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    2014 REGULAR RELEASES:    
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•300: Rise of an Empire2014Tom Holkenborg**1.893376|||1,36804/14
•The Amazing Spider-Man 22014Hans Zimmer, Various*2.441,67458|||50305/14all albums
•Big Eyes2014Danny Elfman***3.141640|||2,13909/22multiple albums
•Big Hero 62014Henry Jackman****3.092466||1,34001/15
•Captain America: Winter Soldier2014Henry Jackman**2.397847|||76204/14
•Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Michael Giacchino***2.903455|||1,15709/14
•Divergent2014Tom Holkenborg***2.682474||1,33205/14
•The Equalizer2014Harry Gregson-Williams**2.251821||1,67412/14
•The Expendables 32014Brian Tyler**2.431766||1,83610/14
•Fury2014Steven Price***2.971552||1,59312/14
•Godzilla (2014)2014Alexandre Desplat****3.424398|||98508/14
•The Grand Budapest Hotel2014Alexandre Desplat***3.453234||1,63001/15
•Guardians of the Galaxy2014Tyler Bates***3.375439|||1,13410/14multiple albums
•The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014Howard Shore*****3.731,09016|||||80601/15all albums
•How to Train Your Dragon 22014John Powell*****3.939667|||||75409/14 - 03/22all albums
•The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014James Newton Howard****3.433861|||1,48601/15
•The Imitation Game2014Alexandre Desplat****3.663429||1,15001/15
•Interstellar2014Hans Zimmer**3.262,00531||||47601/15 - 04/21all albums
•Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2014Patrick Doyle***3.022551||1,37803/14
•The Lego Movie2014Mark Mothersbaugh**2.412742||1,37004/14
•Maleficent2014James Newton Howard*****4.091,5189|||64108/14
•The Maze Runner2014John Paesano***2.951483||1,73112/14
•The Monuments Men2014Alexandre Desplat****3.092963||1,31503/14
•Mr. Peabody & Sherman2014Danny Elfman***3.163191||1,56602/15
•Nightcrawler2014James Newton Howard**2.59410||2,39903/25
•Noah2014Clint Mansell****3.0138010|||1,25104/14
•Non-Stop2014John Ottman, Edwin Wendler**2.541584||1,64204/14
•Rio 22014John Powell***2.891801||1,67308/14
•Son of God2014Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe, Various*1.96900|||2,31902/25
•Tarzan2014David Newman*****3.542331|||1,49902/15
•Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2014Brian Tyler***3.342345||1,64012/14
•The Theory of Everything2014Jóhann Jóhannsson***3.192302||1,73601/15
•Transformers: Age of Extinction2014Steve Jablonsky, Various**2.062823|||1,58212/14all albums
•The Unknown Known2014Danny Elfman****3.473611||1,48902/15
•Winter's Tale2014Hans Zimmer, Rupert Gregson-Williams***2.672741|||1,50903/14
•X-Men: Days of Future Past2014John Ottman**2.553327||1,02008/14 - 08/17All Albums
    2014 SPECIAL RELEASES:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes
•The Addams Family1991Marc Shaiman****3.241570|||2,26203/22expanded, limited
•Batman1989Danny Elfman*****4.2914,16096||||1808/97 - 08/15limited, re-issue
•Batman Returns1992Danny Elfman**3.276,71240||||6109/96 - 08/15limited, re-issue
•Big Top Pee-Wee1988Danny Elfman**2.861450|||2,30911/24expanded, limited
•Dead Again1991Patrick Doyle***3.53940|||2,38502/25expanded, limited
•Deep Rising1998Jerry Goldsmith**2.788534||54202/98 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Dennis the Menace1993Jerry Goldsmith***3.273651||62906/98 - 08/14expanded, limited
R
Empire of the Sun1987John Williams***3.445071|||96008/09 - 10/25expanded, limited
•Escape From L.A.1996Shirley Walker, John Carpenter**3.031170|||2,27803/24expanded, limited
R
Falling Down1993James Newton Howard**2.78410||2,38706/97 - 10/25limited
•Fantastic Voyage1966Leonard Rosenman***3.221562||1,02712/98 - 02/15re-issue, limited
•A Far Off Place1993James Horner***2.942222||73406/97 - 02/15limited, expanded
R
Fedora1978Miklós Rózsa****3.191700|||1,22706/97 - 10/25limited, re-issue
•Flesh + Blood1985Basil Poledouris****3.725528|||54903/97 - 05/14re-issue, limited
•Godzilla1954Akira Ifukube*****3.541,0843||53206/99 - 06/25re-issue
•Good Will Hunting1997Danny Elfman***3.159300||30603/98 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Gorky Park1983James Horner***2.991630|||1,49708/09 - 04/24expanded, limited
•King Solomon's Mines1985Jerry Goldsmith**3.243015||1,35708/09 - 02/15expanded, limited
•The Lion King1994Hans Zimmer, Elton John****4.0312,59874||||1309/96 - 11/14expanded
•The Little Mermaid1989Alan Menken, Howard Ashman****4.0316,25323||||1508/97 - 05/21expanded
•The Matrix Revolutions2003Don Davis, Juno Reactor****3.948,767279||||6308/03 - 04/14limited, expanded
•The Monkey King2014Christopher Young*****3.66964|||1,38602/15 - 04/16promotional
N
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988Ira Newborn***3.01780||2,36108/25expanded, limited
•Night Crossing1981Jerry Goldsmith****3.602970||1,43407/09 - 08/14expanded, limited
•The Passion of the Christ2004John Debney****2.9814,734424||||9102/04 - 02/15expanded, limited
•The Peacemaker1997Hans Zimmer****3.232,9653|||9809/97 - 08/14expanded, limited
•Peggy Sue Got Married1986John Barry***3.05620||2,37907/25expanded, limited
•Predator 21990Alan Silvestri***3.523542|||1,51101/12 - 12/14expanded, limited
•Psycho II1983Jerry Goldsmith**3.052537||1,16807/09 - 05/14expanded, limited
R
SpaceCamp1986John Williams***3.184144|||62207/98 - 10/25re-issue
•Star Trek Into Darkness2013Michael Giacchino****3.176427||||64906/13 - 12/14expanded, limited
•Star Trek: Enterprise (TV)2001Dennis McCarthy, Jay Chattaway, Velton Ray Bunch, Various**2.2786029|||||45805/02 - 07/22expanded, limited
R
The Sum of All Fears2002Jerry Goldsmith****3.472,64497|||27206/02 - 10/25expanded, limited
•Switchback1997Basil Poledouris***3.235760||1,13810/00 - 12/14re-issue
R
The Towering Inferno1974John Williams*****3.861,0409|||28704/01 - 10/25re-issue
•Warriors of Virtue1997Don Davis****3.383271||86909/99 - 12/14limited, re-issue
•The X-Files: Fight the Future1998Mark Snow***3.358,9402|||10406/98 - 12/14expanded, limited
R
Young Sherlock Holmes1985Bruce Broughton****3.601260|||2,20003/24 - 10/25expanded
    2014 COMPILATIONS:    
 TitleYear Composer(s)FRVR VTCTRD  TRDates Notes

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