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2004 REGULAR RELEASES:

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	Title	Year	Composer(s)	FR	VR	VT	CT	RD	TR	Dates	Notes
•	The Alamo	2004	Carter Burwell	***	2.94	401	15	\|\|	498	04/04 - 10/11
•	Alexander	2004	Vangelis	*****	3.65	3,279	192	\|\|\|	157	10/04 - 09/11
•	Alien vs. Predator	2004	Harald Kloser	***	3.03	805	16	\|\|	233	08/04 - 09/11
•	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	2004	Nerida Tyson-Chew	****	3.32	639	10	\|\|\|	520	09/04 - 10/11
•	Around the World in 80 Days	2004	Trevor Jones	****	3.19	607	13	\|\|\|	526	06/04 - 10/11
•	Arsène Lupin	2004	Debbie Wiseman	*****	3.87	648	7	\|\|\|	698	02/06 - 08/24	multiple albums
•	The Big Bounce	2004	George S. Clinton	****	3.05	478	12	\|\|	903	04/04 - 10/11
•	Birth	2004	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.07	124	0	\|\|	2,267	03/24	multiple albums
•	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	2004	James Horner	**	3.01	821	12	\|\|	728	05/04 - 10/11
•	The Bourne Supremacy	2004	John Powell	***	3.42	1,807	28	\|\|	150	08/04 - 09/11
•	The Butterfly Effect	2004	Michael Suby	****	3.24	1,303	159	\|\|	141	01/04 - 04/09
•	Cellular	2004	John Ottman	***	3.00	316	1	\|\|	943	01/05 - 10/11
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.80	1,181	4	\|\|	580	01/05 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Chronicles of Riddick	2004	Graeme Revell	***	2.93	785	10	\|\|	321	06/04 - 09/11
•	The Clearing	2004	Craig Armstrong	**	2.75	353	2	\|\|	1,322	07/04 - 10/11
•	Collateral	2004	James Newton Howard, Antonio Pinto, Tom Rothrock	**	2.66	97	0	\|\|\|	2,185	01/22	multiple albums
•	The Day After Tomorrow	2004	Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker	**	2.70	1,068	50	\|\|	336	06/04 - 10/11
•	Deep Blue	2004	George Fenton	*****	3.87	441	5	\|\|	665	07/04 - 03/06	all albums
•	Earthsea	2004	Jeff Rona	***	3.04	140	3	\|\|	1,513	01/05 - 10/11
•	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	Jon Brion	**	2.99	317	4	\|	823	01/05 - 10/08
•	Fahrenheit 9/11	2004	Jeff Gibbs	**	2.25	648	13	\|\|	607	10/04 - 10/11
•	The Final Cut	2004	Brian Tyler	***	2.98	210	4	\|\|	1,245	10/04 - 10/11
•	Finding Neverland	2004	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	****	3.76	1,907	327	\|\|	211	10/04 - 09/11
•	The Forgotten	2004	James Horner	**	2.78	676	13	\|\|\|	613	10/04 - 10/11
•	Girl With a Pearl Earring	2003	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.47	134	0	\|\|	2,260	03/24
•	Godsend	2004	Brian Tyler	***	3.00	326	6	\|\|	569	05/04 - 10/11
•	The Grudge	2004	Christopher Young	**	2.67	126	1	\|\|	1,878	12/11
•	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004	John Williams	***	3.89	9,013	346	\|\|\|\|	49	05/04 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hellboy	2004	Marco Beltrami	****	3.50	1,535	31	\|\|\|	398	05/04 - 03/17	multiple albums
•	Hidalgo	2004	James Newton Howard	****	3.46	1,343	28	\|\|	313	03/04 - 04/09
•	Home on the Range	2004	Alan Menken	****	3.27	782	11	\|\|\|	582	04/04 - 10/11
•	I, Robot	2004	Marco Beltrami	***	2.79	1,156	25	\|\|	322	07/04 - 10/11
•	The Incredibles	2004	Michael Giacchino	****	3.80	1,445	33	\|\|\|	329	11/04 - 10/11
•	King Arthur	2004	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, Rupert Gregson-Williams	****	3.49	3,433	219	\|\|\|	144	07/04 - 09/11
•	Lauras Stern	2004	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner	****	3.68	1,012	7	\|\|	768	03/05 - 10/11	German
•	Laws of Attraction	2004	Edward Shearmur	***	2.82	377	1	\|\|	948	05/04 - 10/11
