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2012 REGULAR RELEASES

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Amazing Spider-Man	2012	James Horner	****	3.82	908	20	\|\|\|\|	389	07/12
•	Anna Karenina	2012	Dario Marianelli	**	3.09	188	1	\|\|	1,394	03/13
•	Argo	2012	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.02	306	2	\|\|	965	10/12
•	The Avengers	2012	Alan Silvestri	***	3.22	542	7	\|\|\|	658	05/12	all albums
•	Battleship	2012	Steve Jablonsky	*	1.71	373	11	\|\|	1,132	05/12
•	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2012	Thomas Newman	****	3.23	160	2	\|\|	1,396	06/12
•	Big Miracle	2012	Cliff Eidelman	***	2.92	144	0	\|\|	1,523	01/12
•	Black Gold	2011	James Horner	****	3.34	367	6	\|\|\|	1,213	02/12
•	The Bourne Legacy	2012	James Newton Howard	**	2.46	293	3	\|\|	872	08/12
•	Brave	2012	Patrick Doyle	****	3.37	549	4	\|\|\|	608	06/12
•	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.58	1,858	127	\|\|\|\|	331	07/12	multiple albums
•	Dark Shadows	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.37	552	2	\|\|\|	1,111	05/12
•	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	2012	John Powell, Various	***	2.89	303	1	\|\|	1,408	03/12	multiple albums
•	The Expendables 2	2012	Brian Tyler	***	3.08	287	2	\|\|	1,161	09/12	multiple albums
•	For Greater Glory (Cristiada)	2012	James Horner	****	3.25	201	3	\|\|\|\|	1,410	09/12
•	Frankenweenie	2012	Danny Elfman	****	3.33	641	1	\|\|\|	939	10/12
•	The Grey	2012	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.76	188	4	\|\|	1,456	01/12
•	Hitchcock	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.21	247	1	\|\|\|	1,283	12/12
•	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	2012	Howard Shore	*****	3.78	1,215	21	\|\|\|\|\|	373	02/13	multiple albums
•	The Hunger Games	2012	James Newton Howard, Various	***	3.04	641	3	\|\|\|	975	04/12
•	Ice Age: Continental Drift	2012	John Powell, Various	***	2.78	227	1	\|\|	1,147	07/12
•	John Carter	2012	Michael Giacchino	****	3.86	559	8	\|\|\|	899	04/12
•	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	2012	Andrew Lockington	*****	3.88	409	10	\|\|\|	954	02/12
•	Les Misérables	2012	Claude-Michel Schönberg, Anne Dudley	Varied	2.33	882	13	\|\|\|\|\|	1,488	08/13	multiple albums
•	Life of Pi	2012	Mychael Danna	****	3.65	417	5	\|\|\|	692	12/12
•	Lincoln	2012	John Williams	****	3.53	595	14	\|\|\|	637	11/12
•	Men in Black 3	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.08	307	2	\|\|	1,264	06/12
•	Mirror Mirror	2012	Alan Menken	***	3.14	243	2	\|\|	1,479	04/12
•	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.02	534	7	\|\|	1,019	01/12
•	Prometheus	2012	Marc Streitenfeld, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.06	552	10	\|\|\|	834	06/12
•	Promised Land	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.24	168	0	\|\|	1,688	08/13
•	Red Tails	2012	Terence Blanchard	**	2.62	177	1	\|\|	1,607	02/12
•	Rise of the Guardians	2012	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.28	330	3	\|\|\|\|	904	11/12
•	Safe House	2012	Ramin Djawadi	***	2.51	134	2	\|\|	1,682	03/12
•	Silver Linings Playbook	2012	Danny Elfman	**	2.92	210	1	\|\|	1,279	12/12
•	Skyfall	2012	Thomas Newman	***	2.79	795	19	\|\|\|\|	540	11/12
•	Snow White & the Huntsman	2012	James Newton Howard	***	3.23	567	3	\|\|\|	1,000	06/12
•	Total Recall	2012	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	**	1.86	346	7	\|\|\|	973	08/12
•	Trouble With the Curve	2012	Marco Beltrami	***	2.54	133	1	\|\|	1,271	09/12
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	2012	Carter Burwell	****	3.68	401	1	\|\|\|	915	12/12
•	Underworld: Awakening	2012	Paul Haslinger	**	2.30	135	2	\|\|	1,665	01/12
•	The Vow	2012	Rachel Portman, Michael Brook	**	2.58	132	1	\|\|	1,415	02/12
•	Wrath of the Titans	2012	Javier Navarrete	***	3.02	229	1	\|\|\|	1,451	04/12
•	Wreck-It Ralph	2012	Henry Jackman	***	3.03	281	3	\|\|	1,127	11/12

