I picked up a copy of the Alias soundtrack around Thanksgiving time, and it's easily on par with any decent movie score. The soundtrack contains only the original music composed by Michael Giacchino (who also wrote music for the Medal of Honor video game series) and none of the licensed popular tunes. I mentioned it previously on November 10 and you can hear samples of his Alias work here .

If anything on this site having to do with Alias makes you scoff, you should look into the John Rutter Requiem which I recently rediscovered . Rutter has written a large body of choral music that's especially prevalent in college choir circles, and this Requiem was his first uncommissioned work. I think it does a good job of being both serious and accessible.