The soundtrack for Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie has got some great moments in it. The soundtrack to Patton would probably have some good moments in it as well, now that I think about it.
**Rachmaninoff. **(Symphonies, Concerti, Paganini Rhapsody, Symphonic Dances, The Bells, piano music, everything except his operas).
And the “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem.
I did not know that, thanks. I’ll have to keep an eye out for the full version, then.
If you think it’ll be similar to the beginning, you’re in for a huge disappointment.
His music for Command & Conquer: Generals. I personally love to listen to “USA 03” when I’m hatching evil plans.
Fiendishly evil plans.
[DustyButt stares into space]
Excellent…
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Especially the last movement.
Moussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition (Ravel orchestration), the last two segments in a well-paced recording where the Hut of Baba Yaga goes airborne, transitioning into the Great Gate of Kiev at maximal decibel impact.
Sibelius’ violin concerto building up to the final movement where the massed orchestra storms the citadel, but the violin doesn’t give up without a fight (I have a Philadelphia Symphony recording with Ormandy and David Oistrakh which is still the best version I’ve heard). Finlandia and the Karelia Suite by Sibelius also have put me dangerously close to enlisting in the Finnish Army.
I also second Holst (Mars and Jupiter). I find it eerie that Mars was composed right on the eve of WWI. And Rossini overtures. No one ever fell asleep during a Rossini overture. Or if they did, it wasn’t for long.*
One more - all the Pomp and Circumstance marches by Elgar, plus his Enigma Variations.
*Sometimes I enjoy thinking about the 19th century overstuffed opera patrons who started dozing off during pastoral sequences of the William Tell overture, only to get blasted out of their seats by an unexpected brass barrage.
Also used to good effect in the animated short Jack-Jack Attacks (on The Incredibles DVD), as I recall.
I’m pretty sure you need to twiddle your fingers as well.
If you watch 24, the soundtracks for the series are pretty good too. They’re highly electronic (If you like Zimmer, that should be right up your alley), and quite good. Nothing beats the 24 title sequence for sheer intensity.
I meant his piano concerto #2, not the symphony (although I have nothing against the symphony).
Let us not forget Stravinski’s Firebird Suite (not the full ballet). At my brother’s urging, I took one of his coworkers on a date to a concert. She fell asleep. The Infernal Dance of King Kashchei, um, woke her up. Yeah.
Remembered another one: Grieg’s “In the Halls of the Mountain King”.
Half of you people must have me on ignore. 
I haven’t!!! But you mentioned the Rite, not the Firebird, so I’m going to say Good One, tdn. (Curse you and your rubbish non-capitalised usernames.)
Had Bartok’s Miraculous Mandarin on in the car this evening (the suite, which is the common one anyway as with the Firebird). Not an obvious recommendation, but my god does it pack a lot of punch into a quarter of an hour!