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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	**	2.58	230	1	\|\|	1,679	04/11
•	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	2011	John Williams	*****	3.96	1,780	10	\|\|\|\|	406	11/11
•	Anonymous	2011	Thomas Wanker, Harald Kloser	***	2.64	164	1	\|\|	1,797	01/12
•	Arthur Christmas	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.22	232	1	\|\|	1,728	01/12
•	The Artist	2011	Ludovic Bource	****	3.71	339	9	\|\|	964	12/11
•	Battle: Los Angeles	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.17	541	5	\|\|\|	1,391	04/11
•	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	Alan Silvestri	****	3.60	835	13	\|\|\|	628	07/11
•	Cars 2	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	2.75	777	4	\|\|	1,037	06/11
•	Conan the Barbarian	2011	Tyler Bates, Tim Williams, Dieter Hartmann	*	1.51	845	47	\|\|\|	1,098	08/11
•	Contagion	2011	Cliff Martinez	*	2.43	317	2	\|\|	1,600	09/11
•	Cowboys & Aliens	2011	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.86	398	4	\|\|\|	1,355	08/11
•	A Dangerous Method	2011	Howard Shore, Richard Wagner	***	2.88	184	4	\|\|	1,742	12/11
•	Dolphin Tale	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.94	220	0	\|\|	1,707	10/11
•	Dream House	2011	John Debney	****	3.24	333	3	\|\|\|	1,404	10/11
•	Drive	2011	Cliff Martinez	**	2.80	222	4	\|\|	1,774	12/11
•	Fast Five	2011	Brian Tyler	***	3.11	672	1	\|\|	1,551	05/11
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.76	1,037	56	\|\|\|\|	824	01/12	multiple albums
•	Gnomeo & Juliet	2011	Elton John, James Newton Howard, Chris Bacon	***	3.06	457	0	\|\|	1,650	02/11
•	Green Lantern	2011	James Newton Howard	**	2.42	504	4	\|\|	1,508	07/11
•	Happy Feet Two	2011	John Powell	***	2.70	240	1	\|\|	1,747	01/12
•	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2	2011	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.49	2,230	58	\|\|\|\|\|	422	07/11
•	The Help	2011	Thomas Newman	****	3.18	328	1	\|\|	1,504	09/11
•	Hop	2011	Christopher Lennertz	***	2.83	291	0	\|\|	1,768	04/11
•	Hugo	2011	Howard Shore	****	3.54	528	4	\|\|	1,007	11/11
•	I Am Number Four	2011	Trevor Rabin	***	2.72	195	0	\|\|	1,864	07/11
•	Immortals	2011	Trevor Morris	***	2.55	191	4	\|\|	1,834	01/12
•	In Time	2011	Craig Armstrong	****	3.13	245	0	\|\|	1,748	01/12
•	The Iron Lady	2011	Thomas Newman	***	2.98	210	1	\|\|	1,737	12/11
•	Jane Eyre	2011	Dario Marianelli	****	3.18	244	4	\|\|	1,726	08/11
•	Jig	2011	Patrick Doyle	***	2.69	62	0	\|\|\|	2,452	03/25
•	Johnny English Reborn	2011	Ilan Eshkeri	***	2.94	158	0	\|\|\|	2,302	03/22
•	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Various	****	3.32	980	8	\|\|	810	05/11
•	La Ligne Droite	2011	Patrick Doyle	*****	3.82	424	1	\|\|\|\|	1,114	07/11
•	Limitless	2011	Paul Leonard-Morgan	*	2.07	207	2	\|\|	1,856	04/11
•	Little Fockers	2010	Stephen Trask	***	2.70	192	0	\|\|	1,886	02/11
•	Mars Needs Moms	2011	John Powell	****	3.26	485	1	\|\|\|	1,360	03/11
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.61	185	1	\|\|	1,795	03/11	all albums
•	Moneyball	2011	Mychael Danna	**	2.73	168	0	\|\|	1,784	12/11
•	Monte Carlo	2011	Michael Giacchino	**	2.55	203	3	\|\|	1,820	08/11
•	My Week With Marilyn	2011	Conrad Pope, Alexandre Desplat	****	3.16	444	0	\|\|\|	1,697	12/11
•	No Strings Attached	2011	John Debney	***	2.87	272	0	\|\|	1,812	02/11
•	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.98	2,774	49	\|\|\|\|	574	05/11
•	Priest	2011	Christopher Young	*****	3.87	532	7	\|\|\|	1,106	05/11
•	Puss in Boots	2011	Henry Jackman	***	3.16	343	3	\|\|\|	1,465	11/11
•	Rango	2011	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	**	2.37	1,165	3	\|\|	987	03/11
•	Real Steel	2011	Danny Elfman	*****	3.83	1,312	8	\|\|\|	626	10/11
•	The Resident	2011	John Ottman	*	2.47	103	0	\|\|	1,862	01/12
•	Rio	2011	John Powell	***	2.98	487	2	\|\|	1,405	04/11
•	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.50	790	10	\|\|\|\|	671	08/11
•	Scream 4	2011	Marco Beltrami	**	2.55	335	3	\|\|\|	1,396	04/11 - 03/22	all albums
•	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	*	2.66	1,042	31	\|\|\|	774	12/11
•	The Smurfs	2011	Heitor Pereira	***	2.53	331	5	\|\|	1,710	08/11
