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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Adjustment Bureau	2011	Thomas Newman	**	2.54	161	1	\|\|	1,638	04/11
•	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	2011	John Williams	*****	4.01	1,488	10	\|\|\|\|	441	11/11
•	Anonymous	2011	Thomas Wanker, Harald Kloser	***	2.68	108	1	\|\|	1,758	01/12
•	Arthur Christmas	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.24	159	1	\|\|	1,696	01/12
•	The Artist	2011	Ludovic Bource	****	3.66	261	9	\|\|	1,003	12/11
•	Battle: Los Angeles	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.16	495	5	\|\|\|	1,351	04/11
•	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	Alan Silvestri	****	3.39	627	13	\|\|\|	680	07/11
•	Cars 2	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	2.74	693	4	\|\|	1,140	06/11
•	Conan the Barbarian	2011	Tyler Bates, Tim Williams, Dieter Hartmann	*	1.50	769	47	\|\|\|	1,085	08/11
•	Contagion	2011	Cliff Martinez	*	2.44	275	2	\|\|	1,511	09/11
•	Cowboys & Aliens	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.85	366	4	\|\|\|	1,308	08/11
•	A Dangerous Method	2011	Howard Shore, Richard Wagner	***	2.85	125	4	\|\|	1,688	12/11
•	Dolphin Tale	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.90	153	0	\|\|	1,620	10/11
•	Dream House	2011	John Debney	****	3.32	221	3	\|\|\|	1,409	10/11
•	Drive	2011	Cliff Martinez	**	2.82	153	4	\|\|	1,744	12/11
•	Fast Five	2011	Brian Tyler	***	2.88	490	1	\|\|	1,515	05/11
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.77	932	55	\|\|\|\|	866	01/12	multiple albums
•	Gnomeo & Juliet	2011	Elton John, James Newton Howard, Chris Bacon	***	3.09	405	0	\|\|	1,612	02/11
•	Green Lantern	2011	James Newton Howard	**	2.56	435	4	\|\|	1,470	07/11
•	Happy Feet Two	2011	John Powell	***	2.66	171	1	\|\|	1,745	01/12
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2	2011	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.41	1,933	58	\|\|\|\|\|	483	07/11
•	The Help	2011	Thomas Newman	****	3.15	253	1	\|\|	1,489	09/11
•	Hop	2011	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.83	210	0	\|\|	1,725	04/11
•	Hugo	2011	Howard Shore	****	3.69	459	4	\|\|	1,030	11/11
•	I Am Number Four	2011	Trevor Rabin	***	2.64	135	0	\|\|	1,816	07/11
•	Immortals	2011	Trevor Morris	***	2.53	134	4	\|\|	1,772	01/12
•	In Time	2011	Craig Armstrong	****	3.06	163	0	\|\|	1,701	01/12
•	The Iron Lady	2011	Thomas Newman	***	2.89	138	1	\|\|	1,710	12/11
•	Jane Eyre	2011	Dario Marianelli	****	3.21	168	4	\|\|	1,681	08/11
•	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Various	****	3.33	821	8	\|\|	853	05/11
•	La Ligne Droite	2011	Patrick Doyle	*****	4.05	331	1	\|\|\|\|	1,221	07/11
•	Limitless	2011	Paul Leonard-Morgan	*	2.09	150	2	\|\|	1,794	04/11
•	Little Fockers	2010	Stephen Trask	***	2.71	132	0	\|\|	1,827	02/11
•	Mars Needs Moms	2011	John Powell	****	3.28	438	1	\|\|\|	1,361	03/11
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.57	131	1	\|\|	1,771	03/11	all albums
•	Moneyball	2011	Mychael Danna	**	2.66	113	0	\|\|	1,781	12/11
•	Monte Carlo	2011	Michael Giacchino	**	2.47	134	3	\|\|	1,808	08/11
•	My Week With Marilyn	2011	Conrad Pope, Alexandre Desplat	****	3.23	401	0	\|\|\|	1,630	12/11
•	No Strings Attached	2011	John Debney	***	2.86	181	0	\|\|	1,768	02/11
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.83	2,386	49	\|\|\|\|	617	05/11
•	Priest	2011	Christopher Young	*****	3.88	433	6	\|\|\|	1,170	05/11
•	Puss in Boots	2011	Henry Jackman	***	3.14	278	3	\|\|\|	1,527	11/11
•	Rango	2011	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	**	2.33	1,042	3	\|\|	1,081	03/11
•	Real Steel	2011	Danny Elfman	*****	3.79	1,093	8	\|\|\|	728	10/11
•	The Resident	2011	John Ottman	*	2.40	70	0	\|\|	1,876	01/12
•	Rio	2011	John Powell	***	2.96	444	2	\|\|	1,419	04/11
•	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.46	681	10	\|\|\|\|	753	08/11
