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Ernest Gold(1921-1999)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Ernest Gold
Ernest Gold was born on 13 July 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer, known for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Exodus (1960) and On the Beach (1959). He was married to Jeanette (Jan) Keller, Marni Nixon and Ruth Andree Golbin. He died on 17 March 1999 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornJuly 13, 1921
DiedMarch 17, 1999(77)
BornJuly 13, 1921
DiedMarch 17, 1999(77)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 7 wins & 8 nominations total

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Known for

Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.4
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1963
"Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures
Exodus
6.7
  • Composer
  • 1960
On the Beach (1959)
On the Beach
7.1
  • Composer
  • 1959
George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall in The Midnight Sky (2020)
The Midnight Sky
5.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 2020

Credits

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Music Department

  • Hideouser and Hideouser (2019)
    Hideouser and Hideouser
    7.2
    Short
    • Music Department
    • 2019
  • A$AP Rocky ft. Moby: A$AP Forever (2018)
    A$AP Rocky ft. Moby: A$AP Forever
    8.9
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2018
  • Blenderstein! (2011)
    Blenderstein!
    7.9
    Short
    • Music Department
    • 2011
  • Sam Waterston in Lincoln (1988)
    Lincoln
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • conductor
    • 1988
  • Used Cars (1980)
    Used Cars
    6.7
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Cross of Iron (1977)
    Cross of Iron
    7.4
    • conductor
    • 1977
  • Footsteps (1972)
    Footsteps
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 1972
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • music conducted by
    • 1966
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    7.4
    • conductor: The Los Angeles Philhar
    • songwriter: music
    • musician: dance sequence (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin in Pressure Point (1962)
    Pressure Point
    7.1
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    8.5
    TV Series
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • The Screaming Skull (1958)
    The Screaming Skull
    4.0
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Wink of an Eye (1958)
    Wink of an Eye
    5.6
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Gregory Gaye in Missile Monsters (1958)
    Missile Monsters
    4.2
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • The True Story of the Civil War (1957)
    The True Story of the Civil War
    6.5
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1957

Composer

  • En femme de l'horreur
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2011
  • The Kramer Impact
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • Sam Waterston in Lincoln (1988)
    Lincoln
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1988
  • Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986)
    Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1986
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985)
    George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Safari 3000 (1982)
    Safari 3000
    4.7
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • Tom Horn (1980)
    Tom Horn
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Letters from Frank (1979)
    Letters from Frank
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Marciano (1979)
    Marciano
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
    Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Kathleen Quinlan and Dick Van Dyke in The Runner Stumbles (1979)
    The Runner Stumbles
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)
    Hawaii Five-O
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1977–1978
  • Cross of Iron (1977)
    Cross of Iron
    7.4
    • Composer
    • 1977

Soundtrack

  • Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein in Office Romance (2026)
    Office Romance
    5.8
    • writer: "Tell It to My Heart"
    • 2026
  • Kingsley Ben-Adir in Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
    Bob Marley: One Love
    6.2
    • performer: "Theme from Exodus"
    • writer: "Theme from Exodus"
    • 2024
  • Michel Drucker in Vivement dimanche (1998)
    Vivement dimanche
    4.4
    TV Series
    • music: "Exodus"
    • 2023
  • Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in Freud's Last Session (2023)
    Freud's Last Session
    6.1
    • writer: "Judgement at Nuremberg - Liebeslied Cue"
    • 2023
  • Katja Ståhl, Noora Louhimo, Tuure Kilpeläinen, Lauri Mikkola, Johanna Rauma, Suvi Teräsniska, Diandra Flores, and Henri Piispanen in Elämäni Biisi (2019)
    Elämäni Biisi
    7.3
    TV Series
    • music: "Exodus"
    • 2021
  • George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall in The Midnight Sky (2020)
    The Midnight Sky
    5.7
    • performer: "It's Been Everything"
    • writer: "It's Been Everything"
    • 2020
  • Seder-Masochism (2018)
    Seder-Masochism
    7.4
    • Soundtrack (Theme from 'Exodus'}", (music: "This Land Is Mine)
    • 2018
  • Jackie Tohn, Alison Brie, Sydelle Noel, Kia Stevens, Betty Gilpin, Kate Nash, Britney Young, and Gayle Rankin in GLOW (2017)
    GLOW
    8.0
    TV Series
    • writer: "Theme of Exodus"
    • 2017
  • Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2019)
    Hollywood in Vienna
    9.0
    TV Series
    • music: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"
    • 2014
  • The Ultimate Life (2013)
    The Ultimate Life
    6.1
    • writer: "Practice Makes Perfect"
    • 2013
  • This Land Is Mine (2012)
    This Land Is Mine
    7.9
    Short
    • music: "The Exodus Song (This Land Is Mine)"
    • 2012
  • Helena Bonham Carter and Michael Keaton in Live from Baghdad (2002)
    Live from Baghdad
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • writer: "Exodus"
    • 2002
  • Moby: Porcelain, Version 2 (2000)
    Moby: Porcelain, Version 2
    7.4
    Music Video
    • performer: "Porcelain"
    • writer: "Porcelain"
    • 2000
  • Moby: Porcelain, Version 1 (2000)
    Moby: Porcelain, Version 1
    6.5
    Music Video
    • performer: "Porcelain"
    • writer: "Porcelain"
    • 2000
  • Chevy Chase, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Schuyler Fisk, J. Adam Brown, Chris Elliott, Zena Grey, and Mark Webber in Snow Day (2000)
    Snow Day
    5.2
    • performer: "The Big W"
    • writer: "The Big W"
    • 2000

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Ernst Gold
  • Born
    • July 13, 1921
    • Vienna, Austria
  • Died
    • March 17, 1999
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(complications from a stroke)
  • Spouses
      Jeanette (Jan) KellerFebruary 27, 1975 - March 17, 1999 (his death)
  • Children
    • Andrew Gold
  • Other works
    Works: "String Quartet No. 1"

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He wrote a full length opera when he was 13-years-old.

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