
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.04	197	1	\|\|\|	1,725	07/10	expanded
•	Family Plot	1976	John Williams	***	3.07	192	0	\|\|\|	1,702	12/10	limited
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.98	334	3	\|\|	1,565	02/10 - 03/11	expanded
R	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.81	672	3	\|\|\|	1,164	07/09 - 10/25	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.72	552	8	\|\|\|	550	03/97 - 05/14	expanded, limited
•	The Going Up of David Lev (TV)	1973	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.01	103	0	\|\|\|	2,351	09/24
•	The Goonies	1985	Dave Grusin	***	3.22	358	2	\|\|\|	1,608	06/10 - 11/20	limited
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.80	2,619	44	\|\|\|\|\|	502	11/10 - 01/11	limited, expanded
R	Home Alone	1990	John Williams	****	3.97	3,066	21	\|\|\|	111	09/96 - 10/25	expanded, limited
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.08	5,118	67	\|\|\|\|	93	09/96 - 06/10	complete
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	252	1	\|\|	1,437	08/09 - 02/25	original recording
•	Jade	1995	James Horner	*	2.44	313	4	\|\|\|	1,455	08/09 - 01/11	limited
•	The Karate Kid	1984	Bill Conti	***	3.02	273	8	\|\|\|	1,258	06/10 - 03/21	limited, re-issue
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.55	1,151	7	\|\|\|	256	08/97 - 08/15	limited
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	****	4.29	39,334	1536	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Howard Shore	****	4.29	23,228	693	\|\|\|\|\|	17	11/03 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.29	26,560	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	* **	3.71	665	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,133	10/10	limited
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.20	267	0	\|\|\|	1,485	06/10	expanded, limited
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.92	328	4	\|\|\|	1,333	07/09 - 06/10	expanded
•	Patton	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.86	1,121	2	\|\|\|	346	03/99 - 05/21	expanded
•	Players	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.07	211	0	\|\|	1,831	02/10	limited
•	Poltergeist	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.94	2,916	4	\|\|\|	179	03/97 - 12/10	limited, expanded
•	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	John Williams	****	3.19	627	2	\|\|\|	305	09/96 - 04/21	limited
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	****	3.82	1,492	34	\|\|\|	166	09/03 - 03/12	limited
R	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.33	491	1	\|\|\|	998	04/10 - 06/25	limited
R	Red Sonja	1985	Ennio Morricone	***	3.05	330	3	\|\|\|	612	06/97 - 06/25	expanded, limited
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.15	603	13	\|\|\|	571	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Rocky IV	1985	Vince DiCola	***	3.05	111	1	\|\|\|	2,239	08/22	expanded
•	Space Battleship Yamato	2010	Naoki Sato	*****	4.00	638	4	\|\|\|\|	938	01/11	Japanese
R	SpaceCamp	1986	John Williams	***	3.18	414	4	\|\|\|	619	07/98 - 10/25	limited
•	Speed 2: Cruise Control	1997	Mark Mancina	****	3.42	335	3	\|\|\|	1,581	07/10	limited
•	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.07	1,888	25	\|\|\|\|	399	05/09 - 07/20	expanded, limited
•	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	James Horner	****	3.12	951	20	\|\|\|	477	06/03 - 06/22	expanded
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.75	3,230	9	\|\|\|	147	08/97 - 05/12	expanded, limited
•	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	Brad Fiedel	**	2.19	5,939	9	\|\|\|	30	09/96 - 08/17	re-issue
•	Tootsie	1982	Dave Grusin	***	2.90	239	0	\|\|	1,854	06/10	expanded
•	Uncommon Valor	1983	James Horner	***	2.92	193	3	\|\|	1,723	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	****	3.35	88	0	\|\|\|	1,913	07/11	re-issue

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