•	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	2004	Thomas Newman	****	3.32	1,717	17	\|\|\|	415	12/04 - 10/11
•	Man on Fire	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	**	2.84	456	16	\|\|	501	02/05 - 10/11
•	Miracle	2004	Mark Isham	***	3.14	410	7	\|\|	764	04/04 - 10/11
•	National Treasure	2004	Trevor Rabin	***	3.01	796	30	\|\|	545	12/04 - 10/11
•	The Notebook	2004	Aaron Zigman	***	3.41	2,160	45	\|\|	138	09/04 - 09/11
•	Open Water	2004	Graeme Revell	*	1.76	366	5	\|\|	892	08/04 - 10/11
•	Paparazzi	2004	Brian Tyler	***	3.39	472	5	\|\|	432	09/04 - 10/11
•	The Passion of the Christ	2004	John Debney	****	2.98	14,727	424	\|\|\|\|	92	02/04 - 02/15
•	Paycheck	2003	John Powell	****	3.44	574	10	\|\|\|	462	01/04 - 08/21	all albums
•	The Phantom of the Opera	2004	Andrew Lloyd Webber	*	2.43	26,614	799	\|\|\|\|\|	34	12/04 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.18	255	0	\|\|\|	1,151	09/09	multiple albums
•	The Punisher	2004	Carlo Siliotto	****	3.65	938	7	\|\|\|	253	07/04 - 09/11
•	Ray	2004	Craig Armstrong	****	3.48	558	3	\|\|	840	01/05 - 10/11
•	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	2004	Jeff Danna	***	2.87	604	28	\|\|	458	10/04 - 10/11
•	Saw	2004	Charlie Clouser	*	2.08	191	2	\|\|	1,862	11/09
•	Shrek 2	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.38	851	10	\|\|	773	01/05 - 10/11
•	Sideways	2004	Rolfe Kent	***	3.00	355	4	\|\|	1,030	01/05 - 10/11
•	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	2004	Edward Shearmur	****	3.63	1,402	45	\|\|\|	266	09/04 - 05/18	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man 2	2004	Danny Elfman, Christopher Young, John Debney	****	3.58	2,612	116	\|\|\|\|	175	08/04 - 08/11
•	The Statement	2003	Norman Corbeil	**	2.92	332	1	\|	1,614	01/04 - 04/09
•	Steamboy	2004	Steve Jablonsky	****	3.57	108	0	\|\|\|	2,223	02/24	multiple albums
•	Team America: World Police	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Marc Shaiman	***	3.00	91	0	\|\|\|	2,217	03/24
•	The Terminal	2004	John Williams	*****	4.14	3,057	100	\|\|\|	183	06/04 - 09/11
•	Thunderbirds	2004	Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi	***	3.02	1,110	17	\|\|\|	384	07/04 - 10/11
•	Traffic: The Miniseries	2004	Jeff Rona	***	2.86	143	3	\|\|	1,591	04/04 - 10/11
•	Troy	2004	James Horner, Gabriel Yared	Varied	2.90	4,748	433	\|\|\|\|\|	50	05/04 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Twisted	2004	Mark Isham	*	1.91	255	3	\|\|	1,009	04/04 - 10/11
•	Two Brothers	2004	Stephen Warbeck	****	3.39	569	0	\|\|	866	06/04 - 10/11
•	Van Helsing	2004	Alan Silvestri	****	3.82	3,973	163	\|\|	90	04/04 - 04/09
•	Vanity Fair	2004	Mychael Danna	***	3.32	427	6	\|\|	425	08/04 - 10/11
•	A Very Long Engagement	2004	Angelo Badalamenti	***	3.12	384	3	\|\|	1,208	02/05 - 10/11
•	The Village	2004	James Newton Howard	****	3.93	3,219	220	\|\|\|	133	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	8,969	27	\|\|\|\|\|	55	09/96 - 02/23	expanded
•	Alias (TV)	2001	Michael Giacchino	***	3.03	345	15	\|\|\|	801	11/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	Amerika (TV)	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.53	410	1	\|\|\|	1,135	09/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Basic	2003	Klaus Badelt, Ramin Djawadi	**	1.91	124	0	\|\|	1,831	12/09	bootleg
•	Basic Instinct	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.92	3,664	26	\|\|\|	105	12/96 - 09/21	expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Mini-Series) (TV)	2003	Richard Gibbs, Bear McCreary	***	2.95	372	13	\|\|	680	04/04 - 06/10
