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2002 REGULAR RELEASES

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	8 Femmes	2002	Krishna Levy	****	3.45	642	0	\|\|	518	02/03 - 03/09
•	Adaptation	2002	Carter Burwell	*	1.76	545	10	\|	471	02/03 - 03/09
•	The Affair of the Necklace	2001	David Newman	****	3.82	1,011	4	\|\|	720	01/02 - 02/09
•	Analyze That	2002	David Holmes	**	2.20	552	4	\|\|	491	12/02 - 02/09
•	Ararat	2002	Mychael Danna	****	3.30	439	3	\|	691	02/03 - 03/09
•	Black Hawk Down	2001	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	2.71	8,262	571	\|\|\|	53	01/02 - 01/09
•	The Bourne Identity	2002	John Powell	*	2.33	1,645	81	\|\|\|	210	07/02 - 02/09
•	Catch Me If You Can	2002	John Williams	***	3.09	2,601	63	\|\|	114	12/02 - 01/09
•	Changing Lanes	2002	David Arnold	*	2.16	155	2	\|\|	978	09/03 - 03/09
•	Collateral Damage	2002	Graeme Revell	**	1.98	796	7	\|\|	1,114	10/01 - 02/09
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,371	228	\|\|\|\|	113	11/02 - 02/19	all albums
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.40	134	5	\|\|	1,773	11/09	multiple albums
•	Dragonfly	2002	John Debney	****	3.69	848	11	\|\|	831	04/02 - 02/09
•	Eight Legged Freaks	2002	John Ottman	***	2.95	185	2	\|\|	1,090	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Emperor's Club	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.06	290	3	\|\|	1,140	09/03 - 02/09
•	Enigma	2001	John Barry	***	3.57	1,729	14	\|\|	586	04/02 - 02/09
•	Enough	2002	David Arnold	***	2.53	189	3	\|\|	1,253	09/03 - 02/09
•	Far From Heaven	2002	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.94	3,322	17	\|\|	303	12/02 - 03/09
•	The Four Feathers	2002	James Horner	****	3.42	1,959	21	\|\|	378	09/02 - 01/09
•	Frida	2002	Elliot Goldenthal	*****	3.31	2,269	74	\|\|	151	12/02 - 03/09
•	Ghost Ship	2002	John Frizzell	**	2.93	520	32	\|\|	430	06/03 - 02/09
•	Gosford Park	2001	Patrick Doyle	***	3.32	1,073	3	\|\|	564	01/02 - 02/09
•	Harrison's Flowers	2002	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.07	608	5	\|\|	816	04/02 - 02/09
•	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	John Williams, William Ross	*****	3.76	13,513	341	\|\|\|\|\|	70	11/02 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hart's War	2002	Rachel Portman	****	3.53	1,929	17	\|\|	876	02/02 - 02/09
•	Hero	2002	Tan Dun	****	3.46	1,522	12	\|\|	273	08/04 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Hours	2002	Philip Glass	****	3.55	2,435	47	\|\|	175	02/03 - 03/09
•	Ice Age	2002	David Newman	***	3.29	656	23	\|\|	281	07/02 - 02/09
•	In the Bedroom	2001	Thomas Newman	*	2.12	403	19	\|\|	1,121	01/02 - 02/09
•	Insomnia	2002	David Julyan	***	2.38	853	7	\|\|	592	05/02 - 02/09
•	Invincible	2002	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt	****	3.43	412	0	\|\|	913	09/03 - 03/09
•	Iris	2001	James Horner	***	3.38	1,419	12	\|\|	872	12/01 - 01/09
•	K-19: The Widowmaker	2002	Klaus Badelt	***	3.03	1,867	34	\|\|\|	505	07/02 - 02/09
•	Kate & Leopold	2002	Rolfe Kent	****	3.30	668	4	\|\|	701	03/02 - 02/09
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.32	26,063	717	\|\|\|\|\|	20	12/02 - 11/10	all albums
•	The Man from Elysian Fields	2002	Anthony Marinelli	***	3.03	246	2	\|\|	1,432	12/02 - 02/09
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.42	561	11	\|\|	703	07/03 - 04/11	all albums
•	Men in Black II	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.78	884	14	\|\|	851	03/03 - 01/09
•	Minority Report	2002	John Williams	***	3.07	2,897	169	\|\|\|	165	06/02 - 01/09
•	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002	Alexander Janko, Chris Wilson	****	3.00	324	1	\|\|	544	07/03 - 03/09
•	Panic Room	2002	Howard Shore	**	2.68	193	9	\|\|	1,236	06/03 - 02/09
•	Possession	2002	Gabriel Yared	***	3.13	956	0	\|\|	1,152	12/02 - 02/09
•	Pumpkin	2002	John Ottman	***	2.92	253	65	\|	716	06/03 - 02/09
•	Punch-Drunk Love	2002	Jon Brion	*	2.48	228	8	\|\|	1,344	09/03 - 02/09
•	Queen of the Damned	2002	Richard Gibbs, Jonathan Davis	**	2.63	72	0	\|\|	1,831	09/09
•	Red Dragon	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.64	2,545	51	\|\|	353	09/02 - 01/09
•	Reign of Fire	2002	Edward Shearmur	***	3.02	111	0	\|\|	1,763	07/10
•	Return to Neverland	2001	Joel McNeely	****	3.33	464	2	\|\|	1,029	02/02 - 02/09
•	The Rising Place	2002	Conrad Pope	***	3.16	180	0	\|\|	1,550	10/03 - 03/09
•	Road to Perdition	2002	Thomas Newman	****	3.61	4,081	46	\|\|	126	06/02 - 02/09
•	Rollerball	2001	Eric Serra	*	2.20	230	0	\|\|	1,537	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Scorpion King	2002	John Debney	****	3.48	840	7	\|\|	376	07/02 - 01/09
•	The Shipping News	2001	Christopher Young	****	3.01	565	3	\|\|\|	1,000	02/02 - 02/09
•	Signs	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.46	3,065	94	\|\|\|	375	09/02 - 02/09
•	Simone	2002	Carter Burwell	***	2.57	211	6	\|\|	1,065	09/02 - 02/09
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	284	1	\|\|	1,644	12/09 - 01/11	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man	2002	Danny Elfman	****	3.36	3,745	227	\|\|\|	95	06/02 - 01/09
•	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky, Various	**	3.34	3,136	136	\|\|\|	234	05/02 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002	Robert Rodriguez, John Debney	***	2.84	466	6	\|\|	860	03/03 - 01/09
•	Star Trek: Enterprise	2001	Dennis McCarthy	**	2.30	779	29	\|\|\|	459	05/02 - 02/09
•	Star Trek: Nemesis	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.00	4,285	140	\|\|\|\|	120	12/02 - 02/14	all albums
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	*****	4.09	29,150	874	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 12/08	all albums
•	The Sum of All Fears	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.52	2,434	97	\|\|\|	277	06/02 - 08/14
•	Talk to Her	2002	Alberto Iglesias	***	3.53	689	4	\|	527	03/03 - 02/09
•	The Time Machine	2002	Klaus Badelt	****	3.66	3,160	81	\|\|	187	04/02 - 02/09
•	Trapped	2002	John Ottman	**	2.45	108	1	\|\|	1,542	10/03 - 02/09
•	Treasure Planet	2002	James Newton Howard	****	3.38	1,658	14	\|\|	410	12/02 - 02/09
•	The Tuxedo	2002	John Debney, Christophe Beck	**	2.48	234	5	\|\|	985	12/02 - 02/09
•	Unfaithful	2002	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek	***	3.37	1,528	18	\|\|	361	04/03 - 03/09
•	We Were Soldiers	2002	Nick Glennie-Smith, Joseph Rizza Kilna	****	3.20	109	1	\|\|	1,707	11/09
•	White Oleander	2002	Thomas Newman	**	2.54	181	6	\|\|	1,060	09/03 - 02/09
•	Windtalkers	2002	James Horner	***	2.91	1,863	84	\|\|	381	10/01 - 01/09
•	XXX	2002	Randy Edelman	**	2.56	502	6	\|\|	201	07/03 - 03/09

