During my journey exploring new artists and music with Apple Music, I have finally turned to what I just classify as "trailer music," which is basically independent music not composed for anything in particular.
Erik Ekholm is one that I would like to mention. I found that his music was not to my liking. I am one who listens to a lot of audiomachine, Thomas Bergersen, abs Two Steps From Hell, which is top notch in terms of quality. The works of these three artists are well composed and are three kings of epic trailer music.
Erik Ekholm is not one I would spend money on. While initially his scores are very orchestral and interesting, I find that he relies too heavily on the electric guitar. It always overpowers the orchestra, and always at the same point in nearly every song.
The orchestral parts of his music is decent, I just wish that he used the electric guitar to compliment the orchestra rather than be the dominant instrument. I believe that the three artists mentioned above have mastered the technique of using perfectly blending and balancing the electronics sounds with the orchestral sounds.
If you are into this type of music, then do not let me stop you. Other great alternatives would be Epic Score and Future World Music. Epic Score sounds really bad with Apple's EarPods though when it comes to the treble and the bass is so intense they can barely take it. This is one reason why I would never pay $30 for a pair, but then again, cheers to you if you love them. I think they are fine and use them regularly anyway.
And what about that Alexandre Desplat link I promised? I totally forgot. I am working on cleaning up some unnecessary cloud data to make room for the link, to stay tuned.
