Filmtracks Soundtrack Review Listings: 2004 Albums

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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	\|\|	501	04/04 - 10/11
•	Alexander	2004	Vangelis	*****	3.64	3,282	192	\|\|\|	155	10/04 - 09/11
•	Alien vs. Predator	2004	Harald Kloser	***	3.02	806	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	*****	3.86	650	7	\|\|\|	701	02/06 - 08/24	multiple albums
•	The Big Bounce	2004	George S. Clinton	****	3.05	478	12	\|\|	907	04/04 - 10/11
•	Birth	2004	Alexandre Desplat	***	3.08	128	0	\|\|	2,286	03/24	multiple albums
•	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	2004	James Horner	**	3.01	821	12	\|\|	733	05/04 - 10/11
•	The Bourne Supremacy	2004	John Powell	***	3.42	1,809	28	\|\|	151	08/04 - 09/11
•	The Butterfly Effect	2004	Michael Suby	****	3.24	1,303	159	\|\|	141	01/04 - 04/09
•	Cellular	2004	John Ottman	***	3.01	317	1	\|\|	947	01/05 - 10/11
•	The Chorus	2004	Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier	****	3.80	1,182	4	\|\|	569	01/05 - 08/12	multiple albums
•	The Chronicles of Riddick	2004	Graeme Revell	***	2.93	785	10	\|\|	324	06/04 - 09/11
•	The Clearing	2004	Craig Armstrong	**	2.75	353	2	\|\|	1,321	07/04 - 10/11
•	Collateral	2004	James Newton Howard, Antonio Pinto, Tom Rothrock	**	2.65	98	0	\|\|\|	2,173	01/22	multiple albums
•	The Day After Tomorrow	2004	Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker	**	2.70	1,068	50	\|\|	337	06/04 - 10/11
•	Deep Blue	2004	George Fenton	*****	3.85	444	5	\|\|	667	07/04 - 03/06	all albums
•	Earthsea	2004	Jeff Rona	***	3.04	140	3	\|\|	1,515	01/05 - 10/11
•	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	Jon Brion	**	3.00	318	4	\|	812	01/05 - 10/08
•	Fahrenheit 9/11	2004	Jeff Gibbs	**	2.25	648	13	\|\|	608	10/04 - 10/11
•	The Final Cut	2004	Brian Tyler	***	2.97	212	4	\|\|	1,251	10/04 - 10/11
•	Finding Neverland	2004	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	****	3.75	1,908	327	\|\|	210	10/04 - 09/11
•	The Forgotten	2004	James Horner	**	2.78	676	13	\|\|\|	617	10/04 - 10/11
•	Girl With a Pearl Earring	2003	Alexandre Desplat	****	3.44	136	0	\|\|	2,274	03/24
•	Godsend	2004	Brian Tyler	***	3.00	326	6	\|\|	572	05/04 - 10/11
•	The Grudge	2004	Christopher Young	**	2.67	127	1	\|\|	1,887	12/11
•	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004	John Williams	***	3.89	9,016	346	\|\|\|\|	49	05/04 - 03/19	multiple albums
•	Hellboy	2004	Marco Beltrami	****	3.50	1,536	31	\|\|\|	398	05/04 - 03/17	multiple albums
•	Hidalgo	2004	James Newton Howard	****	3.46	1,345	28	\|\|	318	03/04 - 04/09
•	Home on the Range	2004	Alan Menken	****	3.27	784	11	\|\|\|	579	04/04 - 10/11
•	I, Robot	2004	Marco Beltrami	***	2.80	1,159	25	\|\|	322	07/04 - 10/11
•	The Incredibles	2004	Michael Giacchino	****	3.80	1,447	33	\|\|\|	321	11/04 - 10/11
•	King Arthur	2004	Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, Rupert Gregson-Williams	****	3.49	3,434	219	\|\|\|	144	07/04 - 09/11
•	Lauras Stern	2004	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner	****	3.68	1,014	7	\|\|	766	03/05 - 10/11	German
•	Laws of Attraction	2004	Edward Shearmur	***	2.82	377	1	\|\|	951	05/04 - 10/11
