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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	8 Femmes	2002	Krishna Levy	****	3.45	675	0	\|\|	540	02/03 - 03/09
•	Adaptation	2002	Carter Burwell	*	1.75	575	10	\|	485	02/03 - 03/09
•	The Affair of the Necklace	2001	David Newman	****	3.80	1,091	4	\|\|	729	01/02 - 02/09
•	Analyze That	2002	David Holmes	**	2.19	584	4	\|\|	516	12/02 - 02/09
•	Ararat	2002	Mychael Danna	****	3.35	477	3	\|	737	02/03 - 03/09
•	Black Hawk Down	2001	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	2.73	8,511	571	\|\|\|	53	01/02 - 01/09
•	The Bourne Identity	2002	John Powell	*	2.33	1,770	81	\|\|\|	204	07/02 - 06/22	all albums
•	Catch Me If You Can	2002	John Williams	***	3.09	2,771	63	\|\|	119	12/02 - 01/09
•	Changing Lanes	2002	David Arnold	*	2.19	200	2	\|\|	1,009	09/03 - 03/09
•	Collateral Damage	2002	Graeme Revell	**	1.98	840	7	\|\|	1,173	10/01 - 02/09
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,452	228	\|\|\|\|	110	11/02 - 02/19	all albums
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.22	189	5	\|\|	1,848	11/09	multiple albums
•	Dragonfly	2002	John Debney	****	3.70	908	11	\|\|	851	04/02 - 02/09
•	Eight Legged Freaks	2002	John Ottman	***	3.01	237	2	\|\|	1,139	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Emperor's Club	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.11	343	3	\|\|	1,217	09/03 - 02/09
•	Enigma	2001	John Barry	***	3.50	1,838	14	\|\|	615	04/02 - 02/09
•	Enough	2002	David Arnold	***	2.53	240	3	\|\|	1,278	09/03 - 02/09
•	Far From Heaven	2002	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.94	3,361	17	\|\|	309	12/02 - 03/09
•	The Four Feathers	2002	James Horner	****	3.42	2,081	21	\|\|	387	09/02 - 01/09
•	Frida	2002	Elliot Goldenthal	*****	3.47	2,654	74	\|\|	149	12/02 - 03/09
•	Ghost Ship	2002	John Frizzell	**	2.90	557	32	\|\|	453	06/03 - 02/09
•	Gosford Park	2001	Patrick Doyle	***	3.26	1,154	3	\|\|	584	01/02 - 02/09
•	Harrison's Flowers	2002	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.07	639	5	\|\|	852	04/02 - 02/09
•	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	John Williams, William Ross	*****	3.77	13,853	341	\|\|\|\|\|	67	11/02 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hart's War	2002	Rachel Portman	****	3.53	2,044	17	\|\|	882	02/02 - 02/09
•	Hero	2002	Tan Dun	****	3.46	1,612	12	\|\|	280	08/04 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Hours	2002	Philip Glass	****	3.57	2,607	47	\|\|	180	02/03 - 03/09
•	I Am Sam	2001	John Powell	***	2.77	104	0	\|\|	2,299	05/24
•	Ice Age	2002	David Newman	***	3.26	715	23	\|\|	291	07/02 - 02/09
•	In the Bedroom	2001	Thomas Newman	*	2.23	443	19	\|\|	1,196	01/02 - 02/09
•	Insomnia	2002	David Julyan	***	2.39	904	7	\|\|	639	05/02 - 02/09
•	Invincible	2002	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt	****	3.43	440	0	\|\|	924	09/03 - 03/09
•	Iris	2001	James Horner	***	3.37	1,511	12	\|\|	880	12/01 - 01/09
•	K-19: The Widowmaker	2002	Klaus Badelt	***	3.02	1,991	34	\|\|\|	524	07/02 - 02/09
•	Kate & Leopold	2002	Rolfe Kent	****	3.30	710	4	\|\|	749	03/02 - 02/09
N	Lilo & Stitch	2002	Alan Silvestri	****	3.28	102	0	\|\|\|	2,301	05/25	multiple albums
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.29	26,557	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	all albums
•	The Man from Elysian Fields	2002	Anthony Marinelli	***	3.04	304	2	\|\|	1,566	12/02 - 02/09
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.43	597	11	\|\|	710	07/03 - 04/11	all albums
•	Men in Black II	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.91	1,047	14	\|\|	803	03/03 - 01/09
•	Minority Report	2002	John Williams	***	3.00	3,039	169	\|\|\|	152	06/02 - 07/20	all albums
