
Murray Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA six times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair (1999), Queer as Folk (2000), Casanova (2006), Doctor Who (2008) and A Very English Scandal (2019). 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 seven times by the Royal Television Society in categories relating to music for television, winning twice.
Murray has worked extensively with writer/director Russell T. Davies on projects such as A Very English Scandal (starring Hugh Grant), Years and Years, Casanova (starring David Tennant), The Second Coming (starring Christopher Eccleston), Cucumber and Queer as Folk, series 1 and 2. He has also scored Gentleman Jack for BBC One and HBO, the C4 period drama The Devil’s Whore, the BBC series The Musketeers, BBC Natural History series Life Story, the crime drama Scott & Bailey and wrote the theme tune for the Channel 4 hit series Shameless.
Between 2005 and 2018, Murray served as musical director for the wildly successful re-imagining of the BBC’s Doctor Who. In this capacity, he created a new arrangement of the show’s theme (originally composed by Ron Grainer) and composed the score for 10 entire series. Murray also created, arranged and orchestrated three special live concerts for the music from Doctor Who. The first, Doctor Who: A Celebration, was played at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff in 2006; the second, the 2008 Doctor Who Prom, was part of the BBC Proms on 24 July 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London; the third, the 2010 Doctor Who Prom, was part of the BBC Proms hold in 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall again. In March 2010, Murray’s Doctor Who soundtrack entered UK radio station Classic FM’s Hall of Fame as that year’s second highest new entry.
Gold has scored a number of British and American films, including Death at a Funeral directed by Frank Oz and Mischief Night, directed by Penny Woolcock. Other projects include 2006’s film Alien Autopsy and the 2009 drama feature Veronika Decides to Die.
In 2001, his radio play Electricity was given the Imison Award — named after former BBC radio drama script editor Richard Imison — for best new. It subsequently transferred to the West Yorkshire Playhouse and was performed with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Others of his plays include 50 Revolutions performed by the Oxford Stage Company at the Whitehall Theatre, London in 2000 and Resolution at Battersea Arts Centre in 1994. Gold also wrote the radio play Kafka: The Musical, broadcast on Easter Sunday 2011 on BBC Radio 3, starring David Tennant. It won the 2013 Tinniswood Award for the Best Original Radio Drama.
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THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN NEMO | Dir. Pearry Teo / Page Four Productions |
HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD vs EVIL | Dir. Mike Disa / The Weinstein Company |
VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE | Dir. Emily Young / Das Films |
DEATH AT A FUNERAL | Dir. Frank Oz / MGM |
MISCHIEF NIGHT | Dir. Penny Woolcock / Pathe |
ALIEN AUTOPSY | Dir. Johnny Campbell / Warner Bros |
KISS OF LIFE | Dir. Emily Young / BBC Films |
MIRANDA | Dir. Mark Munden / Pathe |
MOJO | Dir. Jez Butterworth / Film Four |
WILD ABOUT HARRY | Dir. Declan Lowney / Scala Films |
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES | Dir. Bill Eagles / Columbia TriStar |
BLACK EYES | Dir. Dan Zeff / BFI Films |
MOONFLOWER MURDERS | BBC | PBS | |
DOCTOR WHO | Bad Wolf |Disney+ | |
BOYS | Red Productions / Channel 4 | |
QUIZ | Left Bank Pictures / ITV | |
YEARS AND YEARS | Red Production Company / BBC / HBO | |
GENTLEMAN JACK | Lookout Point / BBC / HBO | |
A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL | Blueprint Pictures / BBC | *Winner 2018 RTS Award: Best Music Original Score* *Nominated 2019 BAFTA: Best Original Television Music* |
CUCUMBER | Red Productions | |
DOCTOR WHO | Dir. Various / BBC | *Nominated 2013 & 2008 BAFTA: Best Original Television Music* *Winner 2013 IFMCA Award: Best Original Score for TV Series* *Nominated 2012, 2011 & 2008 IFMCA Award: Best Original Score for TV Series* *Nominated 2009 & 2006 BAFTA Wales: Best Original Music Soundtrack* |
THE MUSKETEERS | Dir. Various / BBC | |
TORCHWOOD | Dir. Various / BBC | |
SCOTT AND BAILEY | Red Productions / ITV1 | |
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX | Series 1 & 2 BBC | |
DR WHO AT THE PROMS | BBC Proms | |
CASANOVA | Red Production Company | *Nominated 2006 BAFTA: Best Original Television Music* |
CANTERBURY TALES | Ziji Productions | |
CLOCKING OFF | BBC | *Nominated 2000 RTS Award: Best Original Title Music* |
THE DEVIL’S WHORE | Company Pictures | |
TORCHWOOD | BBC Wales | |
SHAMELESS | Company Pictures | |
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK DECEASED | prod. Charie Higson Working Title TV | |
PERFECT PARENTS | Dir. Joe Ahearne / ITV Productions | |
QUEER AS FOLK 2 | Dir. Menhaj Huda / Red Production Company | *Winner 1999 RTS Award: Best Original Score* *Nominated 2000 BAFTA TV Award: Best Original Television Music* |
RAPUNZEL | Ballet Lorent and Sadler’s Wells |
KAFKA THE MUSICAL | BBC Radio 3 |
DR FAUSTUS | Dir. David Lan | Young Vic |
50 REVOLUTIONS | Dir. Dominic Cromgoole | Whitehall Theatre |
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‘Brian and Maggie’ scored by Murray Gold premieres 29th January on Channel 4
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The ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special titled ‘Joy to the World’ scored by Murray Gold will air Christmas Day at 5:10pm on BBC One and BBC

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‘Moonflower Murders’ featuring music by Murray Gold begins airing in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Saturday 16th November. The cast includes

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‘Moonflower Murders’ scored by Murray Gold begins airing in the US, Sunday 15th September on PBS. The six-part series is based on the bestselling novel

Murray Gold’s ‘Doctor Who’ music to be showcased at the BBC Proms – Monday 26th August
Murray Gold’s ‘Doctor Who’ music will be showcased at the BBC Proms on Monday 26th August. There are two ‘Doctor Who’ Proms taking place, Prom

‘Moonflower Murders’ with a score by Murray Gold premieres September 15th on Masterpiece PBS
‘Moonflower Murders’ with a score by Murray Gold will premiere in the US, September 15th on Masterpiece PBS. ‘The second of Anthony Horowitz’s adaptation of

New season of ‘Doctor Who’ scored by Murray Gold premieres 11th May on BBC One and Disney+
The much anticipated new season of ‘Doctor Who’ scored by Murray Gold will premiere the 11th May on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the

‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ scored by Murray Gold airs Christmas Day on BBC One
The ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ featuring a score by Murray Gold airs Christmas Day, 5.55pm on BBC One, BBC iPlayer

‘The Goblin Song’ by Murray Gold from the Doctor Who Christmas Special just released!
‘The Goblin Song’ written by Murray Gold for the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special has just been released as a digital single with all proceeds

Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special: ‘Doctor Who: The Giggle’ scored by Murray Gold airs 9th December
The final instalment of the three Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials ‘Doctor Who: The Giggle’, scored by Murray Gold airs the 9th December on BBC

Doctor Who 60th anniversary special ‘Doctor Who: The Star Beast’ with a score by Murray Gold premieres 25th November
The first of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, ‘Doctor Who: The Star Beast’ featuring a score by Murray Gold will premiere Saturday 25th November,

‘Dead Ringers’ featuring a score by Murray Gold premieres on Amazon Prime April 21st
Murray Gold has composed the score to ‘Dead Ringers’ which will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video from Friday 21st April. The 6-part