21st century Film scores and TV theme music

Howard Shore and Patrick Doyle have written important film scores in the 21st century. Shore wrote the music for the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Doyle wrote the music for Bridget Jones's Diary and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tan Dun has written acclaimed operas, but is best known in the West for his film scores (e.g., Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). John Williams has also continued to write important film scores in this century. Aside from the new music for the Star Wars series, they include the scores for the Harry Potter film series and Munich.
Howard Goodall is best known for his theme music for popular TV series. He is Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence for 2009 and was named Composer of the Year at the Classical BRIT Awards in 2009. He has also written choral works. Karl Jenkins started out as a Jazz musician and later composed for television advertisements, most notably for De Beers diamond merchants. The music was included as the title track of the album Diamond Music. He has since written several important works for chorus and orchestra, including The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.