Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2013 Albums

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2013 REGULAR RELEASES

(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	42	2013	Mark Isham	***	2.65	166	1	\|\|	1,411	05/13
•	After Earth	2013	James Newton Howard	***	3.17	758	2	\|\|\|	1,071	06/13
•	The Bible	2013	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Various	**	1.85	501	6	\|\|	1,285	07/13
•	The Book Thief	2013	John Williams	****	3.66	373	2	\|\|	991	12/13
•	Captain Phillips	2013	Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer, Various	*	1.67	430	6	\|\|	1,219	12/13
•	The Croods	2013	Alan Silvestri	****	3.10	164	2	\|\|	1,283	05/13
•	Der Medicus (The Physician)	2013	Ingo Ludwig Frenzel	****	3.49	143	2	\|\|\|	1,458	01/14
•	Elysium	2013	Ryan Amon	***	3.10	271	2	\|\|	1,647	12/13
•	Ender's Game	2013	Steve Jablonsky	**	2.38	183	4	\|\|\|	1,430	12/13
•	Epic	2013	Danny Elfman	****	3.55	261	5	\|\|	960	06/13
•	Frozen	2013	Christophe Beck, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez	***	3.43	593	2	\|\|	790	12/13	multiple albums
•	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	2013	Henry Jackman	*	1.76	220	12	\|\|	1,095	03/13
•	A Good Day to Die Hard	2013	Marco Beltrami, Various	****	3.31	269	2	\|\|\|	1,042	02/13
•	Gravity	2013	Steven Price	***	3.23	500	3	\|\|\|	1,164	12/13
•	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	2013	Howard Shore	*****	3.75	1,153	11	\|\|\|\|\|	696	12/13	multiple albums
•	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	2013	James Newton Howard	***	3.27	335	5	\|\|\|	1,106	12/13
•	Iron Man 3	2013	Brian Tyler	****	3.28	448	11	\|\|\|	785	05/13
•	Jack the Giant Slayer	2013	John Ottman	*****	3.78	476	6	\|\|\|\|	735	02/13
•	The Lone Ranger	2013	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	3.05	608	16	\|\|\|	811	07/13
•	Man of Steel	2013	Hans Zimmer, Various	*	2.34	3,325	91	\|\|\|\|	376	06/13	all albums
•	Monsters University	2013	Randy Newman	***	2.87	248	4	\|\|	1,078	06/13
•	Now You See Me	2013	Brian Tyler	*****	3.37	296	2	\|\|\|	1,233	01/14	multiple albums
•	Oblivion	2013	Anthony Gonzales, Joseph Trapanese	**	3.00	275	3	\|\|	1,159	07/13	multiple albums
•	Oz the Great and Powerful	2013	Danny Elfman	****	3.58	438	4	\|\|\|	743	03/13
•	Pacific Rim	2013	Ramin Djawadi	****	3.15	743	23	\|\|\|\|	553	07/13
•	Planes	2013	Mark Mancina	****	3.24	203	1	\|\|\|	1,092	08/13
•	Promised Land	2012	Danny Elfman	***	3.30	189	0	\|\|	1,654	08/13
•	Romeo & Juliet	2013	Abel Korzeniowski	*****	3.74	250	7	\|\|\|	899	01/14
•	Rush	2013	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	3.10	380	3	\|\|	1,410	12/13
•	Saving Mr. Banks	2013	Thomas Newman	****	3.42	205	5	\|\|	1,142	01/14	multiple albums
•	Star Trek Into Darkness	2013	Michael Giacchino	****	3.11	554	7	\|\|\|\|	668	06/13 - 12/14	all albums
•	Thor: The Dark World	2013	Brian Tyler	****	3.55	465	9	\|\|\|	765	12/13
•	White House Down	2013	Thomas Wanker, Harald Kloser	**	2.18	111	7	\|\|	1,432	07/13
•	The Wolverine	2013	Marco Beltrami, Various	**	2.49	344	6	\|\|	805	07/13
•	World War Z	2013	Marco Beltrami, Various	***	2.62	207	1	\|\|	1,011	07/13

