On this day in music history - Comalies, by Lacuna Coil (2002):

Comalies

Album by Lacuna Coil,

Released October 29, 2002.

Track list:

Swamped; Heaven's a Lie; Daylight Dancer; Humane; Self Deception; Aeon; Tight Rope; The Ghost Woman and the Hunter; Unspoken; Entwined; The Prophet Said; Angel's Punishment; Comalies.

On this day in movie history - Ghost Ship (2002):

Ghost Ship

directed by Steve Beck,

written by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue,

was released in the United States on October 25, 2002.
Music by John Frizzell.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, Karl Urban, Emily Browning, Francesca Rettondini, Boris Brkic, Bob Ruggiero, Iain Gardiner, Adam Bieshaar, Cameron Watt, Jamie Giddens, Matthew Wollaston.

On this day in music history:

Metamorphosis by Joan Jeanrenaud (2002)

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos by Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau (2012)

Pinky’s Blues by Sue Foley (2021)

Metamorphosis

Album by Joan Jeanrenaud,

released October 22, 2002.

Credits: Cairn (Steve Mackey); Escalay (Hamza El Din); Altar Piece (Joan Jeanrenaud); The Song of Songs (Karen Tanaka); Metamorphosis Four (Philip Glass); Blood Red (Mark Grey).

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos

Album by Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau,

released October 22, 2012.

Credits: The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation; La Mort D’ophélie; Heiß Mich Nicht Reden; So Laßt Mich Scheinen; Mignons Lied; Romance de Mignon; Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt; Kennst Du Das Land; Lady MacBeth; La Dame D’andré; Dans L’herbe; Il Vole; Mon Cadavre Est Doux Comme Un Gant; Violon; Fleurs; The Physician; Ages Ago; Les Chemins de L’amour; The Boy from Tacarembo la Tumbe Del Fuego Santa Malipas Zatatecas la Junta Del Sol y Cruz.

Pinky’s Blues

Album by Sue Foley,

released October 22, 2021.

Credits: Pinky’s Blues; Two Bit Texas Town; Dallas Man; Southern Men; Say It’s Not So; Hurricane Girl; Stop These Teardrops; Boogie Real Low; Think It Over; Okie Dokie Stomp.

On this day in music history:

City Blue by 2002 (2022)

Synesthesia by Sherry Finzer (2022)

City Blue

Track by 2002,

released October 21, 2022.

Synesthesia

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released October 21, 2022.

Track list: Beautiful Fields of Emerald Lights; Obsidian Shadows; Turquoise Shimmers Amidst Fairy Dust; Copper and Amber; Deep Within the Magenta Mist; Along the Sapphire Ridgeline; Desert Sand Passages; The Radiance of Gold; Crimson Evening Solitude; Rocky Shades of Gray; Lovely Saffron Rays.

Recommended reading - A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories (2002):

A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories

Edited by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.

Published 2002.

ISBN-10: 0451205960

ISBN-13: 978-0451205964

Anthology of short stories.

Description:

Bleak streets and bleaker futures. Trapped heroes and desperate shreds of hope. Wicked women and broken dreams. Urban whirlpools and inexorable fates. Call it noir. Call it pulp. Call it black – and blue. It’s a tradition – tough, reckless, and uncompromising – born from the fierce imaginations of a century of writers with a unique talent for creating shadows out of words and turning raw emotion into pure poetry.

And this is noir at its incomparable best – thirty-two of the finest crime stories of the twentieth century, personally chosen by Shamus Award winner Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, one of the true masters of hard-boiled fiction.

On this day in music history:

Handel: Alcina by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham & William Christie (2001)

It Is Always Now by Kathy Raimey (2007)

Believe: A Spiritual Romance by 2002 (2012)

Elements by Ludovico Einaudi (2015)

Handel: Alcina

Album by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie,

released October 16, 2001.

Track list: Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: È gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sì, son quella!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Tornami a vagheggiar; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ama, sospira; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ah! mio cor!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Verdi prati; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ombre pallide; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sta nell’Ircana; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Mi restano le lagrime; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Non è amor, nè gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Dall’orror di notte cieca.

