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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	**	2.55	183	1	\|\|	1,665	04/11
•	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	2011	John Williams	*****	4.02	1,563	10	\|\|\|\|	414	11/11
•	Anonymous	2011	Thomas Wanker, Harald Kloser	***	2.62	130	1	\|\|	1,787	01/12
•	Arthur Christmas	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.26	180	1	\|\|	1,720	01/12
•	The Artist	2011	Ludovic Bource	****	3.65	292	9	\|\|	990	12/11
•	Battle: Los Angeles	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.17	511	5	\|\|\|	1,384	04/11
•	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	Alan Silvestri	****	3.62	769	13	\|\|\|	650	07/11
•	Cars 2	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	2.76	721	4	\|\|	1,076	06/11
•	Conan the Barbarian	2011	Tyler Bates, Tim Williams, Dieter Hartmann	*	1.50	797	47	\|\|\|	1,097	08/11
•	Contagion	2011	Cliff Martinez	*	2.44	305	2	\|\|	1,572	09/11
•	Cowboys & Aliens	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	378	4	\|\|\|	1,335	08/11
•	A Dangerous Method	2011	Howard Shore, Richard Wagner	***	2.84	143	4	\|\|	1,725	12/11
•	Dolphin Tale	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.91	175	0	\|\|	1,679	10/11
•	Dream House	2011	John Debney	****	3.37	253	3	\|\|\|	1,408	10/11
•	Drive	2011	Cliff Martinez	**	2.83	174	4	\|\|	1,776	12/11
•	Fast Five	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.12	631	1	\|\|	1,552	05/11
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.77	973	56	\|\|\|\|	826	01/12	multiple albums
•	Gnomeo & Juliet	2011	Elton John, James Newton Howard, Chris Bacon	***	3.11	423	0	\|\|	1,646	02/11
•	Green Lantern	2011	James Newton Howard	**	2.40	477	4	\|\|	1,480	07/11
•	Happy Feet Two	2011	John Powell	***	2.69	194	1	\|\|	1,750	01/12
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2	2011	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.48	2,098	58	\|\|\|\|\|	450	07/11
•	The Help	2011	Thomas Newman	****	3.18	289	1	\|\|	1,503	09/11
•	Hop	2011	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.83	234	0	\|\|	1,767	04/11
•	Hugo	2011	Howard Shore	****	3.71	480	4	\|\|	1,011	11/11
•	I Am Number Four	2011	Trevor Rabin	***	2.67	154	0	\|\|	1,844	07/11
•	Immortals	2011	Trevor Morris	***	2.55	151	4	\|\|	1,815	01/12
•	In Time	2011	Craig Armstrong	****	3.08	188	0	\|\|	1,736	01/12
•	The Iron Lady	2011	Thomas Newman	***	2.90	156	1	\|\|	1,732	12/11
•	Jane Eyre	2011	Dario Marianelli	****	3.23	190	4	\|\|	1,714	08/11
•	Johnny English Reborn	2011	Ilan Eshkeri	***	2.95	126	0	\|\|\|	2,262	03/22
•	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Various	****	3.35	908	8	\|\|	828	05/11
•	La Ligne Droite	2011	Patrick Doyle	*****	3.88	394	1	\|\|\|\|	1,119	07/11
•	Limitless	2011	Paul Leonard-Morgan	*	2.11	168	2	\|\|	1,840	04/11
•	Little Fockers	2010	Stephen Trask	***	2.71	149	0	\|\|	1,866	02/11
•	Mars Needs Moms	2011	John Powell	****	3.30	456	1	\|\|\|	1,359	03/11
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.60	149	1	\|\|	1,798	03/11	all albums
•	Moneyball	2011	Mychael Danna	**	2.70	128	0	\|\|	1,814	12/11
•	Monte Carlo	2011	Michael Giacchino	**	2.49	151	3	\|\|	1,818	08/11
•	My Week With Marilyn	2011	Conrad Pope, Alexandre Desplat	****	3.23	413	0	\|\|\|	1,675	12/11
•	No Strings Attached	2011	John Debney	***	2.94	211	0	\|\|	1,800	02/11
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.98	2,601	49	\|\|\|\|	585	05/11
•	Priest	2011	Christopher Young	*****	3.92	460	7	\|\|\|	1,125	05/11
•	Puss in Boots	2011	Henry Jackman	***	3.17	328	3	\|\|\|	1,476	11/11
•	Rango	2011	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	**	2.32	1,082	3	\|\|	1,056	03/11
•	Real Steel	2011	Danny Elfman	*****	3.84	1,224	8	\|\|\|	642	10/11
•	The Resident	2011	John Ottman	*	2.43	80	0	\|\|	1,899	01/12
•	Rio	2011	John Powell	***	2.99	462	2	\|\|	1,423	04/11
•	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.50	748	10	\|\|\|\|	689	08/11
•	Scream 4	2011	Marco Beltrami	**	2.56	320	3	\|\|\|	1,415	04/11 - 03/22	all albums
