Alex North
Sound1910Chester, 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.
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Known For
Acting History
2006
North and the Music of the South
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Last Butterfly
Original Music Composer
1988
The Penitent
Original Music Composer
1987
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
The Dead
Original Music Composer
1985
Prizzi's Honor
Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
1984
Under the Volcano
Original Music Composer
1982
Sister, Sister
Original Music Composer
1981
Dragonslayer
Original Music Composer
1980
Carny
Original Music Composer
1979
Wise Blood
Original Music Composer
1978
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Original Music Composer
The Word
TVOriginal Music Composer
1976
The Passover Plot
Original Music Composer
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TVTheme Song Performance
Rich Man, Poor Man
TVOriginal Music Composer• 12 eps
1975
Bite the Bullet
Original Music Composer
Journey into Fear
Original Music Composer
1974
1973
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Original Music Composer
1972
Pocket Money
Original Music Composer
1969
Hard Contract
Original Music Composer
A Dream of Kings
Original Music Composer
1968
The Devil's Brigade
Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Original Music Composer
1967
Africa
Music
1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Original Music Composer
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Original Music Composer
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
Conductor
Cheyenne Autumn
Music Arranger
The Outrage
Original Music Composer
The Outrage
Conductor
1963
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer
1962
All Fall Down
Original Music Composer
1961
The Misfits
Original Music Composer
The Misfits
Conductor
The Children's Hour
Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
Conductor
Sanctuary
Original Music Composer
1960
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
1959
The Wonderful Country
Original Music Composer
The Sound and the Fury
Original Music Composer
1958
Stage Struck
Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
Songs
Hot Spell
Original Music Composer
South Seas Adventure
Original Music Composer
1957
The Bachelor Party
Original Music Composer
Four Girls in Town
Original Music Composer
1956
The Rainmaker
Original Music Composer
Sizeman and Son
Sound
Rendezvous in Black
Music
The Country Husband
Music
The King and Four Queens
Original Music Composer
The King and Four Queens
Conductor
Heritage of Anger
Music
The Big Slide
Music
The Bad Seed
Original Music Composer
1955
Daddy Long Legs
Music
Man with the Gun
Original Music Composer
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
Unchained
Original Music Composer
The Rose Tattoo
Music Director
The Rose Tattoo
Original Music Composer
The Racers
Original Music Composer
1954
Go Man Go
Original Music Composer
Désirée
Original Music Composer
Decision for Chemistry
Original Music Composer
1953
The American Road
Music
1952
Les Miserables
Original Music Composer
The Member of the Wedding
Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
Pony Soldier
Original Music Composer
1951
The 13th Letter
Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
1950
The Murder Club
Music
1945
Library of Congress
Music
1937