2013 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Abyss	1989	Alan Silvestri	****	3.85	2,117	13	\|\|\|	178	08/97 - 02/14	expanded, limited
•	Alien Nation	1988	Jerry Goldsmith, Curt Sobel	**	2.52	116	0	\|\|\|	1,582	07/09 - 05/18	limited
•	Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time	1991	Robert Folk	****	3.20	125	3	\|\|	1,007	03/97 - 03/13	re-issue
•	Black Beauty	1994	Danny Elfman	****	3.92	1,542	14	\|\|\|	297	12/00 - 12/13	expanded, limited
•	Breakheart Pass	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	110	0	\|\|	1,581	07/09 - 06/16	limited, expanded
•	The Challenge	1982	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.86	279	1	\|\|	911	04/00 - 07/13	limited, expanded
•	A Christmas Carol	2009	Alan Silvestri	***	3.17	356	1	\|\|	1,033	11/09 - 04/16	re-issue
•	Clear and Present Danger	1994	James Horner	***	2.91	413	7	\|\|\|	457	06/98 - 06/13	expanded, limited
•	Cocoon	1985	James Horner	****	3.76	833	3	\|\|\|	403	10/97 - 12/13	expanded, limited
•	Congo	1995	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.76	538	13	\|\|	606	10/96 - 02/13	expanded, limited
•	Dave	1993	James Newton Howard	****	3.53	240	1	\|\|	1,644	02/12 - 03/13	expanded, limited
•	Days of Thunder	1990	Hans Zimmer	***	3.04	183	0	\|\|\|	1,407	03/10 - 01/14	limited
•	Ed Wood	1994	Howard Shore	***	3.26	201	0	\|\|	1,603	07/10 - 05/18	multiple albums
•	Flight of the Intruder	1991	Basil Poledouris	**	2.81	140	3	\|\|	1,117	07/03 - 02/13	limited
•	The Fury	1978	John Williams	*****	3.58	535	4	\|\|\|	652	03/03 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	The Hunt for Red October	1990	Basil Poledouris	***	4.01	14,056	202	\|\|\|	16	03/97 - 01/14	limited, expanded
•	In Country	1989	James Horner	****	3.24	196	1	\|\|	760	12/96 - 03/13	limited
•	Inchon	1981	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.99	181	3	\|\|	1,591	07/09 - 06/13	re-issue
•	Jurassic Park	1993	John Williams	*****	4.24	17,722	115	\|\|\|\|	12	09/96 - 03/18	expanded
•	Les Misérables	2012	Claude-Michel Schönberg, Anne Dudley	Varied	2.33	884	13	\|\|\|\|\|	1,445	08/13	expanded
•	The Matrix Reloaded	2003	Don Davis, Ben Watkins, Rob Dougan	****	3.26	10,532	403	\|\|\|\|	70	05/03 - 12/13	limited, expanded
•	The Missouri Breaks	1976	John Williams	**	2.81	784	0	\|\|	949	06/99 - 05/18	expanded, limited
•	Now You See Me	2013	Brian Tyler	*****	3.37	296	2	\|\|\|	1,233	01/14	promotional
•	Patriot Games	1992	James Horner	**	2.81	770	3	\|\|\|	477	06/97 - 07/13	expanded, limited
•	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	1986	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.18	407	11	\|\|\|	318	10/03 - 07/17	expanded, limited
•	The Relic	1997	John Debney	**	2.72	247	7	\|\|	608	11/99 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Rio Conchos	1964	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.45	824	2	\|\|\|	701	01/00 - 06/16	re-recording, expanded
•	Rosewood	1997	John Williams	***	3.36	340	2	\|\|\|	603	03/97 - 07/13	expanded, limited
•	Runaway	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.37	181	0	\|\|	1,531	07/09 - 02/14	limited, re-issue
•	Star Trek: Insurrection	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.70	4,152	29	\|\|\|\|	165	12/98 - 08/13	expanded
•	Star Trek: Nemesis	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.01	4,287	140	\|\|\|\|	121	12/02 - 02/14	limited, expanded
•	Superman Returns	2006	John Ottman	*****	3.95	1,890	96	\|\|\|	195	06/06 - 01/14	expanded, limited
•	Vibes	1988	James Horner	**	2.64	191	16	\|\|	625	09/96 - 02/14	limited, re-issue
•	Wyatt Earp	1994	James Newton Howard	****	3.51	769	3	\|\|\|	719	06/03 - 12/13	expanded, limited
•	The X-Files (TV)	1993	Mark Snow	****	3.40	1,051	5	\|\|\|\|\|	382	11/98 - 01/18	limited, expanded

2013 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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