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2011 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Adjustment Bureau	2011	Thomas Newman	**	2.57	206	1	\|\|	1,675	04/11
•	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	2011	John Williams	*****	4.01	1,612	10	\|\|\|\|	411	11/11
•	Anonymous	2011	Thomas Wanker, Harald Kloser	***	2.63	147	1	\|\|	1,793	01/12
•	Arthur Christmas	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.24	203	1	\|\|	1,728	01/12
•	The Artist	2011	Ludovic Bource	****	3.64	326	9	\|\|	962	12/11
•	Battle: Los Angeles	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.16	527	5	\|\|\|	1,386	04/11
•	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	Alan Silvestri	****	3.62	798	13	\|\|\|	644	07/11
•	Cars 2	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	2.76	742	4	\|\|	1,052	06/11
•	Conan the Barbarian	2011	Tyler Bates, Tim Williams, Dieter Hartmann	*	1.49	818	47	\|\|\|	1,099	08/11
•	Contagion	2011	Cliff Martinez	*	2.43	311	2	\|\|	1,589	09/11
•	Cowboys & Aliens	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	387	4	\|\|\|	1,344	08/11
•	A Dangerous Method	2011	Howard Shore, Richard Wagner	***	2.84	159	4	\|\|	1,736	12/11
•	Dolphin Tale	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.91	195	0	\|\|	1,690	10/11
•	Dream House	2011	John Debney	****	3.37	286	3	\|\|\|	1,409	10/11
•	Drive	2011	Cliff Martinez	**	2.83	194	4	\|\|	1,775	12/11
•	Fast Five	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.13	652	1	\|\|	1,557	05/11
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.77	1,006	56	\|\|\|\|	828	01/12	multiple albums
•	Gnomeo & Juliet	2011	Elton John, James Newton Howard, Chris Bacon	***	3.10	435	0	\|\|	1,646	02/11
•	Green Lantern	2011	James Newton Howard	**	2.40	490	4	\|\|	1,494	07/11
•	Happy Feet Two	2011	John Powell	***	2.69	215	1	\|\|	1,750	01/12
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2	2011	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.49	2,163	58	\|\|\|\|\|	432	07/11
•	The Help	2011	Thomas Newman	****	3.18	321	1	\|\|	1,500	09/11
•	Hop	2011	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.82	261	0	\|\|	1,761	04/11
•	Hugo	2011	Howard Shore	****	3.71	492	4	\|\|	1,008	11/11
•	I Am Number Four	2011	Trevor Rabin	***	2.69	173	0	\|\|	1,857	07/11
•	Immortals	2011	Trevor Morris	***	2.55	168	4	\|\|	1,827	01/12
•	In Time	2011	Craig Armstrong	****	3.08	209	0	\|\|	1,739	01/12
•	The Iron Lady	2011	Thomas Newman	***	2.90	175	1	\|\|	1,731	12/11
•	Jane Eyre	2011	Dario Marianelli	****	3.23	212	4	\|\|	1,719	08/11
•	Johnny English Reborn	2011	Ilan Eshkeri	***	2.96	141	0	\|\|\|	2,284	03/22
•	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Various	****	3.35	938	8	\|\|	821	05/11
•	La Ligne Droite	2011	Patrick Doyle	*****	3.85	409	1	\|\|\|\|	1,120	07/11
•	Limitless	2011	Paul Leonard-Morgan	*	2.13	188	2	\|\|	1,849	04/11
•	Little Fockers	2010	Stephen Trask	***	2.71	166	0	\|\|	1,876	02/11
•	Mars Needs Moms	2011	John Powell	****	3.30	468	1	\|\|\|	1,355	03/11
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.61	167	1	\|\|	1,798	03/11	all albums
•	Moneyball	2011	Mychael Danna	**	2.70	145	0	\|\|	1,802	12/11
•	Monte Carlo	2011	Michael Giacchino	**	2.52	174	3	\|\|	1,817	08/11
•	My Week With Marilyn	2011	Conrad Pope, Alexandre Desplat	****	3.23	424	0	\|\|\|	1,685	12/11
•	No Strings Attached	2011	John Debney	***	2.95	235	0	\|\|	1,805	02/11
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.98	2,689	49	\|\|\|\|	576	05/11
•	Priest	2011	Christopher Young	*****	3.89	477	7	\|\|\|	1,111	05/11
•	Puss in Boots	2011	Henry Jackman	***	3.16	336	3	\|\|\|	1,473	11/11
•	Rango	2011	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	**	2.32	1,114	3	\|\|	1,034	03/11
•	Real Steel	2011	Danny Elfman	*****	3.84	1,268	8	\|\|\|	634	10/11
•	The Resident	2011	John Ottman	*	2.46	92	0	\|\|	1,903	01/12
•	Rio	2011	John Powell	***	2.99	475	2	\|\|	1,416	04/11
•	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.50	769	10	\|\|\|\|	686	08/11
•	Scream 4	2011	Marco Beltrami	**	2.55	327	3	\|\|\|	1,402	04/11 - 03/22	all albums
•	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	*	2.67	987	31	\|\|\|	775	12/11
•	The Smurfs	2011	Heitor Pereira	***	2.53	324	5	\|\|	1,697	08/11
