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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	**	2.60	149	1	\|\|	1,628	04/11
•	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	2011	John Williams	*****	3.98	1,445	10	\|\|\|\|	453	11/11
•	Anonymous	2011	Thomas Wanker, Harald Kloser	***	2.68	108	1	\|\|	1,749	01/12
•	Arthur Christmas	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.24	159	1	\|\|	1,683	01/12
•	The Artist	2011	Ludovic Bource	****	3.66	261	9	\|\|	1,001	12/11
•	Battle: Los Angeles	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.16	494	5	\|\|\|	1,344	04/11
•	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	Alan Silvestri	****	3.39	617	13	\|\|\|	689	07/11
•	Cars 2	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	2.72	687	4	\|\|	1,143	06/11
•	Conan the Barbarian	2011	Tyler Bates, Tim Williams, Dieter Hartmann	*	1.67	756	47	\|\|\|	1,081	08/11
•	Contagion	2011	Cliff Martinez	*	2.43	274	2	\|\|	1,501	09/11
•	Cowboys & Aliens	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.85	365	4	\|\|\|	1,308	08/11
•	A Dangerous Method	2011	Howard Shore, Richard Wagner	***	2.83	123	4	\|\|	1,675	12/11
•	Dolphin Tale	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.90	153	0	\|\|	1,607	10/11
•	Dream House	2011	John Debney	****	3.25	212	3	\|\|\|	1,403	10/11
•	Drive	2011	Cliff Martinez	**	2.82	153	4	\|\|	1,743	12/11
•	Fast Five	2011	Brian Tyler	***	2.87	486	1	\|\|	1,508	05/11
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.77	928	54	\|\|\|\|	872	01/12	multiple albums
•	Gnomeo & Juliet	2011	Elton John, James Newton Howard, Chris Bacon	***	3.07	397	0	\|\|	1,602	02/11
•	Green Lantern	2011	James Newton Howard	**	2.52	419	4	\|\|	1,471	07/11
•	Happy Feet Two	2011	John Powell	***	2.65	170	1	\|\|	1,742	01/12
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2	2011	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.39	1,902	58	\|\|\|\|\|	494	07/11
•	The Help	2011	Thomas Newman	****	3.15	252	1	\|\|	1,483	09/11
•	Hop	2011	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.83	210	0	\|\|	1,709	04/11
•	Hugo	2011	Howard Shore	****	3.63	439	4	\|\|	1,030	11/11
•	I Am Number Four	2011	Trevor Rabin	***	2.64	135	0	\|\|	1,806	07/11
•	Immortals	2011	Trevor Morris	***	2.53	134	4	\|\|	1,766	01/12
•	In Time	2011	Craig Armstrong	****	3.06	162	0	\|\|	1,688	01/12
•	The Iron Lady	2011	Thomas Newman	***	2.88	137	1	\|\|	1,696	12/11
•	Jane Eyre	2011	Dario Marianelli	****	3.20	167	4	\|\|	1,669	08/11
•	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Various	****	3.33	821	8	\|\|	859	05/11
•	La Ligne Droite	2011	Patrick Doyle	*****	3.97	304	1	\|\|\|\|	1,259	07/11
•	Limitless	2011	Paul Leonard-Morgan	*	2.09	150	2	\|\|	1,783	04/11
•	Little Fockers	2010	Stephen Trask	***	2.71	132	0	\|\|	1,815	02/11
•	Mars Needs Moms	2011	John Powell	****	3.27	437	1	\|\|\|	1,357	03/11
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.57	131	1	\|\|	1,767	03/11	all albums
•	Moneyball	2011	Mychael Danna	**	2.66	113	0	\|\|	1,770	12/11
•	Monte Carlo	2011	Michael Giacchino	**	2.47	134	3	\|\|	1,792	08/11
•	My Week With Marilyn	2011	Conrad Pope, Alexandre Desplat	****	3.23	401	0	\|\|\|	1,622	12/11
•	No Strings Attached	2011	John Debney	***	2.71	169	0	\|\|	1,765	02/11
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.84	2,342	49	\|\|\|\|	628	05/11
•	Priest	2011	Christopher Young	*****	3.87	430	6	\|\|\|	1,182	05/11
•	Puss in Boots	2011	Henry Jackman	***	3.14	278	3	\|\|\|	1,523	11/11
•	Rango	2011	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	**	2.34	1,029	3	\|\|	1,088	03/11
•	Real Steel	2011	Danny Elfman	*****	3.74	989	8	\|\|\|	753	10/11
•	The Resident	2011	John Ottman	*	2.40	70	0	\|\|	1,871	01/12
•	Rio	2011	John Powell	***	2.95	443	2	\|\|	1,414	04/11
•	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.46	678	10	\|\|\|\|	761	08/11
•	Scream 4	2011	Marco Beltrami	**	2.60	295	3	\|\|	1,487	04/11
•	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	*	2.38	745	31	\|\|\|	812	12/11
