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name: "Murray Gold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murray-gold"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 February 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
updated: "2026-09-17T01:21:04.159411+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Murray Gold

Composer. Born 28 February 1969 in Portsmouth.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 February 1969, Portsmouth
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Works often with:** Russell T Davies, Alice Troughton, Ashley Way, Catherine Tregenna, Chris Chibnall, Colin Teague

## Biography

Murray Gold is an English composer for film, television and stage. Born in Portsmouth in 1969, he studied history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and initially worked in theatre before moving into screen scoring.

Gold is known for his long collaboration with writer and producer Russell T Davies. He composed the music for Davies's series *Queer as Folk* (1999), *Casanova* (2004), *Years and Years* (2019) and *It's a Sin* (2021). He served as composer and musical director for the revived *Doctor Who* (2005–2017 and 2023–2025), creating new arrangements of the theme and incidental scores, and also wrote music for the spin-off *Torchwood* (2006).

His other credits include *Vanity Fair* (1998), *The Devil's Whore* (2008) and *Gentleman Jack* (2019–2022). Gold has received multiple BAFTA nominations for Best Original Television Music.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Queer as Folk* (1999), Fi1m 79, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/queer-as-folk.md)
- *Vanity Fair* (1998), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/vanity-fair.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *It's a Sin* (2021), Music
- *The Devil's Whore* (2008), Music
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Music

## Also known for

- *Death at a Funeral* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Years and Years* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Doctor Who* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Veronika Decides to Die* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Doctor Who: Last Christmas* (2014), Original Music Composer

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