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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Alamo	2004	Carter Burwell	***	2.98	419	15	\|\|	504	04/04 - 10/11
•	Alexander	2004	Vangelis	*****	3.67	3,316	192	\|\|\|	155	10/04 - 09/11
•	Alien vs. Predator	2004	Harald Kloser	***	3.02	827	16	\|\|	235	08/04 - 09/11
•	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	2004	Nerida Tyson-Chew	****	3.25	658	10	\|\|\|	518	09/04 - 10/11
•	Around the World in 80 Days	2004	Trevor Jones	****	3.21	634	13	\|\|\|	528	06/04 - 10/11
•	Arsène Lupin	2004	Debbie Wiseman	*****	3.85	670	7	\|\|\|	700	02/06 - 08/24	multiple albums
•	The Big Bounce	2004	George S. Clinton	****	3.01	500	12	\|\|	911	04/04 - 10/11
•	Birth	2004	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.07	143	0	\|\|	2,295	03/24	multiple albums
•	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	2004	James Horner	**	3.00	851	12	\|\|	734	05/04 - 10/11
•	The Bourne Supremacy	2004	John Powell	***	3.42	1,861	28	\|\|	151	08/04 - 09/11
•	The Butterfly Effect	2004	Michael Suby	****	3.24	1,339	159	\|\|	141	01/04 - 04/09
•	Cellular	2004	John Ottman	***	2.99	331	1	\|\|	949	01/05 - 10/11
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.79	1,216	4	\|\|	558	01/05 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Chronicles of Riddick	2004	Graeme Revell	***	2.92	807	10	\|\|	328	06/04 - 09/11
•	The Clearing	2004	Craig Armstrong	**	2.75	361	2	\|\|	1,325	07/04 - 10/11
•	Collateral	2004	James Newton Howard, Antonio Pinto, Tom Rothrock	**	2.66	110	0	\|\|\|	2,164	01/22	multiple albums
•	The Day After Tomorrow	2004	Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker	**	2.70	1,097	50	\|\|	333	06/04 - 10/11
•	Deep Blue	2004	George Fenton	*****	3.85	490	5	\|\|	663	07/04 - 03/06	all albums
•	Earthsea	2004	Jeff Rona	***	3.04	160	3	\|\|	1,518	01/05 - 10/11
•	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	Jon Brion	**	2.98	324	4	\|	813	01/05 - 10/08
•	Fahrenheit 9/11	2004	Jeff Gibbs	**	2.23	668	13	\|\|	614	10/04 - 10/11
•	The Final Cut	2004	Brian Tyler	***	2.97	240	4	\|\|	1,257	10/04 - 10/11
•	Finding Neverland	2004	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	****	3.75	1,965	327	\|\|	211	10/04 - 09/11
•	The Forgotten	2004	James Horner	**	2.77	696	13	\|\|\|	619	10/04 - 10/11
•	Girl With a Pearl Earring	2003	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.43	154	0	\|\|	2,283	03/24
•	Godsend	2004	Brian Tyler	***	3.01	335	6	\|\|	575	05/04 - 10/11
•	The Grudge	2004	Christopher Young	**	2.65	149	1	\|\|	1,893	12/11
•	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004	John Williams	***	3.89	9,065	349	\|\|\|\|	49	05/04 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hellboy	2004	Marco Beltrami	****	3.49	1,578	31	\|\|\|	398	05/04 - 03/17	multiple albums
•	Hidalgo	2004	James Newton Howard	****	3.45	1,393	28	\|\|	319	03/04 - 04/09
•	Home on the Range	2004	Alan Menken	****	3.27	806	11	\|\|\|	577	04/04 - 10/11
•	I, Robot	2004	Marco Beltrami	***	2.79	1,196	25	\|\|	322	07/04 - 10/11
•	The Incredibles	2004	Michael Giacchino	****	3.78	1,500	33	\|\|\|	320	11/04 - 10/11
•	King Arthur	2004	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, Rupert Gregson-Williams	****	3.46	3,458	219	\|\|\|	145	07/04 - 09/11
•	Lauras Stern	2004	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner	****	3.65	1,061	7	\|\|	767	03/05 - 10/11	German
•	Laws of Attraction	2004	Edward Shearmur	***	2.82	386	1	\|\|	956	05/04 - 10/11
•	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	2004	Thomas Newman	****	3.32	1,768	17	\|\|\|	414	12/04 - 10/11
