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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	127 Hours	2010	A.R. Rahman	***	2.94	368	2	\|\|	1,536	11/10
•	The A-Team	2010	Alan Silvestri	***	2.88	305	1	\|\|	1,340	06/10
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.18	2,685	11	\|\|\|\|	338	03/10 - 06/11	all albums
•	Black Swan	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.68	451	1	\|\|	1,300	01/11
•	The Blind Side	2009	Carter Burwell	***	2.79	79	1	\|\|	1,798	06/11
•	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	2010	David Arnold	*****	3.79	806	14	\|\|\|\|	787	12/10
•	Clash of the Titans	2010	Ramin Djawadi, Various	**	2.12	949	35	\|\|\|\|	807	04/10
•	The Crazies	2010	Mark Isham	**	2.32	175	0	\|\|	1,533	03/10
•	Creation	2009	Christopher Young	****	3.41	185	8	\|\|	1,715	01/10
•	Edge of Darkness	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.72	231	2	\|\|	1,488	03/10
•	The Expendables	2010	Brian Tyler	***	3.09	387	9	\|\|	1,455	09/10
•	Fair Game	2010	John Powell	**	2.58	215	4	\|\|	1,780	11/10
•	Faster	2010	Clint Mansell	**	2.28	186	0	\|\|	1,749	11/10
•	The Ghost Writer	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.63	386	1	\|\|	1,721	12/10
•	Green Zone	2010	John Powell	****	3.04	251	1	\|\|	1,696	12/10
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.79	2,455	44	\|\|\|\|\|	524	11/10 - 01/11	all albums
•	Henri 4	2010	Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer	**	2.32	152	1	\|\|	1,747	07/11
•	How to Train Your Dragon	2010	John Powell	*****	4.19	2,287	19	\|\|\|	285	04/10
•	The Hurt Locker	2009	Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders	*	2.34	404	14	\|\|	1,547	02/10
•	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	2009	Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna	****	3.10	189	0	\|\|	1,819	02/10
•	Inception	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	**	2.98	4,058	155	\|\|\|\|	237	07/10
•	Iron Man 2	2010	John Debney	**	2.78	553	9	\|\|\|	1,162	07/10
•	The Karate Kid	2010	James Horner	***	3.24	558	7	\|\|\|	1,152	06/10
•	The King's Speech	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.04	768	1	\|\|	938	12/10
•	Knight and Day	2010	John Powell	***	2.92	183	5	\|\|	1,818	08/11
•	The Last Airbender	2010	James Newton Howard	*****	4.10	2,410	11	\|\|\|\|	440	06/10
•	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	2010	David Hirschfelder	****	3.07	479	4	\|\|\|	1,298	10/10
•	Let Me In	2010	Michael Giacchino	**	2.78	210	11	\|\|	1,689	11/10
•	The Losers	2010	John Ottman	***	2.92	143	2	\|\|	1,857	06/10
•	Love Happens	2009	Christopher Young	***	2.88	163	0	\|\|	1,875	04/10
•	Marmaduke	2010	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.67	113	0	\|\|	1,915	12/10
•	Megamind	2010	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	****	2.82	1,520	5	\|\|\|	1,144	10/10
•	Nanny McPhee Returns	2010	James Newton Howard	***	3.09	263	1	\|\|	1,774	08/11	all albums
•	Never Let Me Go	2010	Rachel Portman	***	3.04	275	3	\|\|	1,343	09/10
•	The Next Three Days	2010	Danny Elfman	***	3.11	292	2	\|\|	1,484	01/11	all albums
•	Oceans	2010	Bruno Coulais	****	3.52	275	1	\|\|	1,610	07/10	import
•	The Pacific	2010	Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, Blake Neely	***	2.91	187	0	\|\|	1,682	07/11
•	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	2010	Christophe Beck	****	3.16	300	13	\|\|\|	1,207	03/10
•	Predators	2010	John Debney	***	3.05	552	10	\|\|\|	1,151	07/10
•	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.17	703	4	\|\|\|	1,119	05/10
•	Robin Hood	2010	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.87	609	1	\|\|\|	1,263	05/10
•	Salt	2010	James Newton Howard	***	3.12	545	5	\|\|	1,171	07/10
•	Sex and the City 2	2010	Aaron Zigman	***	2.57	53	1	\|\|	1,926	08/11
•	Sherlock Holmes	2009	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	***	3.10	1,225	9	\|\|\|	724	01/10
•	Shrek Forever After	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	****	3.07	578	1	\|\|	1,394	05/10
•	Skyline	2010	Matthew Margeson	**	2.56	250	4	\|\|	1,663	11/10
•	The Social Network	2010	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	FRISBEE	2.47	1,968	60	\|\|\|	640	12/10	multiple albums
•	Tangled	2010	Alan Menken	****	3.68	1,017	3	\|\|\|	854	11/10
•	The Tourist	2010	James Newton Howard, Gabriel Yared	***	3.04	285	1	\|\|	1,549	01/11
•	The Town	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley	**	2.52	324	0	\|\|	1,325	09/10
•	Toy Story 3	2010	Randy Newman, Various	***	3.01	988	3	\|\|	986	06/10 - 01/12	all albums
•	Tron: Legacy	2010	Daft Punk	***	3.43	1,183	27	\|\|\|\|	559	12/10	multiple albums
•	True Grit	2010	Carter Burwell, Various	****	3.30	375	1	\|\|	1,362	01/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	2010	Howard Shore	***	2.92	507	1	\|\|\|	1,264	07/10