•	The Smurfs	2011	Heitor Pereira	***	2.53	284	5	\|\|	1,625	08/11
•	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	2011	Rachel Portman	***	3.14	163	1	\|\|	1,700	08/11
•	Soul Surfer	2011	Marco Beltrami	*****	3.87	267	5	\|\|\|	1,256	07/11
•	Super 8	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.60	563	1	\|\|\|	1,161	07/11
•	The Thing	2011	Marco Beltrami	***	2.89	221	0	\|\|	1,516	10/11
•	Thor	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.46	889	6	\|\|\|\|	606	05/11
•	The Three Musketeers	2011	Paul Haslinger	**	2.30	224	0	\|\|\|	1,389	10/11
•	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	Alberto Iglesias	***	2.96	140	3	\|\|	1,651	01/12
•	Tower Heist	2011	Christophe Beck	***	2.73	89	0	\|\|	1,897	01/12
•	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	Steve Jablonsky	**	2.45	887	8	\|\|\|	1,141	07/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	2011	Carter Burwell	****	3.42	451	2	\|\|\|	1,305	12/11
•	Unknown	2011	John Ottman, Alexander Rudd	**	2.54	162	0	\|\|	1,723	04/11
•	War Horse	2011	John Williams	****	3.86	1,335	20	\|\|\|\|	535	11/11
•	Water for Elephants	2011	James Newton Howard	****	3.44	340	1	\|\|	1,593	06/11
•	Winnie the Pooh	2011	Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez	***	3.02	242	4	\|\|\|	1,603	07/11
•	X-Men: First Class	2011	Henry Jackman, Various	***	3.02	436	7	\|\|\|	1,125	07/11

2011 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.13	205	2	\|\|\|	1,295	08/09 - 10/11	limited, expanded
•	48 Hrs.	1982	James Horner	*	2.50	114	3	\|\|	1,590	03/11	limited
•	The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular	1983	Basil Poledouris	****	3.48	310	0	\|\|	647	10/00 - 12/11	re-recording
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.19	2,737	11	\|\|\|\|	330	03/10 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Bad Girls	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.39	418	1	\|\|\|	403	06/98 - 07/11	expanded, limited
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.31	13,699	96	\|\|\|\|	20	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.28	6,268	38	\|\|\|\|	65	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battle Beyond the Stars	1980	James Horner	****	3.84	507	4	\|\|\|	574	09/01 - 11/11	limited, re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	*****	3.45	768	6	\|\|\|	240	09/99 - 11/12	expanded, limited
•	Beetlejuice	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.83	5,560	13	\|\|\|\|	58	03/99 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Big Fish	2003	Danny Elfman	****	3.54	2,353	72	\|\|\|	167	12/03 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	The Black Hole	1979	John Barry	****	3.41	177	1	\|\|\|	1,574	09/11	limited, expanded
•	Breakdown	1997	Basil Poledouris, Richard Marvin, Various	***	3.10	80	0	\|\|\|	1,750	07/11	limited
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.35	464	2	\|\|\|	1,241	10/09 - 03/11	expanded, limited
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.46	1,598	7	\|\|\|	515	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.81	403	5	\|\|\|\|	486	07/97 - 06/11	limited, re-issue
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.45	838	3	\|\|\|	473	06/97 - 01/18	expanded, limited
•	Commando	1985	James Horner	**	2.77	480	25	\|\|	299	12/03 - 08/15	expanded, limited
•	Conan the Destroyer	1984	Basil Poledouris	****	2.71	612	9	\|\|\|	342	06/03 - 12/11	re-recording
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.43	173	2	\|\|\|	1,515	01/10 - 11/11	limited, expanded
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.40	1,785	18	\|\|\|	349	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.96	757	17	\|\|\|	261	03/03 - 11/19	limited, expanded
•	Edward Scissorhands	1990	Danny Elfman	*****	4.31	19,291	188	\|\|\|	8	09/96 - 01/16	limited, expanded
