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Ring may refer to:

• Ring (jewellery), a decorative ornament worn on fingers, toes, or around the arm or neck

Arts and entertainment[link]

• The Rings, a 1985 horror film by Honarmand
• Ring (film), a 1998 horror film by Hideo Nakata
• Rings (short film), a 2005 horror film by Jonathan Liebesman
• Ring (video game), a 1999 computer game
• Ring (Suzuki novel), a 1991 Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki
• Ring (Stephen Baxter novel), a 1994 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter

Music[link]

• "Ring" (song), by Japanese duo B'z
• Ring (The Connells album), 1993
• Ring (Miliyah Kato album)
• Ring (Gary Burton album), 1974
• Ring (band), a 1980s British band
• Der Ring des Nibelungen, the cycle of four epic operas by Richard Wagner
• "Rings" (song), a 1971 song by Tompall & the Glaser Brothers

Science and technology[link]

• Ring (computer security), a layer of protection in computer systems
• Ring (data structure), also known as ring buffer or circular buffer
• Ring (geometric), or annulus, a circular shape
• Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure
• Ring of sets
• A sound in the ear (s), which may be a symptom of tinnitus
• Ring (chemistry), a cyclic molecule
• Planetary ring, matter orbiting a planet
• RING finger domain, a protein structural domain

People[link]

• Alexander Ring (born 1991), Finnish footballer
• Nick Ring (born 1979), Canadian martial artist
• Joey Ring (1758-1800), English cricketer

Places[link]

Ireland

• Ring, County Waterford, a village

United States

• Ring, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Sports[link]

• Championship ring
• Ring (boxing)
• Ring (wrestling)
• Ring name
• Ring of Honor (disambiguation)
• Rings (gymnastics), a gymnastics apparatus and its associated event
• RINGS, a martial arts organization also known as Fighting Network Rings

Other uses[link]

• Ring (diacritic), as in "Åmål"

See also: Category:Rings

• Brass ring
• Claddagh ring
• Class ring
• Cock ring
• Engagement ring
• Piston ring
• Ring (telephone)
• Ring road (highway)
• Rings (local I.B.M. clubs)
• Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Wedding ring

See also[link]

• The Ring (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "ring"

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Murray Gold
Gold in his London studio.
Background information
Birth name	Murray Gold
Born	28 February 1969[1] Portsmouth, England[2]
Occupations	Composer
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Silva Screen

Murray Gold (born 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio.

Television[link]

Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair (1999), Queer as Folk (2000), Casanova (2006) and Doctor Who (2008). His score for the BAFTA winning film Kiss of Life was awarded the 'Mozart Prize of the 7th Art' by a French jury at Aubagne in 2003. He has also been nominated four times by the Royal Television Society in categories relating to music for television.^[2]

He has worked with Russell T Davies, the former writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, many times in the past on projects such as Casanova (starring David Tennant), The Second Coming (starring Christopher Eccleston) and Queer as Folk 1 & 2.^[2] He has also provided the incidental music for the 2000s version of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) alongside James Bond composer David Arnold, who provided the theme tune. None of his incidental music was released on the soundtrack CD for that show.

He wrote the theme tune for the Channel 4 series Shameless and scored the period drama The Devil's Whore. More recently Gold scored another David Tennant series, in BBC1's Single Father. In this, Gold opted for a more popular music style ensemble rather than writing for orchestra.

[edit] Doctor Who and related series

Since 2005, Gold has served as musical director for the new series of Doctor Who for the BBC. In this capacity, he created a new arrangement of the show's theme (originally composed by Ron Grainer) and also composes the show's incidental music. Silva Screen released a compilation of Gold's Doctor Who incidental music from the first and second series, entitled Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack, on December 11, 2006. A second CD, Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3, was released on November 5, 2007 and a third, Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4, was released in November 2008. He has also been seen very briefly in the show itself, making a cameo appearance (and wearing a false moustache) in the 2007 Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned".^[3] Also, music from the 2008-2010 specials was released on October 4, 2010, entitled Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4: The Specials, and on November 8 music from Series 5, entitled Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 5, was released.

Gold's initial arrangement of the Doctor Who theme did not include "middle eight" portion originally used in the theme, although he later reinstated it for a rearrangement of the theme introduced in the series' 2005 Christmas episode and subsequently used in the 2006 series of the programme.

Gold has created many themes to be associated with various elements of the show, creating two themes for The Doctor ("The Doctor's Theme" and "The Doctor Forever"), Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Gallifrey, The Master, Astrid Peth, the Cybermen, and the Daleks.

Gold re-arranged the Doctor Who opening theme in 2010 for Series 5. With the 2010 series, Gold also created two new musical identities for the Eleventh Doctor ("I Am The Doctor" and "A Madman With A Box," replacing themes previously associated with the Ninth and Tenth Doctors), a theme for Amy Pond, the Silurians and the Daleks. He also continued to use the theme for the Cybermen, as well as several action cues such as "Corridors and Fire Escapes" and "All the Strange, Strange Creatures."

