Murray Gold

Quick Facts

Full Name	Murray Gold
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1969(1969-02-28)
Age	55
Birthplace	Portsmouth
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Murray Gold Biography

Murray Gold is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on February 28, 1969 in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. He is best known for his work as Doctor Who’s composer. He has been nominated five times for BAFTA in various media. He is also a dramatist, for radio and theater.

He was the director of Death at a Funeral, He scored the Frank Oz directed film Death at a Funeral..

Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA five times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair (1999), Queer as Folk (2000), Casanova (2006) and twice for Doctor Who (2009 and 2014). His score for the BAFTA winning film Kiss of Life was awarded the ‘Mozart Prize of the 7th Art’ by a French jury at Aubagne in 2003. He has also been nominated four times by the Royal Television Society in categories relating to music for television.

He has worked with Russell T Davies, the former writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, many times in the past on projects such as Casanova (starring David Tennant), The Second Coming (starring Christopher Eccleston) and Queer as Folk 1 & 2. He has also provided the incidental music for the 2000s version of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) alongside James Bond composer David Arnold, who provided the theme tune.

He was born in Portsmouth (England).

Murray Gold Net Worth

Murray Gold is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Murray Gold 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His professional career began as a composer in 1994. In 1999, he received his first BAFTA nomination in the Best Original Television Music category for Vanity Fair.

For his music in the film Kiss of Life, he was awarded the Mozart Prize of the 7th Art. He was also nominated to receive Royal Television Society Awards.

Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for Doctor Who from 2005, until he stepped down in 2018 after the tenth series aired in 2017. He has been nominated for five BAFTAs.

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From 2005 to 2017, Gold served as musical director of science fiction drama Doctor Who for the BBC. In this capacity, he created a new arrangement of the show’s theme (originally composed by Ron Grainer) and also composed the show’s incidental music. Silva Screen released a compilation of Gold’s Doctor Who incidental music from the first and second series, entitled Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack, on 11 December 2006. A second CD, Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack – Series 3, was released on 5 November 2007 and a third, Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack – Series 4, was released in November 2008. He has also been seen very briefly in the show itself, making a cameo appearance (and wearing a false moustache) in the 2007 Christmas special “Voyage of the Damned”. Also, music from the 2008–2010 specials was released on 4 October 2010, entitled Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack – Series 4: The Specials, and on 8 November music from Series 5, entitled Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack – Series 5, was released.

Facts & Trivia

Murray Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Murray Gold celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.

Gold also wrote the theme tunes for Doctor Who spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, and composes music for the latter series alongside Ben Foster. A selection of their compositions, entitled Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack, was made available during August 2008. He arranged the theme tunes to Totally Doctor Who and Doctor Who Confidential, both of which are variations on the Doctor Who theme.

What is Murray Gold doing now?

Murray, who now lives in Santa Monica in the US , has a clear passion for the Newcastle-based contemporary dance company – this is his third collaboration with them – and the work of artistic director Liz Lorent.

Is Murray Gold coming back?

In 2021, Gold reunited again with Russell T Davies for his series It’s A Sin , a drama focussed on the 1980s AIDS Crisis. The show would go on to win numerous awards.

When did Murray Gold leave Dr Who?

In early 2018 , Murray Gold announced his departure from Doctor Who at the Gallifrey One convention, confirming that the 2017 Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, was his last episode. During his panel talk at the convention, Gold gave a presentation about his time on the show.

Who replaced Murray Gold?

It’s a complete change of the guard for the upcoming Doctor Who series 11, with composer Murray Gold announcing that he too would be leaving the show.

Who will be the 14th Doctor?

Doctor Who casts Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa as 14th Doctor – Polygon.