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Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English television and film composer currently best known as the in-house music maestro of the revived ''Series/DoctorWho''. He has also provided soundtracks for ''Series/{{Shameless|UK}}'', ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'', and has worked with composer/conductor Ben Foster as well as co-composer Stu Kennedy on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''. His film scores include ''I Want Candy'' and ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil''.

'''This page has unmarked ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'' spoilers.'''
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!!His work provides examples of:
* AssociatedComposer: Has provided several scores for writer/producer Creator/RussellTDavies, including ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'', ''Series/{{Casanova}}'', and of course, ''Series/DoctorWho''. He hung around on the latter when Creator/StevenMoffat took the reigns, however.
* BootstrappedTheme: Several, despite the popularity of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme tune. "All the Strange, Strange Creatures" was used in endless promotional material after receiving its first airing during the Series Three trailer.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: "Captain Jack's Theme" from ''Torchwood'' was initially used as a generic action/chase theme. It prominently stood in as Jack's theme in part of Series Two (and tagged as such on the soundtrack) and throughout ''Children of Earth''.
* TheDayTheMusicLied: ''The End of Time'', Part Two: The insanely uplifting music as the Time Lords disappear and the Doctor wakes up contributes to the deceitful idea that the Doctor might survive the prophecy. The music duly screeches to a halt as soon as the four knocks are heard.
* DramaticPause:
** "The Pandorica Opens": Silence falls in the final shot of the universe fading out of existence, with even the music cutting off abruptly.
** To a lesser degree, ''The End of Time'', Part Two: The joyful heroism of "The Clouds Part", following the Master's attack on Rassilon and the fall of the Time Lords, comes to a halt when the four knocks begin, literally powering down to silence.
* DreamMelody: The sound of drums, and everything that entails.
* EtherealChoir: Various, notably the OneWomanWail of "The Doctor's Theme" and latterly "The Mad Man with a Box", and the [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Chanting]] of the Daleks.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: The Master's heartbeat, mimicking the ''Doctor Who'' theme's bassline.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: "Forest of the Dead", when the little girl is flicking through TV channels, the BGM changes for each shot.
* {{Leitmotif}}
* LonelyPianoPiece: The song "Four Knocks" from "The End of Time, Part 2".
* MockingMusic: A possible example from ''The End of Time'', Part Two: When the Eleventh Doctor exclaims "I'm a girl!" during his post-regeneration crisis, the guitar riff briefly suggests a mocking, "nyah-nyah-na-na-na!" melody.
* MusicalisInterruptus: "The Pandorica Opens".
* MusicalNod: Gold sometimes sprinkles retro-sounding synth into his scores, to evoke the Classic Series. Notably done for the reveal of the TARDIS in "Rose".
* OminousLatinChanting: "There will be only Dalek music!"
* OneWomanWail: Melanie Pappenheim and Yamit Mamo for various pieces including "The Doctor's Theme", "Doomsday" and "The Mad Mad With a Box".
* OrchestralVersion: Gold's 2005 reworking of the "Doctor Who Theme" (though John Debney got there first with his theme for the TV Movie).
* PlayingTheHeartStrings: "The Pandorica Opens".
* PsychoStrings: Various, including the Master, "Midnight" and the Weeping Angels.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "The Christmas Invasion": Gold was particularly pleased to hear "Jingle Bells" was out of copyright, and thus available for re scoring as battle music during the Christmas tree attack.
* RearrangeTheSong:
** Gold has rearranged the ''Doctor Who'' Theme no less than four times in the space of six years.
** "Martha's Theme" sounds suspiciously like a rearrangement of "The Doctor Forever" (or vice versa, given their introduction at around the same time), intended to hint at the connection between the two characters.
* RecurringRiff: The ''Doctor Who'' theme, across all six of Gold's series (and for forty years prior).
* RecycledTrailerMusic: Inverted. The pre-series trailers were often used to debut a new theme; Series Three's "All the Strange, Strange Creatures" (which didn't appear until episode three) and "I Am the Doctor" prior to its use in episode one of Series Five.
* SoundtrackDissonance:
** "Love Don't Roam", a pop song played at a wedding party all about being separated from your loved one forever.
** "The Pandorica Opens".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Gold has confirmed that his opening track from Series One, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_1_PD9sjw Westminster Bridge]]", is an imitation of Music/ThePixies' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0R9kFljjv0 Cecilia Ann]]. [[invoked]]
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Various. "The Doctor's Theme" made a triumphant return at the climax of "Forest of the Dead" and "The End of Time, Part 2". "The Doctor Forever" is often used for moments of heroism (especially "Voyage of the Damned"). "Martha's Theme" becomes "Triumphant" in her final scene of "Last of the Time Lords"; and "I Am the Doctor" is basically one big power up.
* ThemeSongReveal: Used in "Army of Ghosts" to reveal the Daleks as the villains of the piece.
* UncommonTime: The Eleventh Doctor's theme is almost entirely in 7/4 (7+4=11). His Cyberman theme is in 5/4.
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