Alex North
- Sound
- December 4, 1910 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- September 8, 1991
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
- North and the Music of the South · Self
- Making 'The Misfits' · Self
- The Last Butterfly · Music
- The Penitent · Music
- Good Morning, Vietnam · Music
- The Dead · Music
- Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ · Music
- Death of a Salesman · Music
- Prizzi's Honor · Music
- Under the Volcano · Music
- Sister, Sister · Music
- Dragonslayer · Music
- Carny · Music
- Wise Blood · Music
- The Word · Music
- Somebody Killed Her Husband · Music
- The Passover Plot · Music
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II · Theme Song Performance
- Rich Man, Poor Man · Music
- Bite the Bullet · Music
- Journey into Fear · Music
- Shanks · Music, Conductor
- Once Upon a Scoundrel · Music
- Lost in the Stars · Music Director
- Pocket Money · Music
- Willard · Music, Conductor
- A Dream of Kings · Music
- Hard Contract · Music
- The Shoes of the Fisherman · Music
- The Devil's Brigade · Music
- Africa · Music
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Music
- The Agony and the Ecstasy · Music
- Cheyenne Autumn · Music, Conductor
- The Outrage · Music, Conductor
- Cleopatra · Music
- All Fall Down · Music
- The Children's Hour · Music, Conductor
- Sanctuary · Music
- The Misfits · Music, Conductor
- Spartacus · Music
- The Wonderful Country · Music
- The Sound and the Fury · Music
- South Seas Adventure · Music
- Hot Spell · Music
- The Long, Hot Summer · Music, Songs
- Stage Struck · Music
- The Edge of Innocence · Music
- The Bachelor Party · Music
- Four Girls in Town · Music
- The King and Four Queens · Music, Conductor
- The Rainmaker · Music
- Heritage of Anger · Music
- The Big Slide · Music
- The Country Husband · Music
- Rendezvous in Black · Music
- Sizeman and Son · Sound
- The Bad Seed · Music
- I'll Cry Tomorrow · Music
- The Rose Tattoo · Music Director, Music
- Man with the Gun · Music
- Unchained · Music
- Daddy Long Legs · Music
- The Racers · Music
- Désirée · Music
- Decision for Chemistry · Music
- Go Man Go · Music
- The American Road · Music
- The Member of the Wedding · Music
- Les Miserables · Music
- Pony Soldier · Music
- Viva Zapata! · Music
- Death of a Salesman · Music
- A Streetcar Named Desire · Music
- The 13th Letter · Music
- The Murder Club · Music
- Library of Congress · Music
- People of the Cumberland · Music
- China Strikes Back · Music
- Heart of Spain · Music