It Is Always Now

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released October 16, 2007.

Track list: Sustainable Space; Many Hands Make Light the Load; Riverbend; Quiet Rain; Bear Dreams; Heart Murmurs; Illumination; Break of Dawn; African Pearl; Soliloquy; It Is Always Now; Sustainable Space Two.

Believe: A Spiritual Romance

Album by 2002,

released October 16, 2012.

Track list: Believe; A Dream Creation [Instrumental]; Chain of Life; We Meet Again [Instrumental]; Dreams of Peace; A Change of Season [Instrumental]; Ready to Fly; Yeshua; Oasis [Instrumental]; Hold the Sky.

Elements

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released October 16, 2015.

Track list: Drop; Four Dimensions; Elements; Whirling Winds / Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Ludovico Einaudi; Twice; ABC; Numbers; Mountain; Logos; Song For Gavin; Drop Variation; Elements Variation; Twice Variation.

On this day in music history:

Dog & Butterfly by Heart (1978)

This Moment Now by 2002 (2003)

Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall by Susan Graham & Malcolm Martineau (2003)

Evanescence by Evanescence (2011)

Trail of Dreams by 2002 (2014)

Dog & Butterfly

Album by Heart,

released October 7, 1978.

Track list: Cook With Fire; High Time; Hijinx; Straight On; Dog & Butterfly; Lighter Touch; Nada One; Mistral Wind; Heartless (Live); Feels; A Little Bit.

This Moment Now

Album by 2002,

released October 7, 2003.

Track list: Suddenly Yours; Sunny Day; Morning of Light; Even Now; Life Is; Moment of Love; Romancing the Moon; A Gate of Dreams; Children in Time; Bliss; Dreaming of You.

Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall

Album by Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau,

released October 7, 2003.

Track list: Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103); He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! / Johannes Brahms; Hochgetürmte Rimaflut / Johannes Brahms; Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist? / Johannes Brahms; Lieber Gott, du weißt / Johannes Brahms; Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze / Johannes Brahms; Röslein dreie in der Reihe / Johannes Brahms; Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn / Johannes Brahms; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament / Johannes Brahms; Proses lyriques (4), song collection for voice & piano, L. 84; De rêve / Claude Debussy; De grève / Claude Debussy; De fleurs / Claude Debussy; De soir / Claude Debussy; Early Songs (7), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Nacht / Alban Berg; Schilflied / Alban Berg; Die Nachtigall / Alban Berg; Traumgekrönt / Alban Berg; Im Zimmer / Alban Berg; Liebesode / Alban Berg; Sommertage / Alban Berg; Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 58; L’Anguille / Francis Poulenc; Carte postale / Francis Poulenc; Avant le ciméma / Francis Poulenc; 1904 / Francis Poulenc; Les P’tites Michu, operetta; Vois-tu, je m’en veux / André Messager; J’ai deux amants / André Messager; Toi c’est moi, operetta; C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour / Moisés Simóns; A Chloris, for voice & piano (from “Melodies, Book II”) / Reynaldo Hahn; Fantoches (“Scaramouche et Pulcinella”), song for voice & piano, L. 21 / Claude Debussy; Liebst du um Schönheit, song for voice & piano in C major (Rückert Lieder No. 5) / Gustav Mahler; (I Can Be A) Sexy Lady, for voice & piano / Ben Moore.

Evanescence

Album by Evanescence,

released October 7, 2011.

Track list: What You Want; Made of Stone; The Change; My Heart Is Broken; The Other Side; Erase This; Lost in Paradise; Sick; End of The Dream; Oceans; Never Go Back; Swimming Home.

Trail of Dreams

Album by 2002,

released October 7, 2014.

Track list: Into the Light; Sky; Wait for Me; Trail of Dreams; Ta MÉ ‘Mo Shuí; Navigatio; Follow Your Star; Far from Home; Deep Horizon; Ever Onward.