•	Man on Fire	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	**	2.83	468	16	\|\|	495	02/05 - 10/11
•	Miracle	2004	Mark Isham	***	3.12	433	7	\|\|	764	04/04 - 10/11
•	National Treasure	2004	Trevor Rabin	***	3.01	814	30	\|\|	545	12/04 - 10/11
•	The Notebook	2004	Aaron Zigman	***	3.39	2,230	45	\|\|	138	09/04 - 09/11
•	Nouvelle-France	2004	Patrick Doyle	****	3.52	66	0	\|\|\|	2,426	02/25
•	Open Water	2004	Graeme Revell	*	1.81	379	5	\|\|	902	08/04 - 10/11
•	Paparazzi	2004	Brian Tyler	***	3.23	506	5	\|\|	443	09/04 - 10/11
•	The Passion of the Christ	2004	John Debney	****	2.97	14,826	424	\|\|\|\|	89	02/04 - 02/15
•	Paycheck	2003	John Powell	****	3.42	593	10	\|\|\|	465	01/04 - 08/21	all albums
•	The Phantom of the Opera	2004	Andrew Lloyd Webber	*	2.43	26,820	799	\|\|\|\|\|	34	12/04 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.15	321	0	\|\|\|	1,120	09/09	multiple albums
•	The Punisher	2004	Carlo Siliotto	****	3.65	965	7	\|\|\|	257	07/04 - 09/11
•	Ray	2004	Craig Armstrong	****	3.50	583	3	\|\|	842	01/05 - 10/11
•	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	2004	Jeff Danna	***	2.87	620	28	\|\|	460	10/04 - 10/11
•	Saw	2004	Charlie Clouser	*	2.05	220	2	\|\|	1,869	11/09
•	Shrek 2	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.38	877	10	\|\|	780	01/05 - 10/11
•	Sideways	2004	Rolfe Kent	***	2.96	377	4	\|\|	1,044	01/05 - 10/11
•	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	2004	Edward Shearmur	****	3.63	1,445	45	\|\|\|	266	09/04 - 05/18	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man 2	2004	Danny Elfman, Christopher Young, John Debney	****	3.58	2,715	116	\|\|\|\|	168	08/04 - 03/25	all albums
•	The Statement	2003	Norman Corbeil	**	2.94	342	1	\|	1,642	01/04 - 04/09
•	Steamboy	2004	Steve Jablonsky	****	3.50	124	0	\|\|\|	2,265	02/24	multiple albums
•	Team America: World Police	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Marc Shaiman	***	2.92	116	0	\|\|\|	2,229	03/24
•	The Terminal	2004	John Williams	*****	4.12	3,174	100	\|\|\|	179	06/04 - 09/11
•	Thunderbirds	2004	Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi	***	3.02	1,153	17	\|\|\|	385	07/04 - 10/11
•	Traffic: The Miniseries	2004	Jeff Rona	***	2.87	160	3	\|\|	1,613	04/04 - 10/11
•	Troy	2004	James Horner, Gabriel Yared	Varied	2.91	4,805	433	\|\|\|\|\|	50	05/04 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Twisted	2004	Mark Isham	*	1.95	282	3	\|\|	1,017	04/04 - 10/11
•	Two Brothers	2004	Stephen Warbeck	****	3.32	593	0	\|\|	871	06/04 - 10/11
•	Van Helsing	2004	Alan Silvestri	****	3.81	4,004	163	\|\|	91	04/04 - 04/09
•	Vanity Fair	2004	Mychael Danna	***	3.30	438	6	\|\|	419	08/04 - 10/11
•	A Very Long Engagement	2004	Angelo Badalamenti	***	3.12	393	3	\|\|	1,219	02/05 - 10/11
•	The Village	2004	James Newton Howard	****	3.92	3,264	220	\|\|\|	129	07/04 - 09/11

2004 SPECIAL RELEASES:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Aladdin	1992	Alan Menken	**	3.95	9,017	27	\|\|\|\|\|	55	09/96 - 02/23	expanded
•	Alias (TV)	2001	Michael Giacchino	***	2.96	369	15	\|\|\|	801	11/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	Amerika (TV)	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.55	422	1	\|\|\|	1,144	09/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Bandolero!	1968	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.06	64	0	\|\|\|	2,419	11/24	expanded, limited
•	Basic	2003	Klaus Badelt, Ramin Djawadi	**	2.11	157	0	\|\|	1,834	12/09	bootleg
•	Basic Instinct	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.91	3,695	26	\|\|\|	105	12/96 - 09/21	expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Mini-Series) (TV)	2003	Richard Gibbs, Bear McCreary	***	2.95	381	13	\|\|	686	04/04 - 06/10
