Ernest Gold

Birthday:

07/13/1921

Place of birth:

Vienna, Austria:

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernst Sigmund Goldner (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999), known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-born American composer. He is most noted for his work on the film Exodus produced in 1960. Career NBC Orchestra performed Gold's first symphony in 1939, only a year after he moved to the United States. In 1941, he composed a symphony that was later played at Carnegie Hall in 1945. Gold moved to Hollywood in the same year to work with Columbia Pictures, his first significant role being the score for the melodrama Girl of the Limberlost (1945). After this opportunity, Gold wrote scores for other minor films. For the next ten years, he continued to work on B movies, mainly orchestrating and arranging music for western movies and melodramas. He was asked by Stanley Kramer to orchestrate Not as a Stranger (1955). The music for the film was written by George Antheil. This production opened the door for Gold to work with other scores written by Antheil and to orchestrate more of Kramer's films. Gold worked on almost every film Kramer made, including A Child Is Waiting and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Gold produced his first original film score in 1958 for Too Much, Too Soon. His big break came in 1959, when he was asked to score On the Beach (1959 film) after Antheil became ill and he recommended Gold for the job. Gold is most widely recognized for his work on Exodus (1960). He was contracted by Otto Preminger and, atypically, was able to watch the filming of the movie. Gold spent time in Israel to write the score. In 1968, Gold wrote a Broadway musical called I'm Solomon. He also wrote music for television including Fun with Dick and Jane. In his later life, Gold was the musical director of the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra. He also founded the Los Angeles Senior Citizens Orchestra. His concert works include a piano concerto, a string quartet, and a piano sonata. Ernest Gold's "Fight for Survival" from Exodus was sampled by Moby in his song Porcelain. Gold's contributions were recognized with Academy Award nominations and Golden Globe nominations. He won a Golden Globe in 1960 for Best Motion Picture Score for 1959's On the Beach. This film was also nominated for a Music Academy Award that same year. In 1960, Gold's Exodus was nominated for a Golden Globe under the Best Original Score category. The film won an Academy Award for Best Music and a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album. For his contributions, Gold had his name engraved in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the first composer to receive this honor.



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Passion & Poetry: Sam's War (2011)
In Memory Of
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986)
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Safari 3000 (1982)
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Tom Horn (1980)
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Letters from Frank (1979)
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The Runner Stumbles (1979)
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Marciano (1979)
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Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
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Cross of Iron (1977)
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Cross of Iron (1977)
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The Wild McCullochs (1975)
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Betrayal (1974)
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Footsteps (1972)
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The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
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Ship of Fools (1965)
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Songs
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
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Pressure Point (1962)
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
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The Last Sunset (1961)
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A Fever in the Blood (1961)
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Exodus (1960)
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Inherit the Wind (1960)
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On the Beach (1959)
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The Young Philadelphians (1959)
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The Screaming Skull (1958)
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The Screaming Skull (1958)
Conductor
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
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The Defiant Ones (1958)
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Wink of an Eye (1958)
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Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Affair in Havana (1957)
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The Young Don't Cry (1957)
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Running Target (1956)
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Edge of Hell (1956)
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The Naked Street (1955)
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Karamoja (1955)
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The Other Woman (1954)
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Jennifer (1953)
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The Assignation (1953)
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Unknown World (1951)
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Insurance Investigator (1951)
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Knock on Any Door (1949)
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Under California Stars (1948)
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Madonna of the Desert (1948)
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The Gay Ranchero (1948)
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Fragment of Seeking (1947)
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Exposed (1947)
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)
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Bells of San Angelo (1947)
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