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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	\|\|	728	01/02 - 02/09
•	Analyze That	2002	David Holmes	**	2.20	552	4	\|\|	492	12/02 - 02/09
•	Ararat	2002	Mychael Danna	****	3.31	442	3	\|	693	02/03 - 03/09
•	Black Hawk Down	2001	Hans Zimmer, Various	***	2.71	8,264	571	\|\|\|	54	01/02 - 01/09
•	The Bourne Identity	2002	John Powell	*	2.33	1,647	81	\|\|\|	210	07/02 - 02/09
•	Catch Me If You Can	2002	John Williams	***	3.09	2,603	63	\|\|	114	12/02 - 01/09
•	Changing Lanes	2002	David Arnold	*	2.15	157	2	\|\|	987	09/03 - 03/09
•	Collateral Damage	2002	Graeme Revell	**	1.98	796	7	\|\|	1,124	10/01 - 02/09
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,374	228	\|\|\|\|	113	11/02 - 02/19	all albums
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.39	136	5	\|\|	1,785	11/09	multiple albums
•	Dragonfly	2002	John Debney	****	3.69	850	11	\|\|	827	04/02 - 02/09
•	Eight Legged Freaks	2002	John Ottman	***	3.00	189	2	\|\|	1,105	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Emperor's Club	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.11	299	3	\|\|	1,146	09/03 - 02/09
•	Enigma	2001	John Barry	***	3.57	1,731	14	\|\|	589	04/02 - 02/09
•	Enough	2002	David Arnold	***	2.53	190	3	\|\|	1,259	09/03 - 02/09
•	Far From Heaven	2002	Elmer Bernstein	****	3.94	3,323	17	\|\|	305	12/02 - 03/09
•	The Four Feathers	2002	James Horner	****	3.42	1,960	21	\|\|	380	09/02 - 01/09
•	Frida	2002	Elliot Goldenthal	*****	3.36	2,343	74	\|\|	151	12/02 - 03/09
•	Ghost Ship	2002	John Frizzell	**	2.93	520	32	\|\|	434	06/03 - 02/09
•	Gosford Park	2001	Patrick Doyle	***	3.32	1,078	3	\|\|	567	01/02 - 02/09
•	Harrison's Flowers	2002	Cliff Eidelman	***	3.07	608	5	\|\|	826	04/02 - 02/09
•	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	John Williams, William Ross	*****	3.76	13,529	341	\|\|\|\|\|	68	11/02 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hart's War	2002	Rachel Portman	****	3.53	1,929	17	\|\|	877	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	****	3.56	2,440	47	\|\|	174	02/03 - 03/09
•	Ice Age	2002	David Newman	***	3.29	657	23	\|\|	282	07/02 - 02/09
•	In the Bedroom	2001	Thomas Newman	*	2.13	404	19	\|\|	1,137	01/02 - 02/09
•	Insomnia	2002	David Julyan	***	2.38	853	7	\|\|	596	05/02 - 02/09
•	Invincible	2002	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt	****	3.43	413	0	\|\|	917	09/03 - 03/09
•	Iris	2001	James Horner	***	3.38	1,420	12	\|\|	874	12/01 - 01/09
•	K-19: The Widowmaker	2002	Klaus Badelt	***	3.03	1,867	34	\|\|\|	510	07/02 - 02/09
•	Kate & Leopold	2002	Rolfe Kent	****	3.30	668	4	\|\|	713	03/02 - 02/09
R	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	*****	4.31	26,087	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	all albums
•	The Man from Elysian Fields	2002	Anthony Marinelli	***	3.03	246	2	\|\|	1,449	12/02 - 02/09
•	Medal of Honor: Frontline	2002	Michael Giacchino	****	3.42	561	11	\|\|	707	07/03 - 04/11	all albums
•	Men in Black II	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.83	917	14	\|\|	848	03/03 - 01/09
