Glad someone else said him too. He's awesome. His Divenire CD is amazing. Harry Gregson-Williams John Murphy Yep.
I actually play Ludovico Einaudi's Divenire in the background while I'm writing. It's soothing and makes it easier to write tbh.
My two favorites have been dead for a while: Tchaikovsky and Dvořák. Amazing composers. Their music was always my favorite music to play when I was in the high school orchestra. I like some contemporary composers as well, but don't remember their names...
For me: Newer: Kenji Kawai (anime composer: Ghost in the Shell, Fate/stay night etc.) Koji Kondo (game composer: composed the music for Zelda) Hans Zimmer (has been pointed out earlier) Old: Beethoven Bach Sibelius