The score he wrote in 2002 for the remake of “Doctor Zhivago” triumphed at the New York Film Festival, confirming the increasing prestige of his soundtracks: “Not of This World” (2000), “Light of My Eyes” (2001), “Strange Crime” (2004), “This is England”, film (2004) and TV series (2010), “The Untouchables” (2011), “Samba” (2014), “The water diviner” (2015) and “The third murder” (2017). He began performing in increasingly important venues.

Both records, which were already topping the classical charts, also crossed over into the pop charts, a first. He was the only classical musician to play at the first iTunes festival. During the extended world tour that followed, he never stopped writing new music.