I think were Prokofiev, Dvorak, Wagner, etc around thee days they would probably be writing film soundtracks. I find William's The Asteroid Field to be the pin

I think were Prokofiev, Dvorak, Wagner, etc around thee days they would probably be writing film soundtracks. I find William's The Asteroid Field to be the pinnacle of musical storytelling. It hooks into the action (tight and fast through the chase scenes and then soars with the escape) but is also interleaved with each character's motif. The soundtrack version stands alone very well. On the video game side: Garath Coker's Ori and the Blind Forest is quite cohesive and listenable without knowing anything about the game. Spotify can take you down some interesting rabbit holes of discovery.