•	Minority Report	2002	John Williams	***	2.97	2,968	169	\|\|\|	159	06/02 - 07/20	all albums
•	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002	Alexander Janko, Chris Wilson	****	3.00	324	1	\|\|	547	07/03 - 03/09
•	Panic Room	2002	Howard Shore	**	2.67	196	9	\|\|	1,213	06/03 - 02/09
•	Possession	2002	Gabriel Yared	***	3.13	957	0	\|\|	1,165	12/02 - 02/09
•	Pumpkin	2002	John Ottman	***	2.94	255	65	\|	723	06/03 - 02/09
•	Punch-Drunk Love	2002	Jon Brion	*	2.48	228	8	\|\|	1,348	09/03 - 02/09
•	Queen of the Damned	2002	Richard Gibbs, Jonathan Davis	**	2.63	72	0	\|\|	1,843	09/09
•	Red Dragon	2002	Danny Elfman	**	2.66	2,565	51	\|\|	355	09/02 - 01/09
•	Reign of Fire	2002	Edward Shearmur	***	3.00	112	0	\|\|	1,771	07/10
•	Return to Neverland	2001	Joel McNeely	****	3.33	464	2	\|\|	1,031	02/02 - 02/09
•	The Rising Place	2002	Conrad Pope	***	3.16	180	0	\|\|	1,573	10/03 - 03/09
•	Road to Perdition	2002	Thomas Newman	****	3.61	4,084	46	\|\|	126	06/02 - 02/09
•	Rollerball	2001	Eric Serra	*	2.20	230	0	\|\|	1,560	09/03 - 03/09
•	The Scorpion King	2002	John Debney	****	3.49	842	7	\|\|	373	07/02 - 01/09
•	The Shipping News	2001	Christopher Young	****	3.02	567	3	\|\|\|	1,001	02/02 - 02/09
•	Signs	2002	James Newton Howard	***	3.49	3,165	94	\|\|\|	360	09/02 - 02/09
•	Simone	2002	Carter Burwell	***	2.57	211	6	\|\|	1,077	09/02 - 02/09
•	Solaris	2002	Cliff Martinez	**	3.02	285	1	\|\|	1,655	12/09 - 01/11	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man	2002	Danny Elfman	****	3.39	3,824	227	\|\|\|	91	06/02 - 01/09
•	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky, Various	**	3.34	3,140	136	\|\|\|	234	05/02 - 01/09
•	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002	Robert Rodriguez, John Debney	***	2.85	467	6	\|\|	859	03/03 - 01/09
•	Star Trek: Enterprise	2001	Dennis McCarthy	**	2.30	779	29	\|\|\|	462	05/02 - 02/09
•	Star Trek: Nemesis	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	**	3.01	4,287	140	\|\|\|\|	121	12/02 - 02/14	all albums
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	*****	4.09	29,162	874	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 12/08	all albums
•	The Sum of All Fears	2002	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.52	2,436	97	\|\|\|	279	06/02 - 08/14
•	Talk to Her	2002	Alberto Iglesias	***	3.53	690	4	\|	527	03/03 - 02/09
•	The Time Machine	2002	Klaus Badelt	****	3.66	3,161	81	\|\|	187	04/02 - 02/09
•	Trapped	2002	John Ottman	**	2.48	109	1	\|\|	1,563	10/03 - 02/09
•	Treasure Planet	2002	James Newton Howard	****	3.41	1,685	14	\|\|	411	12/02 - 02/09
•	The Tuxedo	2002	John Debney, Christophe Beck	**	2.47	235	5	\|\|	988	12/02 - 02/09
•	Unfaithful	2002	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek	***	3.37	1,528	18	\|\|	367	04/03 - 03/09
•	We Were Soldiers	2002	Nick Glennie-Smith, Joseph Rizza Kilna	****	3.20	109	1	\|\|	1,726	11/09
•	White Oleander	2002	Thomas Newman	**	2.55	182	6	\|\|	1,072	09/03 - 02/09
•	Windtalkers	2002	James Horner	***	2.91	1,864	84	\|\|	383	10/01 - 01/09
•	XXX	2002	Randy Edelman	**	2.56	502	6	\|\|	206	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	913	30	\|\|\|	712	01/02 - 11/08
