I'm a huge Zimmer fan. Don't mind at all that some of his tracks sound very similar to others. For me, the music is about what it makes me feel, and Zimmer's stuff just does it for me. I'd put him above John Williams, because for me, Zimmer's music makes the movies better, whereas I feel that William's music is good because the movies were good. Sometimes I watch movies just because Hans Zimmer made the music.
Swift, I'm with you on the Pacific Rim soundtrack. Love it.
I'm gonna post here some of my favourites, from various composers.
This is one that you may not have heard/seen before. Lovely movie, amazing soundtrack. Beasts of the Southern Wild
Another one of my favourite movie/soundtrack combinations: The Last of the Mohicans
Here is some Clint Mansell that I really like, from the movie Moon.
Here's one by Yann Tierse from Amelié. This makes me wanna go play piano right now, but my finger is still messed up and its 2 in the morning
Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World has a great score. Its mostly classical music for violin and cello. Its great. This is one of my favourite movie ending scenes of all time.
I also love me some John Murphy. You may know his music from the 28 Days Later series. This one is from Sunshine.
This post is taking forever because I'm just listening to music now. I've got goosebumps, and am on the verge of tears....
I could post millions of Hans Zimmer tracks here, but I'll try to limit myself to [insert number]
Its hard to pick, but this may be my favourite of all.
Or maybe this one? Goosebumps every time.
I'm gonna stop there with Hans.
As far as video game soundtracks go, Halo has some really good ones. I also really like the Assassin's Creed series' music.
This is just one of them:
And Mass Effect
I'm gonna stop here. I've been writing this post for hours now. Kept remembering things and posting them so now I think there may be too many. Oh well.