Alex North
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- December 4, 1910
- Died
- September 8, 1991 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award, but never won a competitive Oscar despite fifteen nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia page Alex North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Last Butterfly
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Penitent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dead
Movie · Original Music Composer
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Movie · Music
Prizzi's Honor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Under the Volcano
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sister, Sister
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Carny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wise Blood
Movie · Original Music Composer
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Word
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
The Passover Plot
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV · Theme Song Performance · 22 eps
Bite the Bullet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Journey into Fear
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shanks
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Lost in the Stars
Movie · Music Director
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pocket Money
Movie · Original Music Composer
Willard
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Dream of Kings
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hard Contract
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil's Brigade
Movie · Original Music Composer
Africa
Movie · Music
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
The Outrage
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Cleopatra
Movie · Original Music Composer
All Fall Down
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Misfits
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Sanctuary
Movie · Original Music Composer
Spartacus
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wonderful Country
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sound and the Fury
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stage Struck
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Hot Spell
Movie · Original Music Composer
South Seas Adventure
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Edge of Innocence
Movie · Music
The Bachelor Party
Movie · Original Music Composer
Four Girls in Town
Movie · Original Music Composer
The King and Four Queens
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Bad Seed
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Rainmaker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sizeman and Son
Movie · Sound
Rendezvous in Black
Movie · Music
The Country Husband
Movie · Music
The Big Slide
Movie · Music
Heritage of Anger
Movie · Music
Man with the Gun
Movie · Original Music Composer
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Rose Tattoo
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Racers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daddy Long Legs
Movie · Music
Unchained
Movie · Original Music Composer
Decision for Chemistry
Movie · Original Music Composer
Go Man Go
Movie · Original Music Composer
Désirée
Movie · Original Music Composer
The American Road
Movie · Music
Viva Zapata!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Miserables
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pony Soldier
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Member of the Wedding
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Original Music Composer
The 13th Letter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Murder Club
Movie · Music
Library of Congress
Movie · Music
China Strikes Back
Movie · Music
People of the Cumberland
Movie · Music
Heart of Spain
Movie · Music