On this day in music history:

Crystal Ball by Styx (1976)

There Is Always One More Time by B.B. King (1991)

The Sacred Well: The Best of 2002 by 2002 (2002)

Someone Like Me by Sherry Finzer (2011)

Sol Novo by Olivia Belli (2021)

Warming by the Devil’s Fire / documentary (2003)

Crystal Ball

Album by Styx,

released October 1, 1976.

Track list: Put Me on; Mademoiselle; Jennifer; Crystal Ball; Shooz; This Old Man; Clair de Lune/Ballerina.

There Is Always One More Time

Album by B.B. King,

released October 1, 1991.

Track list: I’m Moving On; Back In L.A.; The Blues Come Over Me; Fool Me Once; The Lowdown; Mean And Evil; Something Up My Sleeve; Roll, Roll, Roll; There Is Always One More Time.

The Sacred Well: The Best of 2002

Album by 2002,

released October 1, 2002.

Track list: City of Peace; Lovers’ Bridge; Summer of 300 Years; Lady of the Moon; The Sea at Night; Stella Maris; Kindred Spirit; To Touch the Sky; The Calling; The Ocean Dreams; Full Circle.

Someone Like Me

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released October 1, 2011.

Track list: Moves Like Jagger; Firework; Payphone; Someone Like You; Marry Me; Give Your Heart a Break; Call Me Maybe; Breathe; Raise Your Glass; Only Girl; What Makes You Beautiful; Someone Like You (Bonus Track).

Sol Novo

Album by Olivia Belli,

released October 1, 2021.

Track list: Two Seas; Island I; Open Air; Bora; Grain Moon; Island II; Bilico; Fingers, Be Rain; Grembo; Visions to Come; Bleak; As I Was; The Light Endures.

Warming by the Devil’s Fire

Documentary directed and written by Charles Burnett.

Part 4 of the documentary series The Blues.

Produced by Martin Scorsese.

Released in the United States on October 1, 2003.

Additional music by Stephen James Taylor.

Cast: Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Carl Lumbly, Ivy Cassel, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Big Bill Broonzy, Sam Chatmon, Elizabeth Cotton, Ida Cox, Gary Davis, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Brownie McGhee, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, T-Bone Walker, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson.

On this day in movie history - Eye See You (2002)

Eye See You

aka D-Tox and The Outpost,

directed by Jim Gillespie,

written by Howard Swindle,

based on a story by Ron L. Brinkerhoff,

and the novel Jitter Joint written by Howard Swindle,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2002.
Music by John Powell.

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Charles S. Dutton, Polly Walker, Kris Kristofferson, Mif, Christopher Fulford, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Berenger, Stephen Lang, A.C. Peterson, Hrothgar Mathews, Angela Alvarado, Robert Prosky, Robert Patrick, Courtney B. Vance, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tim Henry, Dina Meyer, Rance Howard, Frank Pellegrino, James Kidnie, Yves Cameron, Harrison Coe, Peter Flemming, Chris Nelson Norris, Bill Mackenzie, Ian Gschwind, David Lewis, John Timothy Botka, James Ralph, Ruth Zalduondo.

On this day in television history - Firefly (2002):

Firefly

created by Joss Whedon,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2002,

and ran for one season until December 20, 2002.

Episode titles:

Serenity.
The Train Job.
Bushwhacked.
Shindig.
Safe.
Our Mrs. Reynolds.
Jaynestown.
Out of Gas.
Ariel.
War Stories.
Trash.
The Message.
Objects in Space.

Series music by Greg Edmonson.

Theme song The Ballad of Serenity by Joss Whedon.
Sung by Sonny Rhodes.

