Murray Gold
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Murray Gold
Born: Fri 28th February 1969 (age: 44)Murray Gold is an English composer who has served as musical director for Doctor Who since its revival in 2005.
Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair (1999),Queer as Folk (2000), Casanova (2006) and Doctor Who (2008). His score for theBAFTA 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.
Murray Gold has a long association with Russell T Davies, colabarating on projects such as Casanova, The Second Coming and Queer as Folk 1 & 2. He has also provided the incidental music for the 2000s version of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) alongside James Bond composer David Arnold, who provided the theme tune. He wrote the theme tune for the Channel 4 series Shameless and scored the period drama The Devil's Whore. His radio play Electricity was awarded the Michael Imison award for best new play after its broadcast on Radio 3 in 2001. It subsequently transferred to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2004 and was performed with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Others of his plays include 50 Revolutions performed by the Oxford Stage Company at theWhitehall Theatre, London in 2000 and Resolution at Battersea Arts Centre in 1994.
For Doctor Who he created a new arrangement of the show's theme. A number of CD’s featuring his music from the series have been released by Sliva Screen. Gold also wrote the theme tunes for Doctor Who spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
Gold has created, arranged and orchestrated several special live concerts featurning the music from Doctor Who. The first, "Doctor Who: A Celebration", was played at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff in 2006; the second, the Doctor Who Prom, was part of the BBC Proms on 24 July 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.Two further concerts featuring Gold's music formed part of the BBC Proms season for 2010.
Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair (1999),Queer as Folk (2000), Casanova (2006) and Doctor Who (2008). His score for theBAFTA 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.
Murray Gold has a long association with Russell T Davies, colabarating on projects such as Casanova, The Second Coming and Queer as Folk 1 & 2. He has also provided the incidental music for the 2000s version of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) alongside James Bond composer David Arnold, who provided the theme tune. He wrote the theme tune for the Channel 4 series Shameless and scored the period drama The Devil's Whore. His radio play Electricity was awarded the Michael Imison award for best new play after its broadcast on Radio 3 in 2001. It subsequently transferred to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2004 and was performed with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Others of his plays include 50 Revolutions performed by the Oxford Stage Company at theWhitehall Theatre, London in 2000 and Resolution at Battersea Arts Centre in 1994.
For Doctor Who he created a new arrangement of the show's theme. A number of CD’s featuring his music from the series have been released by Sliva Screen. Gold also wrote the theme tunes for Doctor Who spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood
Gold has created, arranged and orchestrated several special live concerts featurning the music from Doctor Who. The first, "Doctor Who: A Celebration", was played at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff in 2006; the second, the Doctor Who Prom, was part of the BBC Proms on 24 July 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.Two further concerts featuring Gold's music formed part of the BBC Proms season for 2010.