•	Explorers	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.39	230	1	\|\|\|	1,502	07/09 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	First Knight	1995	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.67	3,234	32	\|\|\|	96	09/96 - 04/11	limited, expanded
•	Forever Young	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.23	309	3	\|\|\|	581	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Gaku (Peak: The Rescuers)	2011	Naoki Sato	****	3.29	101	1	\|\|\|	1,768	01/12	Japanese
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	3.00	121	0	\|\|	1,539	08/09 - 02/15	re-issue
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.13	156	0	\|\|	1,617	07/09 - 12/11	expanded
•	The Greatest Miracle	2011	Mark McKenzie	*****	3.78	291	2	\|\|\|	1,532	10/11	multiple albums
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.60	1,313	13	\|\|\|	316	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	***	3.01	86	4	\|\|	1,752	04/11	limited
•	Humanoids from the Deep	1980	James Horner	**	2.57	65	0	\|\|	1,775	11/11	limited, re-issue
•	Killing Me Softly	2002	Patrick Doyle	****	3.27	148	2	\|\|\|	1,679	07/11	limited
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.55	266	4	\|\|	1,431	07/09 - 06/16	limited, re-issue
•	Man to Man	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.42	146	3	\|\|	1,788	01/12	limited
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.24	880	5	\|\|\|	385	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	Masada (TV)	1981	Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens	****	3.59	273	2	\|\|\|	1,488	07/09 - 06/11	limited
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.57	131	1	\|\|	1,767	03/11	multiple albums, expanded
•	Medal of Honor (Game)	1999	Michael Giacchino	****	3.96	1,515	1	\|\|\|	345	02/00 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline (Game)	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.42	561	11	\|\|	710	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Underground (Game)	2000	Michael Giacchino	****	3.20	221	8	\|\|	1,050	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.14	190	1	\|\|	1,401	08/09 - 11/11	limited
•	Mimic	1997	Marco Beltrami	****	3.15	131	0	\|\|	1,754	12/11	expanded, limited
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,086	315	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.81	315	1	\|\|\|	1,473	05/11	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.13	4,578	72	\|\|\|	143	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Regarding Henry	1991	Georges Delerue	****	3.06	136	2	\|\|\|	1,674	03/10 - 12/11	limited
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.74	1,075	0	\|\|	229	07/98 - 01/17	limited, expanded
•	Scrooged	1988	Danny Elfman	***	3.34	226	1	\|\|\|	1,670	12/11	limited
•	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.60	1,081	1	\|\|	449	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Sleepy Hollow	1999	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	8,718	7	\|\|\|	130	11/99 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.02	285	1	\|\|	1,658	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	Georges Delerue	**	3.05	190	5	\|\|\|\|	1,290	08/09 - 04/16	limited
•	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	1994	Joel McNeely	****	3.17	103	0	\|\|	1,854	09/11	limited
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.90	150	4	\|	764	12/96 - 03/13	limited
•	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.03	188	1	\|\|	1,455	04/10 - 12/17	limited
•	Trading Places	1983	Elmer Bernstein	***	2.91	54	1	\|\|	1,810	12/11	limited
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	1,459	26	\|\|\|	700	01/10 - 08/11	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	James Horner	***	2.89	157	3	\|\|\|	1,372	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	****	3.40	1,051	5	\|\|\|\|\|	382	11/98 - 01/18	limited, expanded

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	2.65	302	1	\|\|\|\|\|	1,118	05/11	limited

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