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    2014 REGULAR RELEASES:    
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 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•300: Rise of an Empire2014Tom Holkenborg**1.903296|||1,38604/14
•The Amazing Spider-Man 22014Hans Zimmer, Various*2.441,61458|||50905/14all albums
•Big Eyes2014Danny Elfman***3.131330|||2,15309/22multiple albums
•Big Hero 62014Henry Jackman****3.102206||1,36901/15
•Captain America: Winter Soldier2014Henry Jackman**2.397527|||76604/14
•Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Michael Giacchino***2.933335|||1,16209/14
•Divergent2014Tom Holkenborg***2.682224||1,33205/14
•The Equalizer2014Harry Gregson-Williams**2.241611||1,67812/14
•The Expendables 32014Brian Tyler**2.401556||1,83810/14
•Fury2014Steven Price***2.971382||1,58812/14
•Godzilla (2014)2014Alexandre Desplat****3.424238|||99808/14
•The Grand Budapest Hotel2014Alexandre Desplat***3.443124||1,63801/15
•Guardians of the Galaxy2014Tyler Bates***3.375269|||1,14310/14multiple albums
•The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014Howard Shore*****3.741,05416|||||82201/15all albums
•How to Train Your Dragon 22014John Powell*****4.068967|||||79009/14 - 03/22all albums
•The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014James Newton Howard****3.423771|||1,48901/15
•The Imitation Game2014Alexandre Desplat****3.673319||1,16101/15
•Interstellar2014Hans Zimmer**3.291,88531||||50201/15 - 04/21all albums
•Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2014Patrick Doyle***3.022291||1,37103/14
•The Lego Movie2014Mark Mothersbaugh**2.392442||1,36004/14
•Maleficent2014James Newton Howard*****4.141,4419|||64808/14
•The Maze Runner2014John Paesano***2.831253||1,73512/14
•The Monuments Men2014Alexandre Desplat****3.092673||1,30303/14
•Mr. Peabody & Sherman2014Danny Elfman***3.182841||1,56902/15
•Noah2014Clint Mansell****3.0137210|||1,23904/14
•Non-Stop2014John Ottman, Edwin Wendler**2.521394||1,62904/14
•Rio 22014John Powell***2.891601||1,67108/14
•Tarzan2014David Newman*****3.542081|||1,52202/15
•Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2014Brian Tyler***3.342095||1,63312/14
•The Theory of Everything2014Jóhann Jóhannsson***3.192072||1,71701/15
•Transformers: Age of Extinction2014Steve Jablonsky, Various**2.042523|||1,58912/14all albums
•The Unknown Known2014Danny Elfman****3.473441||1,47502/15
•Winter's Tale2014Hans Zimmer, Rupert Gregson-Williams***2.702391|||1,50903/14
•X-Men: Days of Future Past2014John Ottman**2.542977||1,02408/14 - 08/17All Albums
    2014 SPECIAL RELEASES:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•The Addams Family1991Marc Shaiman****3.251390|||2,22303/22expanded, limited
•Batman1989Danny Elfman*****4.3213,97396||||1808/97 - 08/15limited, re-issue
•Batman Returns1992Danny Elfman**3.316,53540||||6209/96 - 08/15limited, re-issue
•Deep Rising1998Jerry Goldsmith**2.798304||53802/98 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Dennis the Menace1993Jerry Goldsmith***3.263561||61906/98 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Empire of the Sun1987John Williams***3.444921|||98608/09 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Escape From L.A.1996Shirley Walker, John Carpenter**3.031030|||2,25903/24expanded, limited
•Fantastic Voyage1966Leonard Rosenman***3.241392||1,03412/98 - 02/15re-issue, limited
•A Far Off Place1993James Horner***2.942002||73106/97 - 02/15limited, expanded
•Fedora1978Miklós RózsaVaried3.171490||1,23306/97 - 02/15limited, re-issue
•Flatliners/Falling Down1990James Newton Howard**3.233320||49806/97 - 02/15limited
•Flesh + Blood1985Basil Poledouris****3.715368|||54903/97 - 05/14re-issue, limited
•Good Will Hunting1997Danny Elfman***3.159020||30803/98 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Gorky Park1983James Horner***2.981460|||1,49708/09 - 04/24expanded, limited
•King Solomon's Mines1985Jerry Goldsmith**3.242705||1,38508/09 - 02/15expanded, limited
•The Lion King1994Hans Zimmer, Elton John****4.0312,52774||||1309/96 - 11/14expanded
•The Little Mermaid1989Alan Menken, Howard Ashman****4.0416,16823||||1508/97 - 05/21expanded
•The Matrix Revolutions2003Don Davis, Juno Reactor****3.958,670279||||6308/03 - 04/14limited, expanded
•The Monkey King2014Christopher Young*****3.68854|||1,40002/15 - 04/16promotional
•Night Crossing1981Jerry Goldsmith****3.622640||1,43307/09 - 08/14expanded, limited
•The Passion of the Christ2004John Debney****2.9814,655424||||9202/04 - 02/15expanded, limited
•The Peacemaker1997Hans Zimmer****3.232,8743|||9709/97 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Predator 21990Alan Silvestri***3.523422|||1,54001/12 - 12/14expanded, limited
•Psycho II1983Jerry Goldsmith**3.042257||1,18607/09 - 05/14expanded, limited
•SpaceCamp1986John Williams***3.184044||61607/98 - 12/14re-issue
•Star Trek Into Darkness2013Michael Giacchino****3.196197||||65106/13 - 12/14expanded, limited
•Star Trek: Enterprise (TV)2001Dennis McCarthy, Jay Chattaway, Velton Ray Bunch, Various**2.2783429|||||45905/02 - 07/22expanded, limited
•The Sum of All Fears2002Jerry Goldsmith****3.532,52697|||27706/02 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Switchback1997Basil Poledouris***3.235610||1,12210/00 - 12/14re-issue
•The Towering Inferno1974John Williams*****3.859949|||28704/01 - 04/21re-issue
•Warriors of Virtue1997Don Davis****3.373191||86909/99 - 12/14limited, re-issue
•The X-Files: Fight the Future1998Mark Snow***3.358,8952|||10406/98 - 12/14expanded, limited
•Young Sherlock Holmes1985Bruce Broughton****3.50980|||2,23603/24expanded
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