•	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002	Alexander Janko, Chris Wilson	****	3.04	346	1	\|\|	580	07/03 - 03/09
•	Panic Room	2002	Howard Shore	**	2.67	251	9	\|\|	1,231	06/03 - 02/09
•	Possession	2002	Gabriel Yared	***	3.11	1,022	0	\|\|	1,223	12/02 - 02/09
•	Pumpkin	2002	John Ottman	***	3.00	324	65	\|	751	06/03 - 02/09
•	Punch-Drunk Love	2002	Jon Brion	*	2.44	291	8	\|\|	1,407	09/03 - 02/09
•	Queen of the Damned	2002	Richard Gibbs, Jonathan Davis	**	2.66	93	0	\|\|	1,881	09/09
•	Red Dragon	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.73	2,868	52	\|\|	363	09/02 - 01/09
•	Reign of Fire	2002	Edward Shearmur	***	3.01	144	0	\|\|	1,810	07/10
•	Return to Neverland	2001	Joel McNeely	****	3.38	500	2	\|\|	1,054	02/02 - 02/09
•	The Rising Place	2002	Conrad Pope	***	3.17	235	0	\|\|	1,690	10/03 - 03/09
•	Road to Perdition	2002	Thomas Newman	****	3.65	4,256	46	\|\|	128	06/02 - 02/09
•	Rollerball	2001	Eric Serra	*	2.22	285	0	\|\|	1,658	09/03 - 03/09
R	The Scorpion King	2002	John Debney	****	3.49	924	7	\|\|\|	365	07/02 - 10/25	all albums
•	The Shipping News	2001	Christopher Young	****	3.07	616	3	\|\|\|	1,025	02/02 - 02/09
•	Signs	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.47	3,359	94	\|\|\|	353	09/02 - 02/09
•	Simone	2002	Carter Burwell	***	2.60	265	6	\|\|	1,147	09/02 - 02/09
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	331	1	\|\|	1,713	12/09 - 01/11	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man	2002	Danny Elfman	****	3.50	4,210	228	\|\|\|\|	77	06/02 - 03/23	multiple albums
•	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky, Various	**	3.30	3,395	136	\|\|\|	228	05/02 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002	Robert Rodriguez, John Debney	***	2.91	513	6	\|\|	872	03/03 - 01/09
•	Star Trek: Enterprise	2001	Dennis McCarthy, Jay Chattaway, Velton Ray Bunch, Various	**	2.27	859	29	\|\|\|\|\|	460	05/02 - 07/22	all albums
•	Star Trek: Nemesis	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.01	4,342	141	\|\|\|\|	122	12/02 - 02/14	all albums
R	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	*****	4.09	29,545	875	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 10/25	all albums
•	The Sum of All Fears	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.48	2,623	97	\|\|\|	275	06/02 - 08/14	all albums
•	Talk to Her	2002	Alberto Iglesias	***	3.54	732	4	\|	548	03/03 - 02/09
•	The Time Machine	2002	Klaus Badelt	****	3.68	3,330	83	\|\|\|	182	04/02 - 08/23	all albums
•	Trapped	2002	John Ottman	**	2.53	139	1	\|\|	1,631	10/03 - 02/09
•	Treasure Planet	2002	James Newton Howard	****	3.45	1,992	14	\|\|	401	12/02 - 02/09
•	The Tuxedo	2002	John Debney, Christophe Beck	**	2.48	295	5	\|\|	1,000	12/02 - 02/09
•	Unfaithful	2002	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	***	3.37	1,617	18	\|\|	386	04/03 - 03/09
•	We Were Soldiers	2002	Nick Glennie-Smith, Joseph Rizza Kilna	****	3.19	140	1	\|\|	1,766	11/09
•	White Oleander	2002	Thomas Newman	**	3.30	331	6	\|\|	1,108	09/03 - 02/09
•	Windtalkers	2002	James Horner	***	2.90	1,990	84	\|\|\|	357	10/01 - 11/23	all albums
•	XXX	2002	Randy Edelman	**	2.54	536	6	\|\|	216	07/03 - 03/09

2002 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	American Journey	2002	John Williams	****	3.23	971	30	\|\|\|	692	01/02 - 11/08
•	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.89	45	0	\|\|\|	2,374	11/24	limited
•	Big	1988	Howard Shore	***	3.28	843	5	\|\|	373	03/03 - 11/08	limited
•	The Blue Planet (TV)	2001	George Fenton	****	3.81	616	3	\|\|\|	655	12/01 - 05/18	re-issue
