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2018 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Ant-Man and the Wasp	2018	Christophe Beck	****	3.08	251	0	\|\|\|	1,864	10/18
•	Aquaman	2018	Rupert Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.21	333	2	\|\|\|\|	1,615	01/19 - 02/21	all albums
•	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	Alan Silvestri	***	3.33	523	2	\|\|\|	1,440	06/18	multiple albums
•	Black Panther	2018	Ludwig Göransson	****	3.56	474	7	\|\|\|	1,372	03/18
•	Bumblebee	2018	Dario Marianelli	****	3.17	243	1	\|\|\|	1,754	01/19 - 05/21
•	Christopher Robin	2018	Geoff Zanelli, Jon Brion, Various	***	3.12	171	1	\|\|\|	1,966	10/18
•	The Cloverfield Paradox	2018	Bear McCreary	****	3.54	194	1	\|\|\|	1,979	01/19
•	Crazy Rich Asians	2018	Brian Tyler	***	3.02	190	0	\|\|	1,907	10/18
•	Deadpool 2	2018	Tyler Bates	**	3.39	367	1	\|\|\|	1,796	06/18
•	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	2018	Danny Elfman	**	3.08	172	0	\|\|\|	2,097	09/22
•	Dr. Seuss' The Grinch	2018	Danny Elfman	***	3.31	363	0	\|\|	1,483	12/18
•	The Equalizer 2	2018	Harry Gregson-Williams	**	2.62	182	0	\|\|	1,936	10/18
•	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	2018	James Newton Howard	****	3.81	551	0	\|\|\|\|	1,645	12/18
•	Ferdinand	2017	John Powell, Various	***	3.08	241	0	\|\|	1,820	01/18
•	Fifty Shades Freed	2018	Danny Elfman	**	2.94	320	2	\|\|	1,456	03/18
•	First Man	2018	Justin Hurwitz	***	3.12	197	0	\|\|\|	1,938	01/19
R	Halloween	2018	John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies	***	3.21	302	0	\|\|\|	1,598	11/18 - 10/25	all albums
•	The House With a Clock in its Walls	2018	Nathan Barr	***	3.00	169	0	\|\|\|	1,904	11/18 - 09/20	all albums
•	Incredibles 2	2018	Michael Giacchino	***	3.04	333	2	\|\|\|	1,687	06/18
•	Johnny English Strikes Again	2018	Howard Goodall	***	2.75	109	0	\|\|	2,256	03/22
•	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	2018	Michael Giacchino	****	3.35	456	2	\|\|\|\|	1,639	10/18
•	Mary Poppins Returns	2018	Marc Shaiman	*****	3.97	373	1	\|\|\|\|\|	1,748	01/19
•	Max & Me	2018	Mark McKenzie	*****	3.61	171	2	\|\|\|	1,985	01/19
•	The Meg	2018	Harry Gregson-Williams	***	2.76	165	0	\|\|	1,932	10/18
•	Mission: Impossible - Fallout	2018	Lorne Balfe	**	2.24	306	2	\|\|\|	1,670	10/18	multiple albums
•	The Nun	2018	Abel Korzeniowski	**	2.44	140	0	\|\|	1,934	11/18
•	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	2018	James Newton Howard	****	3.59	371	0	\|\|\|	1,788	11/18
•	Phantom Thread	2017	Jonny Greenwood	***	2.97	269	0	\|\|	1,666	02/18
•	The Predator	2018	Henry Jackman	***	2.99	171	0	\|\|\|	1,980	11/18
•	A Quiet Place	2018	Marco Beltrami, Various	**	2.40	177	4	\|\|	1,803	05/18
•	Ralph Breaks the Internet	2018	Henry Jackman, Alan Menken	****	3.01	199	0	\|\|\|	1,867	12/18
•	Rampage	2018	Andrew Lockington	**	2.83	195	1	\|\|\|	1,816	04/18
•	Ready Player One	2018	Alan Silvestri	****	3.67	513	1	\|\|\|\|	1,326	04/18
•	Red Sparrow	2018	James Newton Howard	***	3.14	322	2	\|\|\|	1,717	03/18
R	Solo: A Star Wars Story	2018	John Powell, John Williams, Various	*****	4.09	1,029	19	\|\|\|\|\|	721	06/18 - 10/25	all albums
•	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	2018	Daniel Pemberton	*	3.20	365	2	\|\|	1,655	01/19	multiple albums
