Ernest Gold
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'''Ernest Gold''' (born '''Ernst Gold''' ([[July 13]], [[1921]] - [[March 17]], [[1999]]) was an [[United States|American]] award-winning composer. Born in [[Vienna, Austria]]; Gold wrote nearly 100 [[film]] and television scores between 1945 and 1992. Among his most notable contributions include the title songs for ''[[It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World]]'' and ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]''.
Gold's contributions were recognized with four [[Academy Award]] nominations and three [[Golden Globe]] nominations. He won a Golden Globe in 1960 for Best Motion Picture Score for 1959's ''On the Beach'', and won an Academy Award a year later for Best Music: Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, for ''[[Exodus (film)|Exodus]]''. His work on ''On the Beach'' also won Gold a [[Grammy Award]]. The [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] has also recognized Gold with a star on famed [[Hollywood Boulevard]]. Gold's classical works also included a [[piano concerto]], a [[string quartet]], and a [[piano sonata]].
He was married twice; first to [[Marni Nixon]] from 1950–1969 which produced singer [[Andrew Gold]] and from 1975–1999 to Jan Keller Gold. Gold died on [[March 17]], [[1999]] in [[Santa Monica, California]] at the age of 77 from complications from a stroke.
==External links==
*{{ibdb name|id=11752}} at the [[Internet Broadway Database]]
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/ernest-gold Ernest Gold] bio at [[Answers.com]]
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[[Category:Austrian composers]]
[[Category:Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:People from Vienna]]
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