Lyrics:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell ‘em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land, boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me
There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks, Mark Sheppard, Michael Fairman, Jeff Ricketts, Dennis Cockrum, Zac Efron, Gregory Itzin, Doug Savant, Isabella Hofmann, Richard Brooks, Tom Towles, Carlos Jacott, Steven Flynn, Blake Robbins, Melinda Clarke, Jonathan M. Woodward, Andrew Bryniarski, Benito Martinez, Edward Atterton, Katherine Kendall, Daniel Bess, Ilia Volok, William Converse-Roberts, Branden Morgan, Richard Burgi, Kimberly McCullough, Franc Ross, Kevin Gage, Larry Drake, Rolando Molina, Andy Umberger, Lyle Kanouse, Erik Passoja, John Thaddeus, Jared Poe, Fredric Lehne, Dwier Brown, Al Pugliese, Gregg Henry, Philip Sternberg, Tom Virtue, Dax Griffin, Gary Werntz, Zachary Kranzler, Lancer Dean Shull, Bob Fimiani, Carl Bresk, John Dunn, Tracy Ryan, John Eric Bentley, Tod Nakamura, Larry Pennell, Jordan Lund, Roma Chugani, Eddie Adams, Michael Bentt, Andy Rolfes, Roderick McCarthy, Alex Stemkovsky, Valerie RedHorse, Craig Vincent, Heather Black, Michael McMillian, Kevin Will, Bob McCracken, Colin Patrick Lynch, Adam Pilver, Ira Steck, Matthew Ferreira, Morgan Rusler, Angie Hart, Bonnie Bartlett, Joel Steingold, Lina Patel, Michael Nagy, Joshua Grenrock, Johnny Shakespeare, Ronald Craig Williams, Doan Ly, Erica Tazel, John Jabaley, David Reynolds, Domingo Vara, Kim Onasch, Jason Van, Alex Connie, Sandy Mulvihill, Laura Niemi, Cate Cohen, Janora McDuffie, Ron Ostrow, Stephen O'Mahoney, Jim Lau, Jamie McShane, Morina Pierce, Simon Brooke, Casey Piotrowski, Eric Lange, Skylar Roberge, Clement Blake, John F. Kearney, Hunter Cochran, Gabrielle Wagner, Roy Werner, Tawny René Hamilton, Michelle Ferrara, Gerard J. Reyes, Damion Poitier, Michael Keyes, Tiffany Michelle, Brian J. Williams, Melody White, Stephen Silberkraus, Gary J. Wayton, Ernesto Trinidad, Kelly Wheeler, Rick Williamson, Heath Crawford, Lon Moriarty, Rabatan Salem, Greg Wendell Reid, Keith Mooney, Heath Russell, Joss Whedon, Danny Nero, Jerry Buys.

Recommended reading - The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir (2002):

The Art of Noir
The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir

By Eddie Muller.

Published by Harry N. Abrams.

Published 2002.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1468307355

ISBN-13: 978-1468307351

Description:

The poster art from the noir era has a bold look and an iconography all its own. During noir's golden age, studios commissioned these arresting illustrations for even the lowliest "B" thriller. The Art of Noir is the first book to present this striking artwork in a lavishly produced, large-format, full-color volume. The more than 300 dazzling posters and other promotional material range from the classics to rare archive films such as The Devil Thumbs a Ride and Blonde Kiss. With rare offerings from around the world and background information on the illustrators, The Art of Noir is the ultimate companion for movie buffs and collectors, as well as artists and designers.

On this day in movie history - Frida (2002):

Frida

directed by Julie Taymor,

written by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas,

based on the book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 29, 2002.
Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata, Alejandro Usigli, Diego Luna, Alfred Molina, Lucia Bravo, Valeria Golino, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Loló Navarro, Roger Rees, Fermín Martínez, Roberto Medina, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Lila Downs, Martha Claudia Moreno, Maria Ines Pintado, Aida López, Ivana Sejenovich, Diego Espinosa, Ehécatl Chávez, Elliot Goldenthal, Edward Norton, Saffron Burrows, Didi Conn, Julian Sedgwick, William Raymond, Jorge Guerrero, Mary Luz Palacio, Geoffrey Rush, Margarita Sanz, Omar Chagall, Anthony Alvarez, Enoc Leaño, Karine Plantadit, Chavela Vargas, Jorge Zepeda, Benjamín Benítez, Thomas Ebert, Claudia Frías, Felipe Fulop, Joey Mazzarino, Andrés Montiel, Mauricio Osorio, Jorge Valdés García, Eszter Zakariás, Antonio Zavala Kugler.