•	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	2011	Rachel Portman	***	3.19	231	1	\|\|	1,766	08/11
•	Soul Surfer	2011	Marco Beltrami	*****	3.82	334	5	\|\|\|	1,105	07/11
•	Super 8	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.38	653	1	\|\|\|	1,128	07/11
•	The Thing	2011	Marco Beltrami	***	2.93	318	0	\|\|	1,556	10/11
•	Thor	2011	Patrick Doyle	****	3.56	1,236	6	\|\|\|\|	538	05/11
•	The Three Musketeers	2011	Paul Haslinger	**	2.31	305	0	\|\|\|	1,467	10/11
•	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	Alberto Iglesias	***	3.01	202	3	\|\|	1,708	01/12
•	Tower Heist	2011	Christophe Beck	***	2.82	142	0	\|\|	1,939	01/12
•	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	Steve Jablonsky	**	2.43	979	8	\|\|\|	1,097	07/11
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	2011	Carter Burwell	****	3.18	502	2	\|\|\|	1,338	12/11
•	Unknown	2011	John Ottman, Alexander Rudd	**	2.56	228	0	\|\|	1,781	04/11
•	War Horse	2011	John Williams	****	3.89	1,543	20	\|\|\|\|	514	11/11
•	Water for Elephants	2011	James Newton Howard	****	3.54	506	1	\|\|	1,629	06/11
•	Winnie the Pooh	2011	Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez	***	3.02	309	4	\|\|\|	1,651	07/11
•	X-Men: First Class	2011	Henry Jackman, Various	***	3.04	489	7	\|\|\|	1,056	07/11

2011 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	1941	1979	John Williams	**	3.01	315	2	\|\|\|	1,243	08/09 - 10/25	limited, expanded
•	48 Hrs.	1982	James Horner	*	2.25	213	3	\|\|	1,415	03/11 - 03/22	limited
•	The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular	1983	Basil Poledouris	****	3.55	339	0	\|\|	669	10/00 - 12/11	re-recording
•	Alice in Wonderland	2010	Danny Elfman	*****	4.15	3,213	11	\|\|\|\|	243	03/10 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Bad Girls	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.42	457	2	\|\|\|	412	06/98 - 07/11	expanded, limited
•	Batman	1989	Danny Elfman	*****	4.29	14,262	96	\|\|\|\|	18	08/97 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Batman Returns	1992	Danny Elfman	**	3.24	6,804	40	\|\|\|\|	61	09/96 - 08/15	limited, expanded
•	Battle Beyond the Stars	1980	James Horner	****	3.69	577	4	\|\|\|	521	09/01 - 12/23	limited, re-issue
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	*****	3.47	844	6	\|\|\|	251	09/99 - 11/12	expanded, limited
•	Beetlejuice	1988	Danny Elfman	****	3.83	5,967	13	\|\|\|\|	57	03/99 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Big Fish	2003	Danny Elfman	****	3.37	2,869	72	\|\|\|	170	12/03 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	The Black Hole	1979	John Barry	****	3.39	254	1	\|\|\|	1,547	09/11	limited, expanded
•	Breakdown	1997	Basil Poledouris, Richard Marvin, Various	***	3.01	225	0	\|\|\|	1,763	07/11	limited
•	Broken Arrow	1996	Hans Zimmer, Don Harper	****	3.43	655	2	\|\|\|	1,086	10/09 - 03/11	expanded, limited
•	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.40	1,992	7	\|\|\|	459	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.81	467	5	\|\|\|\|	489	07/97 - 06/11	limited, re-issue
R	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.62	164	0	\|\|\|	2,160	08/22 - 02/26	re-issue
•	Cliffhanger	1993	Trevor Jones	****	3.45	926	3	\|\|\|	447	06/97 - 11/23	expanded, limited
•	Commando	1985	James Horner	**	2.80	558	25	\|\|	295	12/03 - 08/15	expanded, limited
•	Conan the Destroyer	1984	Basil Poledouris	****	2.73	668	9	\|\|\|	328	06/03 - 03/23	re-recording
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.34	259	2	\|\|\|	1,461	01/10 - 11/11	limited, expanded
•	Corpse Bride	2005	Danny Elfman	***	3.42	2,127	18	\|\|\|	340	11/05 - 06/11	limited, expanded
•	Dawn of the Dead	2004	Tyler Bates	**	2.45	129	0	\|\|	2,277	02/24
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.97	843	17	\|\|\|	242	03/03 - 11/19	limited, expanded
•	Edward Scissorhands	1990	Danny Elfman	*****	4.29	19,844	189	\|\|\|	8	09/96 - 01/16	limited, expanded
R	Explorers	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.35	333	1	\|\|\|	1,454	07/09 - 06/26	expanded, limited
•	First Knight	1995	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.67	3,314	32	\|\|\|	97	09/96 - 04/11	limited, expanded