•	Big Wednesday	1978	Basil Poledouris	****	3.45	327	0	\|\|\|	1,193	07/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Born Free	1964	John Barry	***	3.75	790	0	\|\|\|	441	04/00 - 10/11	all albums
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.82	427	5	\|\|\|\|	489	07/97 - 06/11	all albums
•	Clear and Present Danger	1994	James Horner	***	3.08	687	7	\|\|\|	435	06/98 - 11/22	re-issue
•	Collateral	2004	Antonio Pinto	***	2.66	97	0	\|\|\|	2,185	01/22	promo
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.36	230	2	\|\|\|	1,467	01/10 - 11/11	promotional
•	Dances With Wolves	1990	John Barry	*****	4.25	8,218	45	\|\|\|\|	24	06/97 - 03/16	expanded
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,446	228	\|\|\|\|	111	11/02 - 02/19	bootleg
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.22	189	5	\|\|	1,844	11/09	re-issue
•	Godzilla	1954	Akira Ifukube	*****	3.55	1,060	3	\|\|	540	06/99 - 03/09	multiple albums
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.20	219	0	\|\|	1,594	07/09 - 04/21	expanded
•	Hero	2002	Tan Dun	****	3.46	1,612	12	\|\|	280	08/04 - 09/11	re-issue
•	The Long Goodbye	1973	John Williams	**	2.48	118	1	\|\|\|	2,300	10/24	limited
•	The Manchurian Candidate	1962	David Amram, Rachel Portman	Varied	3.16	485	3	\|\|	488	09/04 - 10/11
•	The Missouri Breaks	1976	John Williams	**	2.81	830	0	\|\|	922	06/99 - 05/18	re-issue
•	Monster	2003	Brian Transeau	***	2.70	92	1	\|\|	1,945	01/10	expanded set
•	Narrow Margin	1990	Bruce Broughton	***	3.25	417	0	\|\|	1,536	07/04 - 10/11	limited
•	The Phantom of the Opera	2004	Andrew Lloyd Webber	*	2.43	26,614	799	\|\|\|\|\|	34	12/04 - 09/11	expanded/limited
•	The Piano	1993	Michael Nyman	***	3.21	273	0	\|\|	1,780	09/09	re-issue
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.18	255	0	\|\|\|	1,151	09/09	multiple albums
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.19	588	13	\|\|\|	575	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Something's Gotta Give	2003	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	****	3.12	199	2	\|\|	1,625	04/10	bootleg
•	*SPYS**	1974	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.31	49	0	\|\|\|	2,327	08/24	limited
•	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	****	4.24	17,651	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 11/23	single and set
•	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	****	4.16	10,880	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 11/23	single and set
•	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	****	4.29	9,663	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 11/23	single and set
•	Terror Tract (TV)	2000	Brian Tyler	***	2.87	178	3	\|\|	1,532	07/04 - 10/11
•	Timeline	2003	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.29	718	54	\|\|\|	284	12/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Troy	2004	Gabriel Yared	****	2.90	4,748	433	\|\|\|\|\|	50	05/04 - 01/18	bootlegs
•	Unlikely Heroes	2003	Lee Holdridge	****	3.12	162	0	\|\|	1,444	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	***	3.64	1,302	16	\|\|	755	04/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Music from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy	2004	Howard Shore	****	3.72	548	10	\|\|\|	848	09/04 - 10/11
•	Reel Chill: The Cinematic Chillout Album	2004	The City of Prague Philharmonic, Crouch End Festival Courus	***	3.26	317	1	\|\|	1,364	09/04 - 10/11

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