•	The Bride	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.21	262	3	\|	1,449	06/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Cool Runnings	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.13	159	0	\|\|	1,642	04/10	bootleg
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.99	815	17	\|\|\|	244	03/03 - 11/19	limited
•	Dinotopia (TV)	2002	Trevor Jones	****	3.87	339	4	\|\|	986	10/03 - 03/09	promotional
R	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.29	8,398	132	\|\|\|\|	35	09/96 - 10/25	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.72	552	8	\|\|\|	550	03/97 - 05/14	limited
R	The Fury	1978	John Williams	*****	3.66	603	4	\|\|\|	620	03/03 - 10/25	limited, expanded
•	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	John Williams	*****	4.09	32,720	461	\|\|\|\|\|	11	08/01 - 02/19	bootlegs
•	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	John Williams	***	3.30	1,270	17	\|\|\|	248	09/96 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Il Postino	1995	Luis Bacalov	****	3.53	633	5	\|\|	323	09/96 - 08/08	all albums
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.99	214	0	\|\|	1,716	07/09 - 02/10	bootleg
•	Joe Versus the Volcano	1990	Georges Delerue	****	3.65	1,143	12	\|\|	419	06/02 - 07/16	limited
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.21	1,076	14	\|\|\|	298	03/97 - 01/22	re-issue
•	Logan's Run	1976	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.00	91	0	\|\|\|	2,311	08/24	expanded, limited
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.29	26,557	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	limited
•	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	1973	John Williams, Michel Legrand	***	2.86	107	0	\|\|\|	2,329	09/24	limited
•	Mark Twain's Roughing It (TV)	2002	Bruce Broughton	***	3.22	263	0	\|\|	1,429	07/03 - 02/09	limited
N	Masquerade	1988	John Barry	***	2.79	56	0	\|\|\|	2,365	07/25	limited
•	Moulin Rouge	2001	Craig Armstrong	** **	4.16	39,995	262	\|\|\|\|\|	9	02/02 - 01/09	second volume, promotional
•	Ocean's Eleven	2001	David Holmes	***	2.96	155	0	\|\|	1,756	10/09	promotional
•	Papillon	1973	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.49	139	0	\|\|\|	2,242	02/24 - 06/24	expanded
•	The Pledge	2001	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Various	**	2.71	430	3	\|\|	1,102	09/03 - 01/09	bootleg
•	The Quiet American	2002	Craig Armstrong	****	3.40	675	5	\|\|	461	02/03 - 11/08	promotional
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.57	1,676	91	\|\|\|	202	10/03 - 11/22	promotional
•	Romancing the Stone	1984	Alan Silvestri	**	2.66	456	8	\|\|	549	06/03 - 06/18	limited
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.98	3,084	11	\|\|\|\|	271	09/96 - 08/12	bootlegs
•	Spirited Away	2001	Joe Hisaishi	***	3.85	505	1	\|\|	1,475	11/09
R	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	****	4.09	29,545	875	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 10/25	limited
•	The Swarm	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.23	978	6	\|\|\|	968	02/03 - 04/21	limited
•	The Traveling Executioner	1970	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.69	74	0	\|\|\|	2,373	11/24	limited
•	Tron	1982	Wendy Carlos	***	2.54	601	7	\|\|	534	04/02 - 10/08
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	***	3.51	724	4	\|\|\|	443	07/03 - 06/18	re-issue
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.37	217	2	\|\|\|	675	03/97 - 11/11	limited
R	Young Sherlock Holmes	1985	Bruce Broughton	****	3.58	125	0	\|\|\|	2,203	03/24 - 10/25	promotional

2002 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Jerry Goldsmith: Suites and Themes	1988	Jerry Goldsmith	*****	3.52	234	7	\|\|\|	505	06/97 - 11/11	re-issue

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