•	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	2011	Rachel Portman	***	3.12	204	1	\|\|	1,755	08/11
•	Soul Surfer	2011	Marco Beltrami	*****	3.84	315	5	\|\|\|	1,123	07/11
•	Super 8	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.41	624	1	\|\|\|	1,126	07/11
•	The Thing	2011	Marco Beltrami	***	2.93	287	0	\|\|	1,551	10/11
•	Thor	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.60	1,176	6	\|\|\|\|	541	05/11
•	The Three Musketeers	2011	Paul Haslinger	**	2.31	275	0	\|\|\|	1,466	10/11
•	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	Alberto Iglesias	***	2.97	176	3	\|\|	1,703	01/12
•	Tower Heist	2011	Christophe Beck	***	2.78	119	0	\|\|	1,928	01/12
•	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	Steve Jablonsky	**	2.43	954	8	\|\|\|	1,106	07/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	2011	Carter Burwell	****	3.42	481	2	\|\|\|	1,325	12/11
•	Unknown	2011	John Ottman, Alexander Rudd	**	2.56	205	0	\|\|	1,769	04/11
•	War Horse	2011	John Williams	****	3.89	1,497	20	\|\|\|\|	518	11/11
•	Water for Elephants	2011	James Newton Howard	****	3.67	458	1	\|\|	1,622	06/11
•	Winnie the Pooh	2011	Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez	***	3.02	302	4	\|\|\|	1,648	07/11
•	X-Men: First Class	2011	Henry Jackman, Various	***	3.04	475	7	\|\|\|	1,086	07/11

2011 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
R	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.04	277	2	\|\|\|	1,250	08/09 - 10/25	limited, expanded
•	48 Hrs.	1982	James Horner	*	2.24	190	3	\|\|	1,452	03/11 - 03/22	limited
•	The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular	1983	Basil Poledouris	****	3.54	329	0	\|\|	665	10/00 - 12/11	re-recording
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.17	3,140	11	\|\|\|\|	257	03/10 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Bad Girls	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.41	446	2	\|\|\|	409	06/98 - 07/11	expanded, limited
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.30	14,129	96	\|\|\|\|	18	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.28	6,646	40	\|\|\|\|	62	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battle Beyond the Stars	1980	James Horner	****	3.68	562	4	\|\|\|	528	09/01 - 12/23	limited, re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	*****	3.47	822	6	\|\|\|	250	09/99 - 11/12	expanded, limited
•	Beetlejuice	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.84	5,899	13	\|\|\|\|	56	03/99 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Big Fish	2003	Danny Elfman	****	3.40	2,751	72	\|\|\|	168	12/03 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	The Black Hole	1979	John Barry	****	3.41	225	1	\|\|\|	1,559	09/11	limited, expanded
•	Breakdown	1997	Basil Poledouris, Richard Marvin, Various	***	3.01	202	0	\|\|\|	1,758	07/11	limited
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.52	630	2	\|\|\|	1,117	10/09 - 03/11	expanded, limited
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.44	1,910	7	\|\|\|	462	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.81	429	5	\|\|\|\|	488	07/97 - 06/11	limited, re-issue
•	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.65	145	0	\|\|\|	2,184	08/22	re-issue
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.44	901	3	\|\|\|	448	06/97 - 11/23	expanded, limited
•	Commando	1985	James Horner	**	2.85	540	25	\|\|	296	12/03 - 08/15	expanded, limited
•	Conan the Destroyer	1984	Basil Poledouris	****	2.73	651	9	\|\|\|	330	06/03 - 03/23	re-recording
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.36	231	2	\|\|\|	1,462	01/10 - 11/11	limited, expanded
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.42	2,050	18	\|\|\|	341	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Dawn of the Dead	2004	Tyler Bates	**	2.47	114	0	\|\|	2,246	02/24
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.99	815	17	\|\|\|	244	03/03 - 11/19	limited, expanded
•	Edward Scissorhands	1990	Danny Elfman	*****	4.30	19,715	189	\|\|\|	8	09/96 - 01/16	limited, expanded
•	Explorers	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.43	297	1	\|\|\|	1,495	07/09 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	First Knight	1995	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.67	3,296	32	\|\|\|	97	09/96 - 04/11	limited, expanded