•	Tomb Raider	2018	Tom Holkenborg	***	3.05	264	0	\|\|	2,265	02/22
•	Venom	2018	Ludwig Göransson	**	2.10	257	2	\|\|	1,841	11/18
•	Welcome to Marwen	2018	Alan Silvestri	***	3.00	82	0	\|\|\|	2,356	05/25
•	Widows	2018	Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro	*	1.69	183	1	\|\|	2,213	09/21
•	A Wrinkle in Time	2018	Ramin Djawadi	***	2.87	201	4	\|\|\|	1,837	04/18

2018 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	100 Rifles	1969	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.12	610	0	\|	911	03/99 - 09/20	limited, re-issue
•	Alien 3	1992	Elliot Goldenthal	**	2.78	1,979	37	\|\|\|	209	07/98 - 11/19	expanded, limited
•	Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.15	268	3	\|\|	1,529	07/09 - 06/18	expanded, limited
•	Balto	1995	James Horner	****	3.46	1,267	15	\|\|	178	09/96 - 02/19	expanded, limited
•	*batteries not included	1987	James Horner	***	2.94	169	2	\|\|	1,561	08/09 - 08/20	expanded, limited
•	Beauty and the Beast	1991	Alan Menken	*****	4.22	14,742	14	\|\|\|\|	20	09/96 - 05/21	expanded
•	The Blue Planet (TV)	2001	George Fenton	****	3.81	616	3	\|\|\|	655	12/01 - 05/18	re-issue
•	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	2008	James Horner	****	3.33	390	13	\|\|\|	560	02/09 - 05/18	limited, re-issue
•	Bram Stoker's Dracula	1992	Wojciech Kilar	***	3.14	897	1	\|\|\|	1,016	11/09 - 11/19	expanded, limited
•	Cinema Paradiso	1988	Ennio Morricone	****	3.65	145	0	\|\|\|	2,182	08/22	limited, re-issue
R	The Cowboys	1972	John Williams	****	3.50	128	0	\|\|\|	2,304	06/24 - 10/25	expanded, limited
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	****	2.99	815	17	\|\|\|	244	03/03 - 11/19	limited, expanded
R	Dracula	1979	John Williams	***	3.28	235	2	\|\|	1,238	08/09 - 10/25	expanded, limited
•	Escape From New York	1981	John Carpenter, Alan Howarth	**	2.99	133	0	\|\|\|	2,287	03/24	expanded, limited
•	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	John Williams, William Ross	*****	3.77	13,854	341	\|\|\|\|\|	67	11/02 - 03/19	expanded, limited
•	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004	John Williams	***	3.89	9,016	346	\|\|\|\|	49	05/04 - 03/19	expanded, limited
•	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	John Williams	*****	4.09	32,720	461	\|\|\|\|\|	11	08/01 - 02/19	expanded, limited
•	Hider in the House	1989	Christopher Young	**	2.38	168	0	\|\|	1,394	03/97 - 09/20	limited, re-issue
•	Jack the Bear	1993	James Horner	**	2.76	257	0	\|\|	1,082	12/01 - 08/20	expanded, limited
•	Living in the Age of Airplanes	2015	James Horner	****	3.47	108	0	\|\|\|	2,183	09/21	limited
•	The Lonely Guy	1984	Jerry Goldsmith	**	2.49	94	0	\|\|	2,336	06/24	limited
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Howard Shore, Enya	*****	4.29	39,334	1536	\|\|\|\|\|	7	11/01 - 08/20	re-issue set
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Howard Shore	*****	4.29	23,228	693	\|\|\|\|\|	17	11/03 - 08/20	re-issue set
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.29	26,560	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	re-issue set
•	Mad Max	1979	Brian May	****	3.03	157	0	\|\|\|	2,219	12/23	re-issue
