So I bring this thread back to life..
I usually hate soundtracks and I find most of them boring and uninteresting. Most of all traditional scores with a standard orchestra and cheesy melodies. (Don't want to be mean, I don't name any composers to not offend anybody)
But I enjoy Hans Zimmer's works very much. His music gives me thrills every time I listen to it, just great. I don't like the older ones that much (<2000s).
Favorites: The Dark Knight Triology (Co-Composer: James N. Howard), Gladiator, the Kung Fu Panda movies (together with John Powell), the 2 Sherlock Holmes, the Pirates of the Caribbean series (I think he has done the first one together with Klaus Badelt), Inception, Angels & Demons... I think that was it.
Oh, and I love John Powell's score to How to train you Dragon. Really one of the best musical pieces of all time.
A few of my favorite tracks: