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I completely understand what you just said, and I certainly respect you views. Popularity isn't necassarily a measure of artistic merit, but if you write one 'sell-out' piece (I personally don't think tonal music is selling out) that goes down really well, then you may well be set for life. Ravel hated the Bolero, Holst hated the fame of The Planets, but those pieces financed them for the rest of their lives. Of course, music isn't about money, but if you write a piece that becomes well known, much loved, and well played, you will have a greater degree of freedom todo whatever you want.
For me personally - it sounds a little shallow - but I do ultimately crave huge musical popularity (but in all honesty, what composer doesn't want this!?). There's nothing wrong with being famous for a real achievement, like a symphony or film score. I personally feel it's possible to write something brilliant whilst not comprimising artistic merit to a great degree. I don't know what your opinion of tonal music is, and I'm certainly not trying to force you to write tonally, but it's certainly more agreeable with the majority of people. However, I have a lot of respect for someone who is willing to completely go against the grain like yourself, and I wish you the best of luck with your future success!
To a degree though, writing agreeable 'epic' music, that maintains extreme competency (at least in the media world) is a bit against the grain anway, since film music is generally not what it used to be imo.
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