Ernest Gold

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BIRTHDAY

July 13, 1921

Vienna, Austria

DIED

March 17, 1999

RECENT CREDITS

A Fever in the Blood (FILM) Nov. 20, 2002

Cross of Iron (FILM) Jan. 1, 1977

The Secret of Santa Vittoria (FILM) Jan. 1, 1968

Ship of Fools (FILM) Jul. 28, 1965

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (FILM) Nov. 7, 1963

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BIOGRAPHY

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Descended from a long line of Viennese musicians, Ernest Gold wowed the mittel-European world as a child prodigy in the 1920s, writing his first compositions at age five. Gold studied at the Vienna Academy, then was forced to relocate to the U.S. when Hitler marched into Austria. Continuing his studies with such notables as Otto Cesana and George Antheil, Gold channelled his talents into films in 1946, first as an arranger, then as composer. He won an Academy Award for his score for the 1960 film Exodus, and earned Oscar nominations for On the Beach (1959), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) and The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1967). Formerly the director of Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Gold was also the founder/conductor of the Los Angeles Senior Citizen's Orchestra.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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R.I.P.: Final Tributes

Dec. 31, 1999

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 30, 1999 -- For all the controversy and hype surrounding "Eyes Wide Shut," the film will most likely be remembered as director Stanley Kubrick's last opus -- finished just days before he died in his sleep March 7.Stanley Kubrick The 70-year-old eccentric filmmaker's career was founded on spectacle, from the shocking "A Clockwork Orange" to the profoun...

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