I thought Inception's soundtrack was excellent link

As was Batman Begin's Tumbler chase link

And Transformers link

Hans Zimmer's stuff is excellent.

Gladiator FTW

I have a shit-ton of symphonic music. Love the upbeat stuff.

Desplat's stuff is excellent.

He did Birth, Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox...

IMHO the best modern classical composer in the genre right now.

Doesn't this border on liking show tunes? J/K  

Look for Telarc CDs They have a large collection of movie soundtracks performed by the Cincinnati Pop Orchestra the Conductor is Erik Kunzell.

There are over 15 CDs in the collection from SciFi to Action movies. IIRC they are over 20+ years old but they can still be found on Amazon and other online sources.

I have the following CDs

Chiller
Fantastic Journey
Star Tracs II
Bond and Beyond
Time Warp
...
I have a few others that I can't remember the titles to.

Star Trek: TMP  (Jerry Goldsmith's best ever)
Star Trek II & III
Star Trek VI

I also loved The Dark Knight, Transformers, InnerSpace, Pirates of the Caribbean and Apollo 13.

Star Trek: TMP - Ilia's Theme
Star Trek: TMP - The Cloud
Star Trek II - Battle In Mutara Nebula
Star Trek III - Stealing the Enterprise
Star Trek III - The Katra Ritual
Star Trek VI - Battle for Peace

InnerSpace  Bonus internetz for those that remember this film.

Oh, and bonus Battle For Peace.

Yes, especially the stuff from E.S. Posthumus

Vishnu

Arise

Ebla

Nara

Unstoppable