Inexplicably, some of my music has disappeared from my itunes library.

The second half of a soundtrack is there, but the first half is missing. I haven't added anything new recently (other than updating itunes), just noticed when I went to play the soundtrack tonight. The whole album is still in my music file on the harddrive, but doesn't show up in itunes. Any ideas about what happened, and how I get the full album back into itunes (other than simply re-burning the CD?). Not sure if any other content is missing; I haven't gone looking, yet.

Hi, Junette.  
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.  
I understand you are missing some media from your iTunes library upon upgrading.  Here is an article that I would recommend going through for this issue.  This article also includes the library file location.  
If you don't see your content after updating iTunes
If the missing iTunes music was purchased via the iTunes Store, try downloading your past purchases via the steps in the article below.  
Download past purchases from iTunes in the Cloud
-Jason H.  

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