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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	****	3.85	983	20	\|\|\|\|	339	07/12
•	Anna Karenina	2012	Dario Marianelli	**	3.04	197	1	\|\|	1,408	03/13
•	Argo	2012	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.04	312	2	\|\|	961	10/12
•	The Avengers	2012	Alan Silvestri	***	3.20	554	7	\|\|\|	631	05/12	all albums
•	Battleship	2012	Steve Jablonsky	*	1.68	391	11	\|\|	1,119	05/12
•	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2012	Thomas Newman	****	3.22	162	2	\|\|	1,394	06/12
•	Big Miracle	2012	Cliff Eidelman	***	2.93	145	0	\|\|	1,547	01/12
•	Black Gold	2011	James Horner	****	3.35	369	6	\|\|\|	1,212	02/12
•	The Bourne Legacy	2012	James Newton Howard	**	2.71	339	3	\|\|	851	08/12
•	Brave	2012	Patrick Doyle	****	3.38	564	4	\|\|\|	591	06/12
•	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.58	1,875	127	\|\|\|\|	322	07/12	multiple albums
•	Dark Shadows	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.42	617	2	\|\|\|	1,047	05/12
•	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	2012	John Powell, Various	***	2.91	305	1	\|\|	1,404	03/12	multiple albums
•	The Expendables 2	2012	Brian Tyler	***	3.08	287	2	\|\|	1,160	09/12	multiple albums
•	For Greater Glory (Cristiada)	2012	James Horner	****	3.24	207	3	\|\|\|\|	1,406	09/12
•	Frankenweenie	2012	Danny Elfman	****	3.56	757	1	\|\|\|	896	10/12
•	The Grey	2012	Marc Streitenfeld	**	2.75	189	4	\|\|	1,468	01/12
•	Hitchcock	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.32	282	1	\|\|\|	1,265	12/12
•	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	2012	Howard Shore	*****	3.91	1,366	21	\|\|\|\|\|	353	02/13	multiple albums
•	The Hunger Games	2012	James Newton Howard, Various	***	3.16	708	3	\|\|\|	962	04/12
•	Ice Age: Continental Drift	2012	John Powell, Various	***	2.79	228	1	\|\|	1,148	07/12
•	John Carter	2012	Michael Giacchino	****	3.83	572	8	\|\|\|	889	04/12
•	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	2012	Andrew Lockington	*****	3.88	412	10	\|\|\|	944	02/12
•	Les Misérables	2012	Claude-Michel Schönberg, Anne Dudley	Varied	2.33	884	13	\|\|\|\|\|	1,447	08/13	multiple albums
•	Life of Pi	2012	Mychael Danna	****	3.66	422	5	\|\|\|	683	12/12
•	Lincoln	2012	John Williams	****	3.56	610	14	\|\|\|	630	11/12
•	Men in Black 3	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.22	349	2	\|\|	1,191	06/12
•	Mirror Mirror	2012	Alan Menken	***	3.12	245	2	\|\|	1,492	04/12
•	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	2011	Michael Giacchino	***	3.00	547	7	\|\|	995	01/12
•	Prometheus	2012	Marc Streitenfeld, Harry Gregson-Williams	***	3.06	553	10	\|\|\|	826	06/12
•	Promised Land	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.31	199	0	\|\|	1,646	08/13
•	Red Tails	2012	Terence Blanchard	**	2.62	177	1	\|\|	1,628	02/12
•	Rise of the Guardians	2012	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.29	335	3	\|\|\|\|	908	11/12
•	Safe House	2012	Ramin Djawadi	***	2.51	135	2	\|\|	1,712	03/12
•	Silver Linings Playbook	2012	Danny Elfman	**	3.05	243	1	\|\|	1,199	12/12
•	Skyfall	2012	Thomas Newman	***	2.79	796	19	\|\|\|\|	529	11/12
•	Snow White & the Huntsman	2012	James Newton Howard	***	3.34	651	3	\|\|\|	975	06/12
•	Total Recall	2012	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	**	1.86	346	7	\|\|\|	973	08/12
•	Trouble With the Curve	2012	Marco Beltrami	***	2.55	134	1	\|\|	1,274	09/12
•	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	2012	Carter Burwell	****	3.66	404	1	\|\|\|	909	12/12
•	Underworld: Awakening	2012	Paul Haslinger	**	2.30	135	2	\|\|	1,689	01/12
•	The Vow	2012	Rachel Portman, Michael Brook	**	2.58	132	1	\|\|	1,430	02/12
•	Wrath of the Titans	2012	Javier Navarrete	***	3.06	233	1	\|\|\|	1,423	04/12
•	Wreck-It Ralph	2012	Henry Jackman	***	3.03	281	3	\|\|	1,135	11/12

2012 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Back to Gaya	2004	Michael Kamen, Various	****	3.17	101	1	\|\|	1,774	01/12	limited