•	Forever Young	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.24	335	3	\|\|\|	605	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Gaku (Peak: The Rescuers)	2011	Naoki Sato	****	3.36	150	1	\|\|\|	1,788	01/12	Japanese
•	The Golden Child	1986	John Barry, Michel Colombier	***	2.53	66	0	\|\|\|\|	2,413	07/25	limited
•	Gorky Park	1983	James Horner	***	2.96	189	0	\|\|\|	1,506	08/09 - 04/24	re-issue
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	246	0	\|\|	1,592	07/09 - 04/21	expanded
•	The Greatest Miracle	2011	Mark McKenzie	*****	3.81	351	2	\|\|\|	1,492	10/11	multiple albums
•	Gremlins	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.53	1,505	13	\|\|\|	317	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	***	2.99	141	5	\|\|	1,769	04/11	limited
•	Humanoids From the Deep	1980	James Horner	**	2.21	154	0	\|\|	1,724	11/11 - 11/23	limited, re-issue
•	The Karate Kid: Part II	1986	Bill Conti	**	2.79	129	1	\|\|\|	2,253	08/22	limited, re-issue
•	Killing Me Softly	2002	Patrick Doyle	****	3.35	300	2	\|\|\|	1,645	07/11	limited
•	Link	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.57	327	4	\|\|	1,444	07/09 - 06/16	limited, re-issue
•	Man to Man	2005	Patrick Doyle	****	3.26	261	3	\|\|	1,787	01/12	limited
•	Mars Attacks!	1996	Danny Elfman	**	3.20	1,016	5	\|\|\|	383	03/97 - 06/11	expanded, limited
•	Masada (TV)	1981	Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens	****	3.22	336	2	\|\|\|	1,370	07/09 - 02/22	limited
•	The Mechanic	2011	Mark Isham	***	2.61	185	1	\|\|	1,795	03/11	multiple albums, expanded
•	Medal of Honor (Game)	1999	Michael Giacchino	****	3.87	1,722	1	\|\|\|	351	02/00 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline (Game)	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.42	623	11	\|\|	706	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Medal of Honor: Underground (Game)	2000	Michael Giacchino	****	3.19	332	8	\|\|	1,064	07/03 - 04/11	re-issue set
•	Midway	1976	John Williams	***	3.03	284	1	\|\|	1,298	08/09 - 11/11	limited
•	Mimic	1997	Marco Beltrami	****	3.07	215	0	\|\|	1,732	12/11 - 12/22	expanded, limited
•	The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Danny Elfman	****	4.00	15,631	333	\|\|\|\|	14	09/96 - 05/11	limited, expanded
•	Overboard	1987	Alan Silvestri	***	2.44	62	0	\|\|	2,470	06/25	limited
•	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Danny Elfman	***	3.29	427	1	\|\|\|	1,302	05/11	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.12	4,832	72	\|\|\|	144	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Regarding Henry	1991	Georges Delerue	****	3.00	208	2	\|\|\|	1,673	03/10 - 12/11	limited
•	Scream	1996	Marco Beltrami	**	2.75	1,202	1	\|\|\|	222	07/98 - 01/23	expanded, limited
•	Scrooged	1988	Danny Elfman	***	3.03	395	1	\|\|\|	1,515	12/11	limited
•	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.55	1,187	2	\|\|	452	06/98 - 09/11	expanded, limited
•	Sleepy Hollow	1999	Danny Elfman	****	3.88	9,310	7	\|\|\|	124	11/99 - 11/21	expanded, limited
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	341	1	\|\|	1,711	12/09 - 01/11	re-issue
•	Something Wicked This Way Comes	1983	Georges Delerue	**	3.05	317	5	\|\|\|\|	1,125	08/09 - 03/24	limited
•	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	1994	Joel McNeely	****	3.22	170	0	\|\|	1,897	09/11	limited
•	Testament	1983	James Horner	***	2.97	219	4	\|	786	12/96 - 03/13	limited
•	Thelma & Louise	1991	Hans Zimmer, John Van Tongeren	***	3.17	376	1	\|\|	1,378	04/10 - 10/25	limited
•	Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.79	65	0	\|\|\|	2,382	11/24	limited, re-issue
•	Trading Places	1983	Elmer Bernstein	***	2.93	89	1	\|\|	1,800	12/11	limited
•	Until September	1984	John Barry	****	3.46	67	0	\|\|	2,499	07/25	expanded, limited
•	Up	2009	Michael Giacchino	****	3.28	1,612	26	\|\|\|	612	01/10 - 08/11	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	James Horner	***	2.79	240	3	\|\|\|	1,327	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	****	3.33	1,325	5	\|\|\|\|\|	361	11/98 - 04/21	expanded, limited
•	Young Guns II	1988	Alan Silvestri	***	3.00	70	1	\|\|\|	2,423	06/25	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	2.19	426	1	\|\|\|\|\|	1,008	05/11	limited

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