•	Forever Young	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.23	327	3	\|\|\|	607	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Gaku (Peak: The Rescuers)	2011	Naoki Sato	****	3.30	128	1	\|\|\|	1,786	01/12	Japanese
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	2.99	163	0	\|\|\|	1,497	08/09 - 04/24	re-issue
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	221	0	\|\|	1,594	07/09 - 04/21	expanded
•	The Greatest Miracle	2011	Mark McKenzie	*****	3.85	337	2	\|\|\|	1,502	10/11	multiple albums
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.53	1,460	13	\|\|\|	319	11/99 - 11/11	expanded
•	The Homecoming: A Christmas Story/Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn	1971	Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner	***	3.00	122	5	\|\|	1,768	04/11	limited
•	Humanoids From the Deep	1980	James Horner	**	2.21	138	0	\|\|	1,720	11/11 - 11/23	limited, re-issue
•	The Karate Kid: Part II	1986	Bill Conti	**	2.77	114	1	\|\|\|	2,243	08/22	limited, re-issue
•	Killing Me Softly	2002	Patrick Doyle	****	3.40	265	2	\|\|\|	1,668	07/11	limited
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.57	310	4	\|\|	1,436	07/09 - 06/16	limited, re-issue
•	Man to Man	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.27	235	3	\|\|	1,776	01/12	limited
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.19	981	5	\|\|\|	385	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	Masada (TV)	1981	Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens	****	3.33	333	2	\|\|\|	1,381	07/09 - 02/22	limited
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.61	167	1	\|\|	1,798	03/11	multiple albums, expanded
•	Medal of Honor (Game)	1999	Michael Giacchino	****	3.96	1,617	1	\|\|\|	351	02/00 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline (Game)	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.43	597	11	\|\|	710	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Underground (Game)	2000	Michael Giacchino	****	3.26	287	8	\|\|	1,058	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.03	255	1	\|\|	1,304	08/09 - 11/11	limited
•	Mimic	1997	Marco Beltrami	****	3.17	188	0	\|\|	1,730	12/11 - 12/22	expanded, limited
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,530	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.33	408	1	\|\|\|	1,315	05/11	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.16	4,776	72	\|\|\|	143	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Regarding Henry	1991	Georges Delerue	****	3.01	185	2	\|\|\|	1,669	03/10 - 12/11	limited
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.75	1,157	1	\|\|\|	221	07/98 - 01/23	expanded, limited
•	Scrooged	1988	Danny Elfman	***	3.18	320	1	\|\|\|	1,539	12/11	limited
•	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.61	1,151	2	\|\|	451	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Sleepy Hollow	1999	Danny Elfman	****	3.88	9,237	7	\|\|\|	123	11/99 - 11/21	expanded, limited
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	331	1	\|\|	1,713	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	Georges Delerue	**	3.05	286	5	\|\|\|\|	1,143	08/09 - 03/24	limited
•	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	1994	Joel McNeely	****	3.31	148	0	\|\|	1,880	09/11	limited
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.93	191	4	\|	780	12/96 - 03/13	limited
R	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.17	362	1	\|\|	1,412	04/10 - 10/25	limited
•	Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.79	56	0	\|\|\|	2,371	11/24	limited, re-issue
•	Trading Places	1983	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.06	78	1	\|\|	1,804	12/11	limited
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.28	1,561	26	\|\|\|	637	01/10 - 08/11	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	James Horner	***	2.86	208	3	\|\|\|	1,342	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	****	3.33	1,198	5	\|\|\|\|\|	366	11/98 - 04/21	expanded, limited

2011 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box	2011	Danny Elfman	FRISBEE	2.48	338	1	\|\|\|\|\|	1,026	05/11	limited

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