2002 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	American Journey	2002	John Williams	****	3.21	909	30	\|\|\|	723	01/02 - 11/08
•	Big	1988	Howard Shore	***	3.30	792	5	\|\|	377	03/03 - 11/08	limited
•	The Blue Planet (TV)	2001	George Fenton	****	3.82	583	3	\|\|\|	627	12/01 - 05/18	re-issue
•	The Bride	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.04	191	3	\|	1,389	06/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Cool Runnings	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.04	114	0	\|\|	1,657	04/10	bootleg
R	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.95	752	17	\|\|\|	265	03/03 - 11/19	limited
•	Dinotopia (TV)	2002	Trevor Jones	****	3.88	314	4	\|\|	983	10/03 - 03/09	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.33	8,068	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.71	518	8	\|\|\|	545	03/97 - 05/14	limited
•	The Fury	1978	John Williams	*****	3.57	533	4	\|\|\|	656	03/03 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	John Williams	*****	4.08	32,201	460	\|\|\|\|\|	11	08/01 - 02/19	bootlegs
•	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	John Williams	***	3.23	1,143	17	\|\|\|	252	09/96 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Il Postino	1995	Luis Bacalov	****	3.42	559	5	\|\|	316	09/96 - 08/08	all albums
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.73	150	0	\|\|	1,678	07/09 - 02/10	bootleg
•	Joe Versus the Volcano	1990	Georges Delerue	****	3.65	1,076	12	\|\|	416	06/02 - 07/16	limited
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.24	938	13	\|\|\|	333	03/97 - 03/09	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.32	26,063	717	\|\|\|\|\|	20	12/02 - 11/10	limited
•	Mark Twain's Roughing It (TV)	2002	Bruce Broughton	***	3.24	207	0	\|\|	1,360	07/03 - 02/09	limited
•	Moulin Rouge	2001	Craig Armstrong	** **	4.17	39,495	262	\|\|\|\|\|	9	02/02 - 01/09	second volume, promotional
•	Ocean's Eleven	2001	David Holmes	***	2.87	116	0	\|\|	1,703	10/09	promotional
•	The Pledge	2001	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Various	**	2.91	364	3	\|\|	1,089	09/03 - 01/09	bootleg
•	The Quiet American	2002	Craig Armstrong	****	3.39	636	5	\|\|	440	02/03 - 11/08	promotional
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.61	1,544	91	\|\|\|	214	10/03 - 09/11	promotional
•	Romancing the Stone	1984	Alan Silvestri	**	2.27	365	8	\|\|	553	06/03 - 06/18	limited
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.93	2,717	11	\|\|\|\|	274	09/96 - 08/12	bootlegs
•	Spirited Away	2001	Joe Hisaishi	***	3.83	467	1	\|\|	1,533	11/09
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	****	4.09	29,150	874	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 12/08	limited
•	The Swarm	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.28	873	4	\|\|	1,046	02/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Tron	1982	Wendy Carlos	***	2.53	557	7	\|\|	531	04/02 - 10/08
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	***	3.49	674	4	\|\|\|	461	07/03 - 06/18	re-issue
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.32	164	2	\|\|\|	645	03/97 - 11/11	limited

2002 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Jerry Goldsmith: Suites and Themes	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.38	171	7	\|\|\|	507	06/97 - 11/11	re-issue

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