•	Batman Forever	1995	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.89	879	52	\|\|\|	233	04/03 - 01/12	expanded, limited
•	Battlestar Galactica (TV)	1978	Stu Phillips	*****	3.45	768	6	\|\|\|	240	09/99 - 11/12	expanded, limited
•	The Black Cauldron	1985	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.37	270	4	\|\|\|	596	11/96 - 04/17	expanded
•	Black Rain	1989	Hans Zimmer	***	3.23	342	2	\|\|\|	1,288	03/10 - 10/12	expanded, limited
•	Body Heat	1981	John Barry	****	3.63	1,005	1	\|\|\|	517	06/97 - 09/12	expanded
•	Capricorn One	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.44	215	0	\|\|\|	1,128	07/09 - 04/16	re-issue
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.82	1,095	4	\|\|	595	01/05 - 08/12	expanded
•	Conan the Barbarian	1982	Basil Poledouris	*****	4.20	1,927	40	\|\|\|	148	06/03 - 12/12	expanded
•	Die Hard 2: Die Harder	1990	Michael Kamen	***	2.96	187	1	\|\|\|	1,478	01/12 - 11/12	limited, expanded
•	Die Hard With a Vengeance	1995	Michael Kamen	***	2.85	138	4	\|\|\|	1,370	01/12 - 08/13	expanded, limited
•	Galaxy Quest	1999	David Newman	****	3.88	5,606	5	\|\|\|	267	01/00 - 04/12	limited
•	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	2011	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	*	1.77	928	54	\|\|\|\|	872	01/12	limited
•	Godzilla	1998	David Arnold	****	3.42	1,646	27	\|\|\|	69	05/98 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	John Williams	***	3.23	1,144	17	\|\|\|	248	09/96 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Hook	1991	John Williams	*****	4.18	3,892	78	\|\|\|\|	122	09/96 - 08/12	limited, expanded
•	Hoosiers	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.29	2,232	17	\|\|\|\|	286	06/03 - 12/12	expanded, limited
•	King Kong Lives	1986	John Scott	****	3.31	260	1	\|\|\|	604	08/97 - 10/12	limited, re-issue
•	Masters of the Universe	1987	Bill Conti	**	3.06	453	6	\|\|\|	433	03/97 - 09/20	reissue
•	The Phantom	1996	David Newman	****	3.43	482	2	\|\|\|	586	09/96 - 08/12	limited, expanded
•	Planet of the Apes	2001	Danny Elfman	***	3.13	4,575	72	\|\|\|	143	07/01 - 03/12	limited, expanded
•	Predator	1987	Alan Silvestri	****	3.80	1,382	34	\|\|\|	170	09/03 - 03/12	expanded
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.97	2,813	11	\|\|\|\|	272	09/96 - 08/12	expanded, limited
•	Speed	1994	Mark Mancina	***	3.65	475	12	\|\|	840	09/03 - 03/12	expanded, limited
•	Stagecoach	1966	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.10	589	1	\|\|\|	844	06/98 - 09/16	limited
•	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	Leonard Rosenman	**	2.27	567	22	\|\|\|	705	06/03 - 01/12	expanded
•	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.76	3,165	8	\|\|\|	146	08/97 - 05/12	re-issue
•	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	Cliff Eidelman	*****	4.16	3,472	20	\|\|\|\|	85	12/96 - 03/12	expanded
•	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith	****	3.62	9,231	24	\|\|\|\|	43	12/96 - 05/12	expanded
•	Star Trek: Generations	1994	Dennis McCarthy	**	2.81	1,907	17	\|\|\|	301	02/99 - 03/13	expanded
•	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	4.12	3,764	8	\|\|\|\|	105	01/99 - 06/18	expanded, limited
•	The Sword and the Sorcerer	1982	David Whitaker	***	3.15	349	3	\|\|	978	02/99 - 11/12	limited, re-issue
•	Titanic	1997	James Horner	*****	4.11	27,277	163	\|\|\|\|\|	4	11/97 - 06/18	multiple albums
•	Toy Story 3	2010	Randy Newman, Various	***	3.01	988	3	\|\|	980	06/10 - 01/12	limited, re-issue
•	White Fang	1991	Basil Poledouris, Hans Zimmer, Various	****	3.42	140	0	\|\|\|	1,638	04/12	limited
•	Winged Migration	2002	Bruno Coulais	***	3.25	641	6	\|\|	583	04/03 - 03/13	re-issue
•	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	John Williams	***	3.47	601	1	\|\|	1,261	08/09 - 11/12	limited, re-issue
•	Wolfen	1981	Craig Safan	**	2.89	157	3	\|\|\|	1,372	08/09 - 08/12	limited
•	X2: X-Men United	2003	John Ottman	****	3.19	6,523	156	\|\|\|	145	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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