Awesome Film Orchestral Soundtracks and Their Composers

So many times, the orchestral soundtrack adds a whole other layer of experience when watching a movie. Only an orchestra can make a film viewer experience the epic nature of The Lord of the Rings, the tragedy of Snape's love in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, the beauty of a man's struggle in A Beautiful Mind, and the danger and adventure in Sherlock Holmes and Inception.
These are only a few of my favorite orchestral movie soundtracks.
If you're interested in orchestral soundtracks, you should check out these composers and their works.

Starting with the most well-known:

John Williams: This guy is a LEGEND. He's composed some of the most popular film soundtracks ever and works often with Steven Spielberg. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List are just a few from his amazing history of work.

Hans Zimmer has really grown to prominence fairly quickly over the past few years but he's been around for a while. He often works with director Christopher Nolan, and his works include Inception, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and The Lion King. In my opinion, much of his popular works are very intense for casual listening (especially if you're looking for something more subtle to listen to).

Alan Silvestri has composed for so many movies, that you've listened to his work and probably didn't even know it. Most of his work has been with common B-list Hollywood movies ranging from sci-fi, comedy 80s classic Back to the Future to 21st century superhero caper movie Captain America: The First Avenger. He's been critically acclaimed for his work on Forrest Gump.

Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings. 'nuff said. Haha jk. Many of his other works are in the films Seven, Big, Ms. Doubtfire, Ed Wood (:P), The Score, and the upcoming Twilight movie (Eclipse or something like that), A Dangerous Method, and The Hobbit (!!!).

James Horner composed for A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Aliens, Troy, and Avatar. My favorite is his work in A Beautiful Mind and Braveheart. Also, who could forget Titanic, one of the most romantic (and perhaps cliche) films of all time, which without the music would be a mere shade of itself. Horner composes just absolutely beautiful music.

Clint Mansell composed the overwhelming popular piece "Lux Æterna" from the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. It's been reused everywhere and you've probably heard it before. It is the epitome of the aural experience of "epic-ness" despite its rather simple musical theme.

Alexandre Desplat  is rather new to me. I'd never heard of him until I looked him up after watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, but his other works are pretty pervasive in the Hollywood film industry. A common theme I've found is his knack for composing for the surreal and mysterious in films of historical fiction/drama, fantasy, and political intrigue.

Philip Glass: Best known for his work outside films, but his work in the film industry include his compositions for the films The Hours, The Truman Show, and Notes on a Scandal. Fun Fact: He's also Ira Glass's first cousin once removed (This American Life listeners know who he is).

Experimentation on Human Behavior

Social/behavioral psychology has a unique position in the sciences. It's not necessarily a "hard" science, and yet it uses experimentation to reveal amazing insight into human behavior. While researching potential paper topics for my upcoming social science paper, I came across some really interesting social psychology experiments.
http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/10-piercing-insights-into-human-nature.php

http://www.spring.org.uk/2010/01/10-more-brilliant-social-psychology-studies.php

I suggest reading the actual published research papers.
Once you understand the implications of these experiments, it's hard not to see them everywhere.