The “MC Hawking” album A Brief History Of Rhyme is released. 
La-La Land Records releases the first soundtrack CD in the Farscape Classics series. The limited edition CD contains Guy Gross’ music from the episodes Revenging Angel and Eat Me.
Varese Sarabande releases Jerry Goldsmith‘s rejected score for the movie Timeline, a movie that ultimately hit theaters with a score by Brian Tyler.
Art Records releases The Orchestra’s album No Rewind. This is a new lineup for the band previously known as Electric Light Orchestra Part II, which – after the departure of founding ELO drummer Bev Bevan – is now legally required to avoid references to Electric Light Orchestra in any promotional material. This album saw limited release as a tour exclusive in 2001; this is its first retail release.
Epic Records releases Ben Folds’ second solo album Songs For Silverman, featuring the single “Landed”.
Hollywood Records releases Joby Talbot’s soundtrack from the movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, featuring vocals by Neil Hannon.
Suckadelic Records releases the Suckadelic album Supervillains, a musical mash-up of soundbytes of TV and movie villains.
Sony Classical releases John Williams’ soundtracks from the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.
The Varese Sarabande CD Club releases Jerry Goldsmith‘s rejected score from the 1988 film Alien Nation as a limited edition CD.
Reverberations Records releases the album Homemade Spaceship: The Music Of ELO by Parthenon Huxley, a member of The Orchestra (the successors to ELO Part II). The album covers numerous classic ELO songs, but with radically different arrangements.
La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the first season of Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica reboot. Released by popular demand from the show’s fan base, the soundtrack displays the series’ rapidly evolving, complex musical direction, including the unusual dual main theme tunes (one used for broadcast in the UK, one used in the US). 
Decca Records releases John Williams‘ soundtrack from the 2005 movie adaptation of War Of The Worlds.
Wall Of Sound releases the second album by Röyksopp, The Understanding, along with an edition that includes a bonus disc.
Columbia Records Japan releases the soundtrack album from the Playstation 2 game Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy (translation: We Love Katamari). In the wake of the critical acclaim for the original game’s music and its soundtrack album, anticipation for this game’s soundtrack is high.
BSX Records releases Joel Goldsmith and Richard Band’s soundtrack from the 1978 movie Laserblast.
Tony Fox NYC releases the classic-video-game-themed album I Am Humanoid at Classic Gaming Expo 2005. (The album is attributed to Digital Retro Revolution.)
EMI Australia releases the 2-CD collection She Will Have Her Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn, featuring a variety of women covering music written by the Finn brothers (founding members of Split Enz and Crowded House). Songs covered include “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, ” Six Months In A Leaky Boat”, and “Distant Sun”.
Varese Sarabande releases David Newman‘s soundtrack from the movie Serenity, a sequel to the TV series Firefly.
RealWorld Records releases Afro-Celt Sound System‘s fifth album, Anatomic.
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases the first-ever soundtrack from 2009 Planet Of The Apes: The Series, featuring music and the series title theme by Lalo Schifrin, and additional music by Earle Hagen.
Mute Records releases Depeche Mode‘s 11th album, Playing The Angel, featuring the singles “john The Revelator” and “Suffer Well”.
Meco Monardo releases the instrumental cover album Star Wars Party (which will be reissued under various other titles in the years to come).
Greg Edmonson’s soundtrack to the series Firefly is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
East Side Digital releases the Rediscovering Lost Scores soundtrack compilations, featuring Wendy Carlos’ music from The Shining, Tron, Woundings and more.
Joel Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the pilot movie of Stargate Atlantis is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Walt Disney Records releases Harry Gregson-Williams‘ soundtrack from The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, also featuring songs by Alanis Morissette, Imogen Heap, Lisbeth Scott, and Tim Finn.
Columbia Japan releases the soundtrack album The Complete Sounds Of Katamari, with selections from (and paying tribute to) the first three Katamari Damacy video games.
Astralwerks releases the Röyksopp live album Röyksopp’s Night Out.
