Portrait of Ernest Gold

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Ernest Gold

Career

Active from 1947 to 1986, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ernest Gold Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 8
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Thought-Provoking 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Complex Characters 2
  • Roy Rogers 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011)

In Memory Of

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 50
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986)

Original Music Composer

Safari 3000
Safari 3000 (1982)
GoodWatch score 36

Original Music Composer

Tom Horn
Tom Horn (1980)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

1970s

12 titles ยท average score 63
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

The Runner Stumbles
The Runner Stumbles (1979)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Letters from Frank
Letters from Frank (1979)

Original Music Composer

Marciano
Marciano (1979)

Music

Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron (1977)
GoodWatch score 71

Music, Original Music Composer

Fun with Dick and Jane
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

The Wild McCullochs
The Wild McCullochs (1975)

Original Music Composer

Betrayal
Betrayal (1974)

Original Music Composer

The Small Miracle
The Small Miracle (1973)

Original Music Composer

Footsteps
Footsteps (1972)

Original Music Composer

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age (1971)

Music

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

1960s

9 titles ยท average score 71
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools (1965)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer, Songs

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

Songs, Original Music Composer

A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

Pressure Point
Pressure Point (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

The Last Sunset
The Last Sunset (1961)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

A Fever in the Blood
A Fever in the Blood (1961)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind (1960)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

Exodus
Exodus (1960)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

1950s

19 titles ยท average score 58
On the Beach
On the Beach (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones (1958)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

The Screaming Skull
The Screaming Skull (1958)
GoodWatch score 33

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Tarzan's Fight for Life
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Affair in Havana
Affair in Havana (1957)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
GoodWatch score 87

Conductor

Running Target
Running Target (1956)

Original Music Composer

The Other Woman
The Other Woman (1954)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Jennifer
Jennifer (1953)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Unknown World
Unknown World (1951)
GoodWatch score 32

Original Music Composer

Insurance Investigator
Insurance Investigator (1951)

Original Music Composer

1940s

10 titles ยท average score 55
Knock on Any Door
Knock on Any Door (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

Orchestrator

Under California Stars
Under California Stars (1948)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

The Gay Ranchero
The Gay Ranchero (1948)

Original Music Composer

Madonna of the Desert
Madonna of the Desert (1948)

Music

Exposed
Exposed (1947)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Bells of San Angelo
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
GoodWatch score 38

Original Music Composer

Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)

Original Music Composer

Lighthouse
Lighthouse (1947)
GoodWatch score 53

Music

Fragment of Seeking
Fragment of Seeking (1947)
GoodWatch score 60

Music

Smooth as Silk
Smooth as Silk (1946)
GoodWatch score 55

Music