Although his music for the 2005 series of Doctor Who relied largely on sampled sounds, his later arrangements for the show, beginning with "The Christmas Invasion," have been more orchestral, often being recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, supplemented by vocal performances with Melanie Pappenheim and others.^[4] By contrast, music for the classic 1963-1989 series of Doctor Who, as produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Mark Ayres et al., generally had an electronic feel, with innovative instrumentation.^[5]

Gold also wrote the theme tunes for Doctor Who spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, and composes music for the latter series alongside Ben Foster. A selection of their compositions, entitled Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack, was made available during August 2008. He arranged the theme tunes to Totally Doctor Who and Doctor Who Confidential, both of which are variations on the Doctor Who theme.

Gold has created, arranged and orchestrated two special live concerts for the music from Doctor Who. The first, "Doctor Who: A Celebration", was played at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff in 2006; the second, the Doctor Who Prom, was part of the BBC Proms on 24 July 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.^[6]

Two further concerts featuring Gold's music were announced as part of the BBC Proms season for 2010, once again at London's Royal Albert Hall.^[7]

In March 2010, his Doctor Who soundtrack entered UK radio station Classic FM's Hall of Fame as that year's second highest new entry.^[8] In 2011, it remained in the Hall of Fame, but three places lower at number 228 out of 300.^[9]

Film, stage and radio[link]

Gold has scored a number of British and American films, including Death at a Funeral directed by Frank Oz and Mischief Night, directed by Penny Woolcock.^[2] Other projects include Ant & Dec's 2006 film Alien Autopsy and the forthcoming film Veronika Decides to Die.

His radio play Electricity was awarded the Michael Imison award for best new play after its broadcast on Radio 3 in 2001. It subsequently transferred to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2004 and was performed with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Others of his plays include 50 Revolutions performed by the Oxford Stage Company at the Whitehall Theatre, London in 2000 and Resolution at Battersea Arts Centre in 1994.

Gold also wrote the radio play Kafka the Musical, broadcast on Easter Sunday 2011 on BBC Radio 3, starring David Tennant.^[10]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Lindsey Stirling
Background information
Birth name	Lindsey Stirling
Born	(1986-09-21) September 21, 1986 (age 25) Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.[1][2]
Occupations	Violinist, Performance artist, Composer
Instruments	Violin
Website	http://www.lindseystirlingviolin.com/

Lindsey Stirling (born on September 21, 1986)^[3] is an American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, and composer. In 2010 she competed on the fifth season of America's Got Talent.^[4][5][6] Stirling is noted for her versatility performing music from country to hip hop.^[7]

At the age of 23 Stirling was a quarter-finalist on the fifth season of America's Got Talent where she was known as the ‘Hip Hop Violinist’.^[8] After Stirling's performance, Sharon Osbourne said, "Wow... we love you Lindsey!” and Piers Morgan called her performance "Electrifying!".^[9]

Biography[link]

Life and career[link]

At the age of 5, after being influenced by the classic music records played by her father, Stirling requested the opportunity to learn and play the violin.

Stirling was classically trained through private lessons for 12 years. When she was 16, she joined a rock band with four friends called Stomp on Melvin. As part of her experience with Stomp on Melvin, Stirling wrote a solo violin rock song, and her performance helped her to win both the title of Arizona’s Jr. Miss in 2005 and the talent category of the National Jr. Miss Pageant. As of May 2, 2012, Stirling is 5'3" tall.^[10]

Shortly after her performance on America's Got Talent in 2010, cinematographer Devin Graham contacted her via facebook in hopes of making a YouTube video together. A few months later, Stirling replied to him and they scheduled to shoot a music video for her new song, "Spontaneous Me".^[11] It was filmed the week of May 9, 2011 while Graham was on a nearby business trip. The video gave a major boost to Stirling's popularity and she began making music videos for her YouTube channel regularly.^[12] Still close friends afterward, Graham eventually moved to Stirling's home state of Utah and they began dating a few days after her "Transcendence" music video was released.^[13] They have been together since, and frequently collaborate on eachother's YouTube videos; Graham films almost all of her videos, and Stirling often does backup camera work and assistance for his.^[14]

Discography[link]

• Lindsey Stomp (EP, 2010)
  • "Transcendence"
  • "Song of the Caged Bird"
  • "Spontaneous Me"
• "Electric Daisy Violin" (Single, 2011)
• "Shadows" (Single, 2011)
• "River Flows in You" (Single, 2011)
• "Zelda Medley" (Single, 2011)
• "On the Floor Take Three" (Single, 2011)
• "Silent Night" (Single, 2011)
• "Celtic Carol" (Single, 2011)
• "By No Means" (Eppic feat. Lindsey Stirling, 2011)
• "Lord of the Rings Medley" (Single, 2012)
• "Crystallize" (Single, 2012)
• "Skyrim" (Single with Peter Hollens, 2012)^[15]
• "We Found Love" (Single, 2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Lindsey Stirling Violin homepage
• Official Twitter
• Lindseystomp on YouTube
• Lindsey Stirling on Google+
• Lindsey Stirling on Facebook