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Murray Gold | |
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 Gold in his London studio | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Murray Jonathan Gold[1] |
| Born | 28 February 1969[2] Portsmouth, England[3] |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Silva Screen |
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 its revival in 2005 until 2017. In 2023, he was announced to be returning to the series. Gold's other television work includes Queer as Folk, Last Tango in Halifax and Gentleman Jack. He has been nominated for five BAFTAs.
Born in Portsmouth to a Jewish family, Gold initially pursued drama as a vocation, while writing and playing music as a hobby, but switched to music when he became musical director for the University of Cambridge's Footlights society.[4]
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