N	Masquerade	1988	John Barry	***	2.79	56	0	\|\|\|	2,366	07/25	expanded, limited
•	The Mummy	1999	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.49	13,373	24	\|\|\|	106	05/99 - 01/19	expanded, limited
•	The Mummy Returns	2001	Alan Silvestri	****	3.98	6,196	173	\|\|\|	113	05/01 - 01/19	expanded, limited
•	On Deadly Ground	1994	Basil Poledouris	***	3.01	153	0	\|\|	1,006	03/97 - 01/19	expanded, limited
•	Platoon	1986	Georges Delerue	****	3.41	138	0	\|\|\|	2,205	01/22	expanded, limited
R	Rain Man	1988	Hans Zimmer	****	3.33	491	1	\|\|\|	998	04/10 - 06/25	limited
•	Rambo III	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.66	1,367	3	\|\|\|	395	06/98 - 04/18	expanded
•	The Reincarnation of Peter Proud	1975	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.89	97	0	\|\|\|	2,337	08/24	expanded, limited
•	Rio Conchos	1964	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.40	901	3	\|\|\|	648	01/00 - 05/21	limited, re-issue
•	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	Michael Kamen	***	3.46	1,722	21	\|\|\|	187	09/96 - 04/21	expanded, limited
•	Saving Private Ryan	1998	John Williams	***	3.34	12,535	45	\|\|\|	36	07/98 - 08/20	expanded, limited
R	Schindler's List	1993	John Williams	*****	4.35	25,450	387	\|\|\|	5	09/96 - 10/25	multiple albums
•	The Silence of the Lambs	1991	Howard Shore	***	2.98	315	0	\|\|	1,046	11/09 - 05/21	expanded, limited
•	Small Soldiers	1998	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.36	3,013	2	\|\|	142	07/98 - 10/18	expanded, limited
R	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	**	4.24	17,667	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	****	4.09	29,552	875	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	**	4.16	10,908	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith	2005	John Williams	****	4.05	20,510	532	\|\|\|\|\|	45	04/05 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	**	4.30	9,753	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	re-issue
R	Star Wars: The Phantom Menace	1999	John Williams	****	4.20	45,035	131	\|\|\|\|\|	10	03/99 - 10/25	re-issue
•	Stargate SG-1 (TV)	1997	Joel Goldsmith, Richard Band, Various	*****	3.14	745	3	\|\|\|\|	267	12/97 - 08/22	expanded, limited
•	Superman II	1980	Ken Thorne	****	2.80	200	1	\|\|\|	2,099	08/22	expanded, limited
•	Superman III	1983	Ken Thorne	**	3.05	210	1	\|\|\|\|	2,215	08/22	expanded, limited
•	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	1987	Alexander Courage, John Williams	****	4.14	260	0	\|\|\|\|	2,158	08/22	limited, re-issue
R	Superman: The Movie	1978	John Williams	****	4.21	4,257	42	\|\|\|\|	26	11/98 - 10/25	expanded, limited
•	True Romance	1993	Hans Zimmer	***	3.03	113	2	\|\|	2,282	05/24
•	WarGames	1983	Arthur B. Rubinstein	***	3.02	91	2	\|\|\|	1,516	08/11 - 09/20	expanded, limited
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	****	3.51	724	4	\|\|\|	443	07/03 - 06/18	expanded, limited
•	The World is Not Enough	1999	David Arnold	****	3.25	12,576	29	\|\|\|\|	75	10/99 - 02/19	expanded, limited

2018 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Georges Delerue: The London Sessions	1990	Georges Delerue	****	3.98	762	5	\|\|	905	03/01 - 11/18	limited, re-issue

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