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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	\|\|	524	02/03 - 03/09
•	Adaptation	2002	Carter Burwell	*	1.76	545	10	\|	472	02/03 - 03/09
•	The Affair of the Necklace	2001	David Newman	****	3.80	1,026	4	\|\|	734	01/02 - 02/09
•	Analyze That	2002	David Holmes	**	2.19	553	4	\|\|	496	12/02 - 02/09
•	Ararat	2002	Mychael Danna	****	3.33	447	3	\|	701	02/03 - 03/09
•	Black Hawk Down	2001	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	2.71	8,267	571	\|\|\|	54	01/02 - 01/09
•	The Bourne Identity	2002	John Powell	*	2.34	1,651	81	\|\|\|	212	07/02 - 02/09
•	Catch Me If You Can	2002	John Williams	***	3.09	2,608	63	\|\|	115	12/02 - 01/09
•	Changing Lanes	2002	David Arnold	*	2.15	157	2	\|\|	993	09/03 - 03/09
•	Collateral Damage	2002	Graeme Revell	**	1.99	797	7	\|\|	1,135	10/01 - 02/09
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,377	228	\|\|\|\|	111	11/02 - 02/19	all albums
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.39	136	5	\|\|	1,812	11/09	multiple albums
•	Dragonfly	2002	John Debney	****	3.70	853	11	\|\|	831	04/02 - 02/09
•	Eight Legged Freaks	2002	John Ottman	***	3.01	190	2	\|\|	1,114	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Emperor's Club	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.16	311	3	\|\|	1,170	09/03 - 02/09
•	Enigma	2001	John Barry	***	3.57	1,734	14	\|\|	595	04/02 - 02/09
•	Enough	2002	David Arnold	***	2.54	191	3	\|\|	1,271	09/03 - 02/09
•	Far From Heaven	2002	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.94	3,324	17	\|\|	308	12/02 - 03/09
•	The Four Feathers	2002	James Horner	****	3.42	1,961	21	\|\|	381	09/02 - 01/09
•	Frida	2002	Elliot Goldenthal	*****	3.44	2,471	74	\|\|	150	12/02 - 03/09
•	Ghost Ship	2002	John Frizzell	**	2.90	530	32	\|\|	438	06/03 - 02/09
•	Gosford Park	2001	Patrick Doyle	***	3.32	1,079	3	\|\|	570	01/02 - 02/09
•	Harrison's Flowers	2002	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.07	608	5	\|\|	839	04/02 - 02/09
•	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	John Williams, William Ross	*****	3.77	13,618	341	\|\|\|\|\|	68	11/02 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hart's War	2002	Rachel Portman	****	3.53	1,930	17	\|\|	881	02/02 - 02/09
•	Hero	2002	Tan Dun	****	3.46	1,523	12	\|\|	277	08/04 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Hours	2002	Philip Glass	****	3.56	2,456	47	\|\|	175	02/03 - 03/09
•	Ice Age	2002	David Newman	***	3.25	675	23	\|\|	286	07/02 - 02/09
•	In the Bedroom	2001	Thomas Newman	*	2.13	405	19	\|\|	1,146	01/02 - 02/09
•	Insomnia	2002	David Julyan	***	2.39	855	7	\|\|	603	05/02 - 02/09
•	Invincible	2002	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt	****	3.42	415	0	\|\|	925	09/03 - 03/09
•	Iris	2001	James Horner	***	3.38	1,421	12	\|\|	878	12/01 - 01/09
•	K-19: The Widowmaker	2002	Klaus Badelt	***	3.02	1,875	34	\|\|\|	513	07/02 - 02/09
•	Kate & Leopold	2002	Rolfe Kent	****	3.30	668	4	\|\|	723	03/02 - 02/09
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.31	26,121	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	all albums
•	The Man from Elysian Fields	2002	Anthony Marinelli	***	3.03	246	2	\|\|	1,467	12/02 - 02/09
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.43	562	11	\|\|	714	07/03 - 04/11	all albums
•	Men in Black II	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.87	951	14	\|\|	844	03/03 - 01/09
•	Minority Report	2002	John Williams	***	3.00	3,011	169	\|\|\|	157	06/02 - 07/20	all albums
•	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002	Alexander Janko, Chris Wilson	****	3.03	330	1	\|\|	556	07/03 - 03/09
•	Panic Room	2002	Howard Shore	**	2.65	199	9	\|\|	1,229	06/03 - 02/09
•	Possession	2002	Gabriel Yared	***	3.13	957	0	\|\|	1,181	12/02 - 02/09
•	Pumpkin	2002	John Ottman	***	2.96	258	65	\|	731	06/03 - 02/09
•	Punch-Drunk Love	2002	Jon Brion	*	2.48	228	8	\|\|	1,367	09/03 - 02/09
•	Queen of the Damned	2002	Richard Gibbs, Jonathan Davis	**	2.63	72	0	\|\|	1,851	09/09
•	Red Dragon	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.67	2,591	51	\|\|	359	09/02 - 01/09
•	Reign of Fire	2002	Edward Shearmur	***	3.00	112	0	\|\|	1,779	07/10
•	Return to Neverland	2001	Joel McNeely	****	3.34	469	2	\|\|	1,041	02/02 - 02/09
•	The Rising Place	2002	Conrad Pope	***	3.17	190	0	\|\|	1,601	10/03 - 03/09
•	Road to Perdition	2002	Thomas Newman	****	3.61	4,096	46	\|\|	126	06/02 - 02/09
•	Rollerball	2001	Eric Serra	*	2.20	230	0	\|\|	1,589	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Scorpion King	2002	John Debney	****	3.51	858	7	\|\|	373	07/02 - 01/09
•	The Shipping News	2001	Christopher Young	****	3.05	576	3	\|\|\|	1,009	02/02 - 02/09
•	Signs	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.51	3,258	94	\|\|\|	357	09/02 - 02/09
•	Simone	2002	Carter Burwell	***	2.57	211	6	\|\|	1,089	09/02 - 02/09