•	Scream 4	2011	Marco Beltrami	**	2.60	296	3	\|\|	1,484	04/11
•	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	*	2.32	786	31	\|\|\|	807	12/11
•	The Smurfs	2011	Heitor Pereira	***	2.53	284	5	\|\|	1,643	08/11
•	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	2011	Rachel Portman	***	3.14	163	1	\|\|	1,711	08/11
•	Soul Surfer	2011	Marco Beltrami	*****	3.87	267	5	\|\|\|	1,241	07/11
•	Super 8	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.64	582	1	\|\|\|	1,159	07/11
•	The Thing	2011	Marco Beltrami	***	2.89	222	0	\|\|	1,519	10/11
•	Thor	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.47	896	6	\|\|\|\|	582	05/11
•	The Three Musketeers	2011	Paul Haslinger	**	2.30	224	0	\|\|\|	1,397	10/11
•	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	Alberto Iglesias	***	2.96	140	3	\|\|	1,661	01/12
•	Tower Heist	2011	Christophe Beck	***	2.73	89	0	\|\|	1,900	01/12
•	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	Steve Jablonsky	**	2.44	890	8	\|\|\|	1,142	07/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	2011	Carter Burwell	****	3.42	451	2	\|\|\|	1,306	12/11
•	Unknown	2011	John Ottman, Alexander Rudd	**	2.54	162	0	\|\|	1,734	04/11
•	War Horse	2011	John Williams	****	3.89	1,380	20	\|\|\|\|	533	11/11
•	Water for Elephants	2011	James Newton Howard	****	3.62	407	1	\|\|	1,593	06/11
•	Winnie the Pooh	2011	Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez	***	3.02	242	4	\|\|\|	1,608	07/11
•	X-Men: First Class	2011	Henry Jackman, Various	***	3.03	438	7	\|\|\|	1,123	07/11

2011 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.15	207	2	\|\|\|	1,291	08/09 - 10/11	limited, expanded
•	48 Hrs.	1982	James Horner	*	2.50	117	3	\|\|	1,572	03/11	limited
•	The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular	1983	Basil Poledouris	****	3.48	310	0	\|\|	648	10/00 - 12/11	re-recording
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.19	2,846	11	\|\|\|\|	303	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	13,762	96	\|\|\|\|	20	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.29	6,388	38	\|\|\|\|	64	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battle Beyond the Stars	1980	James Horner	****	3.84	507	4	\|\|\|	569	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	****	3.85	5,693	13	\|\|\|\|	58	03/99 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Big Fish	2003	Danny Elfman	****	3.59	2,479	72	\|\|\|	168	12/03 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	The Black Hole	1979	John Barry	****	3.40	178	1	\|\|\|	1,571	09/11	limited, expanded
•	Breakdown	1997	Basil Poledouris, Richard Marvin, Various	***	3.10	80	0	\|\|\|	1,752	07/11	limited
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.35	465	2	\|\|\|	1,230	10/09 - 03/11	expanded, limited
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.51	1,707	7	\|\|\|	507	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.81	404	5	\|\|\|\|	484	07/97 - 06/11	limited, re-issue
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.45	840	3	\|\|\|	470	06/97 - 01/18	expanded, limited
•	Commando	1985	James Horner	**	2.77	482	25	\|\|	299	12/03 - 08/15	expanded, limited
•	Conan the Destroyer	1984	Basil Poledouris	****	2.71	613	9	\|\|\|	341	06/03 - 12/11	re-recording
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.46	178	2	\|\|\|	1,508	01/10 - 11/11	limited, expanded
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.44	1,853	18	\|\|\|	344	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.97	760	17	\|\|\|	260	03/03 - 11/19	limited, expanded
•	Edward Scissorhands	1990	Danny Elfman	*****	4.31	19,316	189	\|\|\|	8	09/96 - 01/16	limited, expanded
•	Explorers	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.43	236	1	\|\|\|	1,499	07/09 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	First Knight	1995	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.67	3,257	32	\|\|\|	96	09/96 - 04/11	limited, expanded