•	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	*	2.67	956	31	\|\|\|	782	12/11
•	The Smurfs	2011	Heitor Pereira	***	2.54	317	5	\|\|	1,689	08/11
•	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	2011	Rachel Portman	***	3.12	183	1	\|\|	1,747	08/11
•	Soul Surfer	2011	Marco Beltrami	*****	3.88	301	5	\|\|\|	1,147	07/11
•	Super 8	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.41	605	1	\|\|\|	1,132	07/11
•	The Thing	2011	Marco Beltrami	***	2.93	258	0	\|\|	1,543	10/11
•	Thor	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.59	1,143	6	\|\|\|\|	546	05/11
•	The Three Musketeers	2011	Paul Haslinger	**	2.30	248	0	\|\|\|	1,445	10/11
•	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	Alberto Iglesias	***	2.97	157	3	\|\|	1,698	01/12
•	Tower Heist	2011	Christophe Beck	***	2.77	105	0	\|\|	1,924	01/12
•	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	Steve Jablonsky	**	2.44	928	8	\|\|\|	1,112	07/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	2011	Carter Burwell	****	3.42	468	2	\|\|\|	1,324	12/11
•	Unknown	2011	John Ottman, Alexander Rudd	**	2.56	184	0	\|\|	1,763	04/11
•	War Horse	2011	John Williams	****	3.90	1,452	20	\|\|\|\|	526	11/11
•	Water for Elephants	2011	James Newton Howard	****	3.68	444	1	\|\|	1,616	06/11
•	Winnie the Pooh	2011	Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez	***	3.02	270	4	\|\|\|	1,640	07/11
•	X-Men: First Class	2011	Henry Jackman, Various	***	3.03	459	7	\|\|\|	1,094	07/11

2011 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.03	247	2	\|\|\|	1,254	08/09 - 10/11	limited, expanded
•	48 Hrs.	1982	James Horner	*	2.24	170	3	\|\|	1,484	03/11 - 03/22	limited
•	The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular	1983	Basil Poledouris	****	3.53	322	0	\|\|	659	10/00 - 12/11	re-recording
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.18	3,080	11	\|\|\|\|	268	03/10 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Bad Girls	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.41	434	2	\|\|\|	406	06/98 - 07/11	expanded, limited
•	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
•	Battle Beyond the Stars	1980	James Horner	****	3.68	547	4	\|\|\|	531	09/01 - 12/23	limited, re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	*****	3.47	801	6	\|\|\|	249	09/99 - 11/12	expanded, limited
•	Beetlejuice	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.85	5,859	13	\|\|\|\|	56	03/99 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Big Fish	2003	Danny Elfman	****	3.40	2,663	72	\|\|\|	167	12/03 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	The Black Hole	1979	John Barry	****	3.41	202	1	\|\|\|	1,560	09/11	limited, expanded
•	Breakdown	1997	Basil Poledouris, Richard Marvin, Various	***	2.98	178	0	\|\|\|	1,760	07/11	limited
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.52	611	2	\|\|\|	1,152	10/09 - 03/11	expanded, limited
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.44	1,850	7	\|\|\|	471	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.82	416	5	\|\|\|\|	486	07/97 - 06/11	limited, re-issue
•	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.65	127	0	\|\|\|	2,193	08/22	re-issue
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.44	877	3	\|\|\|	447	06/97 - 11/23	expanded, limited
•	Commando	1985	James Horner	**	2.85	522	25	\|\|	299	12/03 - 08/15	expanded, limited
•	Conan the Destroyer	1984	Basil Poledouris	****	2.73	635	9	\|\|\|	331	06/03 - 03/23	re-recording
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.36	206	2	\|\|\|	1,467	01/10 - 11/11	limited, expanded
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.41	1,988	18	\|\|\|	342	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Dawn of the Dead	2004	Tyler Bates	**	2.44	100	0	\|\|	2,208	02/24
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.99	791	17	\|\|\|	245	03/03 - 11/19	limited, expanded
•	Edward Scissorhands	1990	Danny Elfman	*****	4.30	19,581	189	\|\|\|	8	09/96 - 01/16	limited, expanded
