Murray Gold

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Murray Gold (born 1969, Portsmouth, England) is a British composer for stage, film, and television.

Gold's credits date back to 1996, and some of his better-known work includes music for the television series Queer as Folk, Shameless, Casanova and Clocking Off as well as the 2000 film Beautiful Creatures. Since 2005, he has served as musical director for the new series of 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 composes the show's incidental music. Silva Screen released Gold's Doctor Who incidental music on December 11th. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Gold's initial arrangement of the Doctor Who theme was controversial among some fans due to his decision to leave out the "middle eight" portion of the theme, though he later reinstated it for a rearrangement of the theme introduced in the series' 2005 Christmas episode and subsequently used in the 2006 series of the programme.

He also wrote the theme tune for Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood and composes music for the series alongside Ben Foster.

In 2006 he recorded a new arrangement of the Blue Peter theme music. Viewers were told the new version would be used from September onwards but, as of November, it has only been used occasionally as incidental music and never for the main titles.

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1. ^ Who soundtrack soon. BBC Doctor Who website. bbc.co.uk (2006-07-17). Retrieved on 2006-07-17.
2. ^ Dr Who soundtrack coming to shops. CBBC news. bbc.co.uk (2006-10-11). Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
3. ^ Silva Screen News. Silva Screen website. www.silvascreen.co.uk (2006-11-01). Retrieved on 2006-11-05.