In these indices, you will find comprehensive and comparative information about each review at Filmtracks. Categorized by the year of each album's release, the listings are automatically updated upon the addition of new content to Filmtracks or, in the case of the statistics for each review, every night. Because film scores often have multiple album releases spread over several years, it's not uncommon to find a score listed in multiple years. For specialty releases involving multiple albums or composers for the same score (as well as rejected alternatives), these indeces provide information only about the specific album(s) released during the calendar year.

Remember, this is not an arrangement by calendar year, so don't use these indeces as a basis to judge awards eligibility. Some feature films released in a December are accompanied within a few weeks by a score album released in January, and thus the listing here is categorized in the year following the theatrical classification (the sum of these is relatively small and they can be determined easily by viewing the "Year" category in the "Regular Releases" section). Each year's listings are divided into "Regular Releases" (standard commercial albums released to coincide with the score's debut on screen), "Special Releases" (re-issues, delayed, limited, promotional, non-American, or bootleg albums, among others), and "Compilations" (which are self-explanatory).

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