•	Explorers	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.43	266	1	\|\|\|	1,502	07/09 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	First Knight	1995	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.67	3,278	32	\|\|\|	96	09/96 - 04/11	limited, expanded
•	Forever Young	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.23	320	3	\|\|\|	602	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Gaku (Peak: The Rescuers)	2011	Naoki Sato	****	3.29	114	1	\|\|\|	1,782	01/12	Japanese
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	2.98	146	0	\|\|\|	1,497	08/09 - 04/24	re-issue
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.20	197	0	\|\|	1,593	07/09 - 04/21	expanded
•	The Greatest Miracle	2011	Mark McKenzie	*****	3.88	324	2	\|\|\|	1,521	10/11	multiple albums
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.65	1,403	13	\|\|\|	318	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	108	5	\|\|	1,768	04/11	limited
•	Humanoids From the Deep	1980	James Horner	**	2.20	123	0	\|\|	1,726	11/11 - 11/23	limited, re-issue
•	The Karate Kid: Part II	1986	Bill Conti	**	2.78	102	1	\|\|\|	2,217	08/22	limited, re-issue
•	Killing Me Softly	2002	Patrick Doyle	****	3.38	233	2	\|\|\|	1,680	07/11	limited
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.57	302	4	\|\|	1,436	07/09 - 06/16	limited, re-issue
•	Man to Man	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.26	208	3	\|\|	1,770	01/12	limited
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.18	950	5	\|\|\|	385	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	Masada (TV)	1981	Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens	****	3.32	323	2	\|\|\|	1,394	07/09 - 02/22	limited
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.60	149	1	\|\|	1,798	03/11	multiple albums, expanded
•	Medal of Honor (Game)	1999	Michael Giacchino	****	3.96	1,569	1	\|\|\|	352	02/00 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline (Game)	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.43	581	11	\|\|	709	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Underground (Game)	2000	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	256	8	\|\|	1,061	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.04	228	1	\|\|	1,321	08/09 - 11/11	limited
•	Mimic	1997	Marco Beltrami	****	3.16	167	0	\|\|	1,733	12/11 - 12/22	expanded, limited
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,448	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.32	397	1	\|\|\|	1,353	05/11	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.16	4,750	72	\|\|\|	143	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Regarding Henry	1991	Georges Delerue	****	3.02	162	2	\|\|\|	1,681	03/10 - 12/11	limited
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.75	1,125	1	\|\|\|	223	07/98 - 01/23	expanded, limited
•	Scrooged	1988	Danny Elfman	***	3.16	312	1	\|\|\|	1,553	12/11	limited
•	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.61	1,119	2	\|\|	448	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Sleepy Hollow	1999	Danny Elfman	****	3.88	9,177	7	\|\|\|	123	11/99 - 11/21	expanded, limited
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	324	1	\|\|	1,703	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	Georges Delerue	**	3.05	257	5	\|\|\|\|	1,178	08/09 - 03/24	limited
•	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	1994	Joel McNeely	****	3.33	132	0	\|\|	1,874	09/11	limited
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.94	172	4	\|	776	12/96 - 03/13	limited
•	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.18	337	1	\|\|	1,442	04/10 - 12/17	limited
•	Trading Places	1983	Elmer Bernstein	***	3.06	67	1	\|\|	1,804	12/11	limited
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.28	1,517	26	\|\|\|	657	01/10 - 08/11	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	James Horner	***	2.85	185	3	\|\|\|	1,345	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	****	3.33	1,164	5	\|\|\|\|\|	367	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	2.51	323	1	\|\|\|\|\|	1,045	05/11	limited

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