•	Forever Young	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.23	310	3	\|\|\|	586	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Gaku (Peak: The Rescuers)	2011	Naoki Sato	****	3.29	101	1	\|\|\|	1,769	01/12	Japanese
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	3.00	122	0	\|\|	1,546	08/09 - 02/15	re-issue
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.16	169	0	\|\|	1,592	07/09 - 04/21	expanded
•	The Greatest Miracle	2011	Mark McKenzie	*****	3.86	312	2	\|\|\|	1,529	10/11	multiple albums
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.63	1,350	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	***	3.05	88	4	\|\|	1,753	04/11	limited
•	Humanoids from the Deep	1980	James Horner	**	2.56	66	0	\|\|	1,778	11/11	limited, re-issue
•	Killing Me Softly	2002	Patrick Doyle	****	3.31	154	2	\|\|\|	1,684	07/11	limited
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.56	267	4	\|\|	1,429	07/09 - 06/16	limited, re-issue
•	Man to Man	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.43	148	3	\|\|	1,780	01/12	limited
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.26	897	5	\|\|\|	384	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	Masada (TV)	1981	Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens	****	3.63	281	2	\|\|\|	1,475	07/09 - 06/11	limited
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.57	131	1	\|\|	1,771	03/11	multiple albums, expanded
•	Medal of Honor (Game)	1999	Michael Giacchino	****	3.96	1,516	1	\|\|\|	345	02/00 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline (Game)	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.43	562	11	\|\|	714	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Underground (Game)	2000	Michael Giacchino	****	3.23	225	8	\|\|	1,054	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.14	190	1	\|\|	1,402	08/09 - 11/11	limited
•	Mimic	1997	Marco Beltrami	****	3.15	131	0	\|\|	1,760	12/11	expanded, limited
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,194	315	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.81	322	1	\|\|\|	1,458	05/11	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.15	4,670	72	\|\|\|	144	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Regarding Henry	1991	Georges Delerue	****	3.07	137	2	\|\|\|	1,680	03/10 - 12/11	limited
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.74	1,075	0	\|\|	228	07/98 - 01/17	limited, expanded
•	Scrooged	1988	Danny Elfman	***	3.35	233	1	\|\|\|	1,657	12/11	limited
•	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.60	1,083	1	\|\|	447	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Sleepy Hollow	1999	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	8,796	7	\|\|\|	128	11/99 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	287	1	\|\|	1,667	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	Georges Delerue	**	3.06	191	5	\|\|\|\|	1,287	08/09 - 04/16	limited
•	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	1994	Joel McNeely	****	3.30	111	0	\|\|	1,856	09/11	limited
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.90	150	4	\|	771	12/96 - 03/13	limited
•	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.00	198	1	\|\|	1,457	04/10 - 12/17	limited
•	Trading Places	1983	Elmer Bernstein	***	2.98	56	1	\|\|	1,807	12/11	limited
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.27	1,461	26	\|\|\|	697	01/10 - 08/11	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	James Horner	***	2.89	157	3	\|\|\|	1,381	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	****	3.32	1,123	5	\|\|\|\|\|	379	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	312	1	\|\|\|\|\|	1,106	05/11	limited

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