2012 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Back to Gaya	2004	Michael Kamen, Various	****	3.16	100	1	\|\|	1,766	01/12	limited
•	Batman Forever	1995	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.86	836	52	\|\|\|	236	04/03 - 01/12	expanded, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	*****	3.44	767	6	\|\|\|	238	09/99 - 11/12	expanded, limited
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.38	267	4	\|\|\|	621	11/96 - 04/17	expanded
•	Black Rain	1989	Hans Zimmer	***	3.24	336	2	\|\|\|	1,305	03/10 - 10/12	expanded, limited
•	Body Heat	1981	John Barry	****	3.63	1,005	1	\|\|\|	515	06/97 - 09/12	expanded
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.39	207	0	\|\|\|	1,135	07/09 - 04/16	re-issue
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.82	1,094	4	\|\|	595	01/05 - 08/12	expanded
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.21	1,909	40	\|\|\|	150	06/03 - 12/12	expanded
•	Die Hard 2: Die Harder	1990	Michael Kamen	***	2.95	183	1	\|\|\|	1,480	01/12 - 11/12	limited, expanded
•	Die Hard With a Vengeance	1995	Michael Kamen	***	2.83	136	4	\|\|\|	1,377	01/12 - 08/13	expanded, limited
•	Galaxy Quest	1999	David Newman	****	3.88	5,604	5	\|\|\|	265	01/00 - 04/12	limited
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.77	923	54	\|\|\|\|	886	01/12	limited
•	Godzilla	1998	David Arnold	****	3.42	1,640	26	\|\|\|	68	05/98 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	John Williams	***	3.23	1,143	17	\|\|\|	254	09/96 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Hook	1991	John Williams	*****	4.16	3,831	78	\|\|\|\|	121	09/96 - 08/12	limited, expanded
•	Hoosiers	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.34	2,214	17	\|\|\|\|	290	06/03 - 12/12	expanded, limited
•	King Kong Lives	1986	John Scott	****	3.29	257	1	\|\|\|	598	08/97 - 10/12	limited, re-issue
•	Masters of the Universe	1987	Bill Conti	**	3.06	382	5	\|\|\|	442	03/97 - 08/12	reissue
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	****	3.43	482	2	\|\|\|	591	09/96 - 08/12	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.07	4,429	72	\|\|\|	143	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	****	3.79	1,367	34	\|\|\|	169	09/03 - 03/12	expanded
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.93	2,712	11	\|\|\|\|	275	09/96 - 08/12	expanded, limited
•	Speed	1994	Mark Mancina	***	3.66	474	12	\|\|	845	09/03 - 03/12	expanded, limited
•	Stagecoach	1966	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.10	588	1	\|\|\|	849	06/98 - 09/16	limited
•	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	Leonard Rosenman	**	2.31	545	22	\|\|\|	710	06/03 - 01/12	expanded
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.76	3,160	8	\|\|\|	146	08/97 - 05/12	re-issue
•	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	Cliff Eidelman	*****	4.17	3,464	20	\|\|\|\|	85	12/96 - 03/12	expanded
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	****	3.62	9,230	24	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	expanded
•	Star Trek: Generations	1994	Dennis McCarthy	**	2.81	1,907	17	\|\|\|	300	02/99 - 03/13	expanded
•	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.12	3,752	8	\|\|\|\|	105	01/99 - 06/18	expanded, limited
•	The Sword and the Sorcerer	1982	David Whitaker	***	3.15	349	3	\|\|	970	02/99 - 11/12	limited, re-issue
•	Titanic	1997	James Horner	*****	4.11	27,257	163	\|\|\|\|\|	5	11/97 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Toy Story 3	2010	Randy Newman, Various	***	3.01	985	3	\|\|	1,016	06/10 - 01/12	limited, re-issue
•	White Fang	1991	Basil Poledouris, Hans Zimmer, Various	****	3.24	116	0	\|\|\|	1,642	04/12	limited
•	Winged Migration	2002	Bruno Coulais	***	3.26	635	6	\|\|	578	04/03 - 03/13	re-issue
•	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.47	601	1	\|\|	1,270	08/09 - 11/12	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	Craig Safan	**	2.90	156	3	\|\|\|	1,376	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	X2: X-Men United	2003	John Ottman	****	3.19	6,521	156	\|\|\|	144	04/03 - 08/12	limited, expanded

2012 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
	None.

Legend:


Status:	N	- indicates a new review that has been published in the last 90 days
	R	- indicates an older review that has been significantly revised in the last 90 days

Year:	Year of Debut (a golden year indicates that the music won or was nominated for a major award)

Ratings:	FR	- Filmtracks Rating ("Varied" indicates a split rating with no overall designation)
VR	- Viewer Rating (overall average)
VT	- Vote Total (for viewer ratings)

Comments:	Comment Total (the number of messages posted in the review's comment area)

Review Depth:	\|\|\|\|\|	- Massive Review (over 4,000 words)
	\|\|\|\|	- Very Long Review (between 2,200 and 4,000 words)
	\|\|\|	- Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words)
	\|\|	- Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words)
	\|	- Short Review (under 800 words)

Traffic Rank:	Popularity Rank (lower numbers indicate more cumulative reads; new reviews take time to climb the ranks)

Dates:	1st	- indicates the month and year during which the review was first published
	2nd	- indicates the month and year of the review's most recent significant revision (if any)

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