•	Big	1988	Howard Shore	***	3.30	793	5	\|\|	379	03/03 - 11/08	limited
•	The Blue Planet (TV)	2001	George Fenton	****	3.81	585	3	\|\|\|	632	12/01 - 05/18	re-issue
•	The Bride	1985	Maurice Jarre	****	3.04	191	3	\|	1,397	06/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Cool Runnings	1993	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith	****	3.07	117	0	\|\|	1,660	04/10	bootleg
•	Die Hard	1988	Michael Kamen	***	2.96	755	17	\|\|\|	262	03/03 - 11/19	limited
•	Dinotopia (TV)	2002	Trevor Jones	****	3.86	316	4	\|\|	982	10/03 - 03/09	promotional
•	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	John Williams	*****	4.33	8,079	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	*****	3.58	535	4	\|\|\|	652	03/03 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	John Williams	*****	4.08	32,215	460	\|\|\|\|\|	11	08/01 - 02/19	bootlegs
•	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	John Williams	***	3.23	1,144	17	\|\|\|	251	09/96 - 03/13	limited, expanded
•	Il Postino	1995	Luis Bacalov	****	3.42	559	5	\|\|	317	09/96 - 08/08	all albums
•	I.Q.	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	***	2.83	157	0	\|\|	1,676	07/09 - 02/10	bootleg
•	Joe Versus the Volcano	1990	Georges Delerue	****	3.65	1,077	12	\|\|	412	06/02 - 07/16	limited
•	Legend	1985	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.24	944	13	\|\|\|	330	03/97 - 03/09	re-issue
R	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Howard Shore	****	4.31	26,087	717	\|\|\|\|\|	21	12/02 - 08/20	limited
•	Mark Twain's Roughing It (TV)	2002	Bruce Broughton	***	3.24	209	0	\|\|	1,365	07/03 - 02/09	limited
•	Moulin Rouge	2001	Craig Armstrong	** **	4.17	39,503	262	\|\|\|\|\|	9	02/02 - 01/09	second volume, promotional
•	Ocean's Eleven	2001	David Holmes	***	2.87	116	0	\|\|	1,714	10/09	promotional
•	The Pledge	2001	Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Various	**	2.85	375	3	\|\|	1,099	09/03 - 01/09	bootleg
•	The Quiet American	2002	Craig Armstrong	****	3.39	636	5	\|\|	442	02/03 - 11/08	promotional
•	The Ring/The Ring Two	2002	Hans Zimmer, Various	**	2.61	1,545	91	\|\|\|	214	10/03 - 09/11	promotional
•	Romancing the Stone	1984	Alan Silvestri	**	2.27	365	8	\|\|	555	06/03 - 06/18	limited
•	The Shadow	1994	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.95	2,766	11	\|\|\|\|	272	09/96 - 08/12	bootlegs
•	Spirited Away	2001	Joe Hisaishi	***	3.83	470	1	\|\|	1,524	11/09
•	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	2002	John Williams	****	4.09	29,162	874	\|\|\|\|\|	48	02/02 - 12/08	limited
•	The Swarm	1978	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.29	877	4	\|\|	1,032	02/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Tron	1982	Wendy Carlos	***	2.53	557	7	\|\|	529	04/02 - 10/08
•	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Alan Silvestri	***	3.49	674	4	\|\|\|	455	07/03 - 06/18	re-issue
•	Wind	1992	Basil Poledouris	****	3.32	164	2	\|\|\|	649	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	\|\|\|	508	06/97 - 11/11	re-issue

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