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Classical:

Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Suite II No. 1)
Bedřich Smetana - Ma Vlast, Moldau 
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 " From the New World", 4th movement
Gustav Holst - The Planets, Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana, O Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (influenced dozens of film soundtracks such as "The Omen")

 

Soundtracks:

Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven

Jerome Moross - The Big Country

Alex North - Spartacus, Love Theme

Randy Edelman & Trevor Jones - The Last of the Mohicans

Michael Nyman - Gattaca

 

...and so on, I could go on forever, especially with Soundtracks.

 

Some songs:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer

Bob Dylan - Shelter From the Storm

Van Morrison (like Young and Dylan, Van the Man wrote plenty of epic songs. I'll just mention here "Wild Honey" from "Common One", "Have I Told You Lately" from "Avalon Sunset" and of course "Moondance")

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses (Gram Parsons' better version of Jagger&Richards' song)

Genesis - Carpet Crawlers (while Peter was still around)

U2 - One Tree Hill