Ernest Gold

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-07-13

Deathday 1999-03-17 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Vienna, Austria

Also Known As Ernst Gold

Ernest Gold

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.

Known For

Sound

1988
Lincoln

as Music

1986
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

as Original Music Composer

1986
1982
Safari 3000

as Original Music Composer

1980
Tom Horn

as Original Music Composer

1979
Marciano

as Music

1979
The Runner Stumbles

as Original Music Composer

1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Original Music Composer

1979
Letters from Frank

as Original Music Composer

1977
Cross of Iron

as Original Music Composer

1977
Cross of Iron

as Music

1977
Fun with Dick and Jane

as Original Music Composer

1975
The Wild McCullochs

as Original Music Composer

1974
Betrayal

as Original Music Composer

1973
The Small Miracle

as Original Music Composer

1972
Footsteps

as Original Music Composer

1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

as Original Music Composer

1965
Ship of Fools

as Original Music Composer

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Original Music Composer

1963
A Child Is Waiting

as Original Music Composer

1962
Pressure Point

as Original Music Composer

1961
Judgment at Nuremberg

as Original Music Composer

1961
A Fever in the Blood

as Original Music Composer

1961
The Last Sunset

as Original Music Composer

1960
Inherit the Wind

as Original Music Composer

1960
Exodus

as Original Music Composer

1959
The Young Philadelphians

as Original Music Composer

1959
On the Beach

as Original Music Composer

1958
The Defiant Ones

as Original Music Composer

1958
1958
1958
The Screaming Skull

as Original Music Composer

1958
Tarzan's Fight for Life

as Original Music Composer

1958
The Screaming Skull

as Conductor

1957
Affair in Havana

as Original Music Composer

1957
The Young Don't Cry

as Conductor

1956
Running Target

as Original Music Composer

1956
Edge of Hell

as Original Music Composer

1955
1955
Karamoja

as Music

1954
The Other Woman

as Original Music Composer

1953
1953
Jennifer

as Original Music Composer

1951
Unknown World

as Original Music Composer

1951
Insurance Investigator

as Original Music Composer

1949
Knock on Any Door

as Orchestrator

1948
The Gay Ranchero

as Original Music Composer

1948
Under California Stars

as Original Music Composer

1947
Bells of San Angelo

as Original Music Composer

1947
Philo Vance's Secret Mission

as Original Music Composer

1947
Exposed

as Original Music Composer

1947