''Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2'' is the soundtrack album for the 2004 film ''

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''. As a whole, the album reached the top 10 of the

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album charts and the top 40 of the Australian album charts. " Vindicated" by

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reached the top of a world composite soundtrack chart in June 2004 and the top 20 of a composite world and U.S. modern rock chart. "

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was a major success in

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, charting in almost every European country. "Ordinary" by

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was on the U.S. adult top 40 singles charts. "

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was added to the Australian version of the soundtrack and released as a single in the country. It debuted and peaked at #16 on the

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on July 19, 2004.

Track listing

The track listing for the U.S. version of the soundtrack is:

International pressings

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" is featured as track 12 between "The Night That the Lights Went Out in NYC" and "

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appears as track 17. *On the

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ese version of the soundtrack, " Web of Night" by

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appears and was a popular single in Japan. A track by indie band Mew called " She Spider" was also featured on the Japanese release. *On the

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i version of the soundtrack, a song by

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titled "

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" which translates to "Don't Know Why" was used. *On the Polish version of the soundtrack, the single "Chron to co masz" by PtakY appears as track 17. *In

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, the band

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recorded the " Theme from Spider-Man" and was included as track 16.

Omissions

* 3 Doors Down's single "

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" was originally intended for the soundtrack but was withheld and instead featured on their third album

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. *The song " Where I Belong" by

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was earmarked to appear on the soundtrack, but owing to a record label conflict, its inclusion was withdrawn. The single's cover art features Sia dressed in a Spider-Man costume. *The closing credits of the film featured a version of the theme from the original television cartoon series performed by Canadian crooner

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. While not featured on the album, it was released as a single to promote the film, and contained remixes by

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

''Spider-Man 2: Original Motion Picture Score''

Although the soundtrack contains a portion of

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's score, a more complete album of the film music was released as ''Spider-Man 2: Original Motion Picture Score''. Tracks 10 and 11 are listed as "Bonus Tracks" as they were not used in the film (

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reworked several cues of the score, in addition to music from the first film being tracked in). Score performed by The

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; conducted by Pete Anthony.

Track listing

Instrumentation

* Strings: 30 violins, 14 violas, 14 cellos, 8 double basses * Woodwinds: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons * Brass: 12 French horns, 4 trumpets, 6 trombones, 2 tubas * Percussion: 6 players * 2 harps, 1 piano

References

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