•	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	2004	Thomas Newman	****	3.32	1,719	17	\|\|\|	413	12/04 - 10/11
•	Man on Fire	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	**	2.83	457	16	\|\|	498	02/05 - 10/11
•	Miracle	2004	Mark Isham	***	3.14	410	7	\|\|	769	04/04 - 10/11
•	National Treasure	2004	Trevor Rabin	***	3.01	797	30	\|\|	545	12/04 - 10/11
•	The Notebook	2004	Aaron Zigman	***	3.41	2,161	45	\|\|	138	09/04 - 09/11
•	Open Water	2004	Graeme Revell	*	1.76	366	5	\|\|	893	08/04 - 10/11
•	Paparazzi	2004	Brian Tyler	***	3.39	476	5	\|\|	434	09/04 - 10/11
•	The Passion of the Christ	2004	John Debney	****	2.98	14,733	424	\|\|\|\|	91	02/04 - 02/15
•	Paycheck	2003	John Powell	****	3.44	574	10	\|\|\|	464	01/04 - 08/21	all albums
•	The Phantom of the Opera	2004	Andrew Lloyd Webber	*	2.43	26,618	799	\|\|\|\|\|	34	12/04 - 09/11	all albums
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.20	258	0	\|\|\|	1,141	09/09	multiple albums
•	The Punisher	2004	Carlo Siliotto	****	3.65	939	7	\|\|\|	255	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	\|\|	456	10/04 - 10/11
•	Saw	2004	Charlie Clouser	*	2.08	191	2	\|\|	1,870	11/09
•	Shrek 2	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Various	****	3.38	853	10	\|\|	777	01/05 - 10/11
•	Sideways	2004	Rolfe Kent	***	3.00	355	4	\|\|	1,037	01/05 - 10/11
•	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	2004	Edward Shearmur	****	3.63	1,405	45	\|\|\|	265	09/04 - 05/18	multiple albums
•	Spider-Man 2	2004	Danny Elfman, Christopher Young, John Debney	****	3.58	2,619	116	\|\|\|\|	169	08/04 - 03/25	all albums
•	The Statement	2003	Norman Corbeil	**	2.92	332	1	\|	1,628	01/04 - 04/09
•	Steamboy	2004	Steve Jablonsky	****	3.55	109	0	\|\|\|	2,253	02/24	multiple albums
•	Team America: World Police	2004	Harry Gregson-Williams, Marc Shaiman	***	2.99	92	0	\|\|\|	2,227	03/24
•	The Terminal	2004	John Williams	*****	4.14	3,071	100	\|\|\|	181	06/04 - 09/11
•	Thunderbirds	2004	Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi	***	3.02	1,111	17	\|\|\|	384	07/04 - 10/11
•	Traffic: The Miniseries	2004	Jeff Rona	***	2.86	143	3	\|\|	1,604	04/04 - 10/11
•	Troy	2004	James Horner, Gabriel Yared	Varied	2.90	4,749	433	\|\|\|\|\|	50	05/04 - 01/18	multiple albums
•	Twisted	2004	Mark Isham	*	1.91	255	3	\|\|	1,011	04/04 - 10/11
•	Two Brothers	2004	Stephen Warbeck	****	3.39	569	0	\|\|	870	06/04 - 10/11
•	Van Helsing	2004	Alan Silvestri	****	3.82	3,974	163	\|\|	90	04/04 - 04/09
•	Vanity Fair	2004	Mychael Danna	***	3.32	428	6	\|\|	421	08/04 - 10/11
•	A Very Long Engagement	2004	Angelo Badalamenti	***	3.12	384	3	\|\|	1,216	02/05 - 10/11
•	The Village	2004	James Newton Howard	****	3.93	3,226	220	\|\|\|	131	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	8,973	27	\|\|\|\|\|	55	09/96 - 02/23	expanded
•	Alias (TV)	2001	Michael Giacchino	***	3.02	346	15	\|\|\|	801	11/03 - 03/09	all albums
•	Amerika (TV)	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.53	410	1	\|\|\|	1,138	09/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Basic	2003	Klaus Badelt, Ramin Djawadi	**	1.91	124	0	\|\|	1,830	12/09	bootleg
•	Basic Instinct	1992	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.92	3,669	26	\|\|\|	105	12/96 - 09/21	expanded
