There's a man. His name is Jeremy Soule. He was behind the soundtracks that I loved the most,starting with Total Annihilation,followed up by The Elder Scrolls,then Supreme Commander,and I hear he worked on the Guild Wars soundtrack. Seriously,any music this man touches turns to platinum. Since I can't figure out how to embed videos,and I don't wanna post up links,since people don't like blind links,I'll name a few songs from the games I love that he's made. YouTube em sometime. You'll be glad you did.
-Total Annihilation: The March Unto Death. The song has an air of "Back and forth battle" to it,with the upbeat,happy sounding parts probably belonging to the ARM,with the foreboding segments belonging to the CORE.
-TES III Morrowind: Nerevar Rising. Sweet jesus,this song set the tone for the game,and whenever it kicked in while I was out and about,I generally just sit and listen,before going back to navigating the world...And trying to find that last Daedric pauldron.
-TES IV Oblivion: Reign of the Septims. Yup. Another main theme. Wanna fight about it? Again,a tone setter. The song alone tells you that,yes,you'll be working with royalty and nobility quite closely throughout the game,and yes,things will go south in a big way. And then you get to dance around in the realm of a madgod. But,what else is new?
-Supreme Commander: The main menu theme of the original,not Forged Alliance. I will admit,I have a soft spot for military styled music. Drums you can march to,plus a few addons to make it more awesome. Violins and horns give it some depth. Also,Supreme Commander is the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation,headed by the gentlemen from the now dead like dodo's Cavedog.
-TES V Skyrim: The One They Fear. The Dragon battle songs for Skyrim are not made of sound. Oh,no. They're made of awesome. But this one I preffer because of just how URGENT it is while still more or less saying "Another one? Play with your food,this time,Dovahkiin."
Personally,I hope the boys and girls at Uber get him to make Planetary Annihilation's score. It's going to be the second spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
Soundtrack that I lov,but aren't Jeremy Soule's work exist,such as whoever made Gothic's soundtrack (I believe it was Kai Rosenkrantz),and Dungeon Keeper's soundtrack. But,at the end of the day,Jeremy makes the most music for games that I love.