On this day in music history:

Bel Canto by Renée Fleming & Patrick Summers (2002)

Saturate by Breaking Benjamin (2002)

Intervention by Helen Jane Long (2012)

Bel Canto

Album by Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers,

released August 27, 2002.

Track list: Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah!..se una volta sola”; Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah!..non credea mirarti”; Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah! non giunge uman pensiero”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Abbracciami”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Il piu tenero suon d’arpa morende”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Ah! non sai qual prestigio si cela”; Rossini / Semiramide: Introduzione; Rossini / Semiramide: “Bel raggio lusinghier”; Rossini / Semiramide: “Dolce pensiero di quell’istante”; Bellini / Il pirata: Introduzione; Bellini / Il pirata: “Ah! s’io potessi dissipar le nubi”; Bellini / Il pirata: “Col sorriso d’innocenza”; Bellini / Il pirata: “Oh sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure”; Rossini / Armida: “D’Amor al dolce impero”; Rossini / Armida: “Gli augei tra fronde e fronde”; Rossini / Armida: “La fresca eta sen fugge”; Rossini / Armida: “Ah! si, godete amanti”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia:”M’odi, ah m’odi, io non t’imploro”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia: “Figlio!...Figlio!...Ola, qualcuno!”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia: “Era desso il figlio mio”.

Saturate

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released August 27, 2002.

Track list: I Wish I May; Medicate; Polyamorous; Skin; Natural Life; Next to Nothing; Water; Home; Phase; No Games; Sugarcoat; Shallow Bay.

Intervention

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released on August 27, 2012.

Track list: Truth Has No Temperature; White Barry Formula; 5AM; Cabin Fever; Truth Has No Temperature; Coulda; Fonk; We Are Techno.

On this day in movie history - Blood Work (2002):

Blood Work

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Brian Helgeland,

based on the novel by Michael Connelly,

was released in the United States on August 9, 2002.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay, Igor Jijikine, Dina Eastwood, Beverly Leech, June Kyoto Lu, Chao Li Chi, Glenn Morshower, Robert Harvey, Matt Huffman, Mark Thomason, Maria Quiban, Brent Hinkley, Natalia Ongaro, Amanda Carlin, Ted Rooney, P.J. Byrne, Sam Jaeger, Derric Nugent, Craig Hosking, James W. Gavin, Dan Andreiu, Todd Bryant, Bryan Hanna, Ted Hollis, Michael Keyes, Greg Stechman, Sandie West.

On this day in movie history - Signs (2002):

Signs

directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan,

was released in the United States on August 2, 2002.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, M. Night Shyamalan, Patricia Kalember, Ted Sutton, Merritt Wever, Lanny Flaherty, Marion McCorry, Michael Showalter, Kevin Pires, Clifford David, Rhonda Overby, Greg Wood, Paul L. Nolan, Ukee Washington, Babita Hariani, Adam Way, Angela Eckert, Jose L. Rodriguez, Paul Wilson, Thomas Griffin, Mark Falvo, Derek Mears, Chuck Pressler, Samantha Steffen.

On this day in movie history - Road to Perdition (2002):

Road to Perdition

directed by Sam Mendes,

written by David Self,

based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Liam Aiken, Dylan Baker, Ciarán Hinds, David Darlow, Kerry Rossall, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Chamberlin, Harry Groener, JoBe Cerny.

On this day in movie history - Reign of Fire (2002):

Reign of Fire

directed by Rob Bowman,

written by Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg,

based on a story by Gregg Chabot and Kevin Peterka,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.

Music by Edward Shearmur, Brad Wagner, Grant Claytor and Mad at Gravity.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Terence Maynard, Doug Cockle, Randall Carlton, Chris Kelly, Ben Thornton, Alice Krige, Malcolm Douglas, Dessie Gallagher, Martin Linnane, Denis Conway, Duncan Keegan, Laura Pyper, Berts Folan, Brian McGuinness, Barry Barnes, David Herlihy, Gerry O'Brien, Patrick Foy, Anne Maria McAuley, Maree Duffy, Alex Meacock, David Garrick, Andy Godbold, Conor Dean Smith, Ross Donnelly, Jack Gleeson, Sebastian Siegel.