•	Big Wednesday	1978	Basil Poledouris	****	3.43	342	0	\|\|\|	1,204	07/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Born Free	1964	John Barry	***	3.72	826	0	\|\|\|	433	04/00 - 10/11	all albums
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.81	467	5	\|\|\|\|	487	07/97 - 06/11	all albums
•	Clear and Present Danger	1994	James Horner	***	3.02	725	7	\|\|\|	441	06/98 - 11/22	re-issue
•	Collateral	2004	Antonio Pinto	***	2.66	110	0	\|\|\|	2,164	01/22	promo
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.33	258	2	\|\|\|	1,461	01/10 - 11/11	promotional
•	Dances With Wolves	1990	John Barry	*****	4.24	8,285	45	\|\|\|\|	23	06/97 - 03/16	expanded
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,478	228	\|\|\|\|	111	11/02 - 02/19	bootleg
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.06	221	5	\|\|	1,849	11/09	re-issue
•	Godzilla	1954	Akira Ifukube	*****	3.59	1,168	3	\|\|	531	06/99 - 06/25	multiple albums
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	246	0	\|\|	1,588	07/09 - 04/21	expanded
•	Hero	2002	Tan Dun	****	3.46	1,658	12	\|\|	281	08/04 - 09/11	re-issue
•	The Long Goodbye	1973	John Williams	**	2.53	135	1	\|\|\|	2,334	10/24	limited
•	The Manchurian Candidate	1962	David Amram, Rachel Portman	Varied	3.14	505	3	\|\|	490	09/04 - 10/11
R	The Missouri Breaks	1976	John Williams	**	2.82	854	0	\|\|	904	06/99 - 10/25	re-issue
•	Monster	2003	Brian Transeau	***	2.73	117	1	\|\|	1,919	01/10	expanded set
•	Narrow Margin	1990	Bruce Broughton	***	3.24	422	0	\|\|	1,557	07/04 - 10/11	limited
•	The Phantom of the Opera	2004	Andrew Lloyd Webber	*	2.43	26,820	799	\|\|\|\|\|	34	12/04 - 09/11	expanded/limited
•	The Piano	1993	Michael Nyman	***	3.21	303	0	\|\|	1,768	09/09	re-issue
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.15	321	0	\|\|\|	1,120	09/09	multiple albums
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.14	621	14	\|\|\|	569	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Something's Gotta Give	2003	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	****	2.84	246	2	\|\|	1,606	04/10	bootleg
•	*SPYS**	1974	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.20	94	0	\|\|\|	2,355	08/24	limited
R	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	****	4.24	17,829	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	single and set
R	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	****	4.14	11,045	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	single and set
R	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	****	4.29	9,920	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	single and set
•	Terror Tract (TV)	2000	Brian Tyler	***	2.83	204	3	\|\|	1,543	07/04 - 10/11
R	Timeline	2003	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.30	744	54	\|\|\|\|	279	12/03 - 01/26	limited
•	Troy	2004	Gabriel Yared	****	2.91	4,805	433	\|\|\|\|\|	50	05/04 - 01/18	bootlegs
•	Unlikely Heroes	2003	Lee Holdridge	****	3.25	191	0	\|\|	1,467	04/05 - 10/11

2004 COMPILATIONS:

	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	Jerry Goldsmith at 20th Century Fox	2004	Various	***	3.63	1,350	16	\|\|	763	04/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Music from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy	2004	Howard Shore	****	3.72	597	10	\|\|\|	855	09/04 - 10/11
•	Reel Chill: The Cinematic Chillout Album	2004	The City of Prague Philharmonic, Crouch End Festival Courus	***	3.21	332	1	\|\|	1,381	09/04 - 10/11

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