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.01	287	1	\|\|	1,666	12/09 - 01/11	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man	2002	Danny Elfman	****	3.44	3,951	227	\|\|\|	87	06/02 - 01/09
•	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky, Various	**	3.33	3,164	136	\|\|\|	229	05/02 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002	Robert Rodriguez, John Debney	***	2.89	476	6	\|\|	863	03/03 - 01/09
•	Star Trek: Enterprise	2001	Dennis McCarthy	**	2.30	780	29	\|\|\|	465	05/02 - 02/09
•	Star Trek: Nemesis	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.01	4,287	140	\|\|\|\|	122	12/02 - 02/14	all albums
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	*****	4.09	29,172	874	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 12/08	all albums
•	The Sum of All Fears	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.52	2,446	97	\|\|\|	276	06/02 - 08/14
•	Talk to Her	2002	Alberto Iglesias	***	3.53	690	4	\|	530	03/03 - 02/09
•	The Time Machine	2002	Klaus Badelt	****	3.66	3,163	82	\|\|	187	04/02 - 02/09
•	Trapped	2002	John Ottman	**	2.50	110	1	\|\|	1,576	10/03 - 02/09
•	Treasure Planet	2002	James Newton Howard	****	3.53	1,827	14	\|\|	408	12/02 - 02/09
•	The Tuxedo	2002	John Debney, Christophe Beck	**	2.47	236	5	\|\|	998	12/02 - 02/09
•	Unfaithful	2002	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek	***	3.37	1,528	18	\|\|	376	04/03 - 03/09
•	We Were Soldiers	2002	Nick Glennie-Smith, Joseph Rizza Kilna	****	3.20	109	1	\|\|	1,741	11/09
•	White Oleander	2002	Thomas Newman	**	2.56	183	6	\|\|	1,080	09/03 - 02/09
•	Windtalkers	2002	James Horner	***	2.91	1,865	84	\|\|	385	10/01 - 01/09
•	XXX	2002	Randy Edelman	**	2.56	503	6	\|\|	208	07/03 - 03/09

2002 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	American Journey	2002	John Williams	****	3.22	914	30	\|\|\|	716	01/02 - 11/08
•	Big	1988	Howard Shore	***	3.29	796	5	\|\|	377	03/03 - 11/08	limited
•	The Blue Planet (TV)	2001	George Fenton	****	3.81	585	3	\|\|\|	635	12/01 - 05/18	re-issue
•	The Bride	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.05	192	3	\|	1,414	06/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Cool Runnings	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.10	120	0	\|\|	1,663	04/10	bootleg
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.97	760	17	\|\|\|	260	03/03 - 11/19	limited
•	Dinotopia (TV)	2002	Trevor Jones	****	3.87	317	4	\|\|	980	10/03 - 03/09	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.34	8,146	131	\|\|\|\|	39	09/96 - 05/18	expanded
•	Flesh + Blood	1985	Basil Poledouris	****	3.71	518	8	\|\|\|	544	03/97 - 05/14	limited
•	The Fury	1978	John Williams	*****	3.64	560	4	\|\|\|	637	03/03 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	John Williams	*****	4.09	32,289	460	\|\|\|\|\|	11	08/01 - 02/19	bootlegs
•	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	John Williams	***	3.23	1,145	17	\|\|\|	248	09/96 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Il Postino	1995	Luis Bacalov	****	3.52	598	5	\|\|	315	09/96 - 08/08	all albums
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.93	165	0	\|\|	1,691	07/09 - 02/10	bootleg
•	Joe Versus the Volcano	1990	Georges Delerue	****	3.65	1,077	12	\|\|	417	06/02 - 07/16	limited
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.27	959	13	\|\|\|	326	03/97 - 03/09	re-issue
•	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.31	26,121	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	limited
•	Mark Twain's Roughing It (TV)	2002	Bruce Broughton	***	3.24	209	0	\|\|	1,383	07/03 - 02/09	limited
•	Moulin Rouge	2001	Craig Armstrong	** **	4.16	39,571	262	\|\|\|\|\|	9	02/02 - 01/09	second volume, promotional
•	Ocean's Eleven	2001	David Holmes	***	2.89	118	0	\|\|	1,733	10/09	promotional
•	The Pledge	2001	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Various	**	2.74	399	3	\|\|	1,090	09/03 - 01/09	bootleg
•	The Quiet American	2002	Craig Armstrong	****	3.39	636	5	\|\|	449	02/03 - 11/08	promotional
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.59	1,559	91	\|\|\|	213	10/03 - 09/11	promotional
•	Romancing the Stone	1984	Alan Silvestri	**	2.28	366	8	\|\|	557	06/03 - 06/18	limited
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.99	2,877	11	\|\|\|\|	272	09/96 - 08/12	bootlegs
•	Spirited Away	2001	Joe Hisaishi	***	3.83	471	1	\|\|	1,517	11/09
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	****	4.09	29,172	874	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 12/08	limited
•	The Swarm	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.22	920	6	\|\|\|	990	02/03 - 04/21	limited
•	Tron	1982	Wendy Carlos	***	2.54	558	7	\|\|	531	04/02 - 10/08
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	***	3.49	677	4	\|\|\|	453	07/03 - 06/18	re-issue
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.32	165	2	\|\|\|	647	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	172	7	\|\|\|	506	06/97 - 11/11	re-issue

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