•	Battlestar Galactica (Mini-Series) (TV)	2003	Richard Gibbs, Bear McCreary	***	2.95	372	13	\|\|	682	04/04 - 06/10
•	Big Wednesday	1978	Basil Poledouris	****	3.45	327	0	\|\|\|	1,199	07/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Born Free	1964	John Barry	***	3.74	792	0	\|\|\|	444	04/00 - 10/11	all albums
•	Cherry 2000	1987	Basil Poledouris	****	3.81	429	5	\|\|\|\|	488	07/97 - 06/11	all albums
•	Clear and Present Danger	1994	James Horner	***	3.10	694	7	\|\|\|	438	06/98 - 11/22	re-issue
•	Collateral	2004	Antonio Pinto	***	2.65	98	0	\|\|\|	2,173	01/22	promo
•	The Core	2003	Christopher Young	****	3.36	231	2	\|\|\|	1,461	01/10 - 11/11	promotional
•	Dances With Wolves	1990	John Barry	*****	4.25	8,231	45	\|\|\|\|	24	06/97 - 03/16	expanded
•	Die Another Day	2002	David Arnold	**	2.12	5,452	228	\|\|\|\|	110	11/02 - 02/19	bootleg
•	Donnie Darko	2001	Michael Andrews	**	3.22	189	5	\|\|	1,847	11/09	re-issue
R	Godzilla	1954	Akira Ifukube	*****	3.54	1,083	3	\|\|	532	06/99 - 06/25	multiple albums
•	The Great Train Robbery	1979	Jerry Goldsmith	***	3.21	221	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	\|\|\|	2,323	10/24	limited
•	The Manchurian Candidate	1962	David Amram, Rachel Portman	Varied	3.16	485	3	\|\|	489	09/04 - 10/11
R	The Missouri Breaks	1976	John Williams	**	2.81	830	0	\|\|	910	06/99 - 10/25	re-issue
•	Monster	2003	Brian Transeau	***	2.70	92	1	\|\|	1,945	01/10	expanded set
•	Narrow Margin	1990	Bruce Broughton	***	3.24	418	0	\|\|	1,549	07/04 - 10/11	limited
•	The Phantom of the Opera	2004	Andrew Lloyd Webber	*	2.43	26,618	799	\|\|\|\|\|	34	12/04 - 09/11	expanded/limited
•	The Piano	1993	Michael Nyman	***	3.21	273	0	\|\|	1,771	09/09	re-issue
•	The Polar Express	2004	Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard	***	3.20	258	0	\|\|\|	1,141	09/09	multiple albums
•	RoboCop	1987	Basil Poledouris	***	3.15	603	13	\|\|\|	571	01/04 - 05/18	expanded
•	Something's Gotta Give	2003	Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Various	****	3.12	199	2	\|\|	1,617	04/10	bootleg
•	*SPYS**	1974	Jerry Goldsmith	*	2.16	73	0	\|\|\|	2,343	08/24	limited
R	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	John Williams	****	4.24	17,667	67	\|\|\|\|	3	01/97 - 10/25	single and set
R	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi	1983	John Williams	****	4.16	10,907	33	\|\|\|\|	25	03/97 - 10/25	single and set
R	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	John Williams	****	4.30	9,751	63	\|\|\|\|	33	01/97 - 10/25	single and set
•	Terror Tract (TV)	2000	Brian Tyler	***	2.88	179	3	\|\|	1,533	07/04 - 10/11
•	Timeline	2003	Jerry Goldsmith	****	3.29	719	54	\|\|\|	282	12/03 - 03/09	limited
•	Troy	2004	Gabriel Yared	****	2.90	4,749	433	\|\|\|\|\|	50	05/04 - 01/18	bootlegs
•	Unlikely Heroes	2003	Lee Holdridge	****	3.12	162	0	\|\|	1,453	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	1,304	16	\|\|	757	04/04 - 10/11	limited
•	Music from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy	2004	Howard Shore	****	3.70	553	10	\|\|\|	855	09/04 - 10/11
•	Reel Chill: The Cinematic Chillout Album	2004	The City of Prague Philharmonic, Crouch End Festival Courus	***	3.26	317	1	\|\|	1,369	09/04 - 10/11

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