Recommend me some badass cinematic music

Very similar to that is the title track for Crimson Tide. It takes a bit to warm up, may want to skip ahead to the 1:45 mark.

This is an awesome thread.

Technically, Prokofiev was a neoclassical composer. He was just such a master of every musical form he tried that it’s difficult to believe his classical compositions were created in the 20th century. See also: Stravinsky and Ravel (two neoclassical composers who get more play and respect than does Prokofiev, which is criminal, IMHO).

Thread necro!

Illan Eshkari’s track for Septimus

Hans Zimmer is good at this sort of thing. I recommend:

Gladiator
Black Hawk Down
Batman Begins and the Dark Knight
Crimson Tide

I’m too lazy to check up thread if this was mentioned, but Flash Gordon by Queen is also great.

I’d recommend some 90s Graeme Revell - The Crow and The Negotiator
Christopher Franke’s work on the Za’ha’dum episode of Babylon 5 is certainly interesting
Brad Friedel’s Terminator soundtracks are percussion heavy, but that ain’t a bad thing.
And Patrick Doyle’s work is surprisingly emphatic, especially on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and the Agincourt sequence from Henry V.