COMPOSER

Murray Gold

1969 - Today

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Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for Doctor Who from its revival in 2005 until 2017. In 2023, he was announced to be returning to the series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murray Gold has received more than 431,514 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Murray Gold is the 1,442nd most popular composer (down from 1,352nd in 2019), the 7,172nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,474th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Murray Golds by language

Over the past year Murray Gold has had the most page views in the with 65,029 views, followed by French (3,218), and German (3,173). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (115.54%), Italian (77.01%), and French (29.13%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Murray Gold ranks 1,442 out of 1,451. Before him are Nicholas Britell, Isidora Žebeljan, Venetian Snares, Steven Price, Igor Khoroshev, and Sona Jobarteh. After him are Osvaldo Golijov, Kailash Kher, Agata Zubel, Oneohtrix Point Never, Aadesh Shrivastava, and Pritam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Murray Gold ranks 947. Before him are Rubén Ruiz Díaz, Rob Barrett, Fredrik Lööf, Michael DeLuise, Janel Moloney, and Jan Veenhof. After him are Valentin Kononen, Simon Fairweather, Ryo Adachi, Roni Size, Marit van Eupen, and Jorge Eliécer Julio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Murray Gold ranks 7,172 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy King (1988), Labrinth (1989), Alison Balsom (1978), Andy Holmes (1959), Sheila Chandra (1965), and Euros Lyn (1971). After him are Steve Cooper (1979), Nigel Bond (1965), Sammy Nelson (1949), Daniel James (1997), Kathryn Prescott (1991), and Roni Size (1969).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Murray Gold ranks 104. Before him are Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Judith Weir (1954), James MacMillan (1959), Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), Steven Price (1977), and Sona Jobarteh (1983). After him are Alma Deutscher (2005).

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