•	Unstoppable	2010	Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.44	187	1	\|\|	1,655	12/10
•	Valentine's Day	2010	John Debney	***	2.82	133	1	\|\|	1,871	05/10
•	Vampires Suck	2010	Christopher Lennertz	****	3.08	275	3	\|\|\|	1,584	09/10
•	The Wolfman	2010	Danny Elfman, Various	****	3.32	585	6	\|\|\|	928	03/10

2010 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Alien Resurrection	1997	John Frizzell	***	3.17	196	9	\|\|\|	1,555	11/10	expanded, limited
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.31	13,657	96	\|\|\|\|	20	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.26	6,183	38	\|\|\|\|	65	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Special Events) (TV)	2007	Bear McCreary	***	2.96	116	1	\|\|	1,879	06/10
•	Black Sunday	1977	John Williams	***	3.13	245	0	\|\|\|	1,629	02/10	limited
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.20	1,921	40	\|\|\|	150	06/03 - 12/12	re-recording
•	Dragonslayer	1981	Alex North	**	2.58	333	27	\|\|\|	648	08/97 - 09/10	limited
•	The Edge	1997	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.41	1,852	2	\|\|\|	276	10/97 - 06/10	expanded
•	Eraser	1996	Alan Silvestri	***	3.00	148	1	\|\|\|	1,700	07/10	expanded
•	Family Plot	1976	John Williams	***	3.16	126	0	\|\|\|	1,707	12/10	limited
•	Fantastic Mr. Fox	2009	Alexandre Desplat	**	2.95	266	3	\|\|	1,557	02/10 - 03/11	expanded
•	First Blood	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.82	600	3	\|\|\|	1,257	07/09 - 12/10	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.71	518	8	\|\|\|	545	03/97 - 05/14	expanded, limited
•	The Goonies	1985	Dave Grusin	***	3.21	321	2	\|\|\|	1,639	06/10	limited
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1	2010	Alexandre Desplat	***	2.79	2,455	44	\|\|\|\|\|	524	11/10 - 01/11	limited, expanded
•	Home Alone	1990	John Williams	****	3.96	2,863	20	\|\|\|	112	09/96 - 03/16	expanded, limited
•	Independence Day	1996	David Arnold	*****	4.09	5,029	67	\|\|\|\|	100	09/96 - 06/10	complete
•	Islands in the Stream	1977	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.15	199	1	\|\|	1,523	08/09 - 03/10	original recording
•	Jade	1995	James Horner	*	2.46	264	4	\|\|\|	1,477	08/09 - 01/11	limited
•	The Karate Kid	1984	Bill Conti	***	3.03	212	8	\|\|\|	1,315	06/10 - 12/10	limited re-issue
•	Krull	1983	James Horner	****	3.53	1,073	7	\|\|\|	264	08/97 - 08/15	limited
R	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	****	4.30	38,682	1532	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Howard Shore	****	4.31	22,798	693	\|\|\|\|\|	17	11/03 - 11/10	book, rarities
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.31	26,082	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 11/10	book, rarities
•	Lost (TV)	2004	Michael Giacchino	* **	3.75	606	8	\|\|\|\|\|	1,259	10/10	limited
•	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.16	190	0	\|\|\|	1,545	06/10	expanded, limited
•	Outland	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.85	301	4	\|\|\|	1,396	07/09 - 06/10	expanded
•	Patton	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.96	1,044	2	\|\|\|	357	03/99 - 11/10	expanded
•	Players	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.04	165	0	\|\|	1,814	02/10	limited
•	Poltergeist	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.93	2,690	4	\|\|\|	184	03/97 - 12/10	limited, expanded
•	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	John Williams	****	3.21	529	2	\|\|\|	319	09/96 - 09/10	limited
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	****	3.80	1,376	34	\|\|\|	170	09/03 - 03/12	limited
•	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.12	331	1	\|\|\|	1,131	04/10 - 05/18	limited
•	Red Sonja	1985	Ennio Morricone	***	3.27	237	3	\|\|\|	665	06/97 - 01/11	expanded, limited
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.17	551	13	\|\|\|	599	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Space Battleship Yamato	2010	Naoki Sato	*****	3.91	514	4	\|\|\|\|	1,027	01/11	Japanese
•	SpaceCamp	1986	John Williams	***	3.19	390	4	\|\|	615	07/98 - 12/14	limited
•	Speed 2: Cruise Control	1997	Mark Mancina	****	3.20	230	3	\|\|\|	1,626	07/10	limited
R	Star Trek	2009	Michael Giacchino	Varied	3.04	1,746	25	\|\|\|\|	419	05/09 - 07/20	expanded, limited
•	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	James Horner	****	3.56	861	20	\|\|\|	504	06/03 - 06/10	expanded
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.76	3,163	8	\|\|\|	146	08/97 - 05/12	expanded, limited
•	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	Brad Fiedel	**	2.18	5,865	9	\|\|\|	30	09/96 - 08/17	re-issue
•	Tootsie	1982	Dave Grusin	***	2.92	191	0	\|\|	1,848	06/10	expanded
•	Uncommon Valor	1983	James Horner	***	2.81	112	1	\|\|	1,760	10/10	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	****	3.21	53	0	\|\|\|	1,888	07/11	re-issue

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