Alex North
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…
Known For
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original Music Composer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Original Music Composer
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
Conductor
The Misfits
Conductor
The Bad Seed
Original Music Composer
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (89)
Movies (86)
The Last Butterfly
1991Original Music Composer
The Penitent
1988Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987Original Music Composer
The Dead
1987Original Music Composer
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986Music
Prizzi's Honor
1985Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
1985Original Music Composer
Under the Volcano
1984Original Music Composer
Sister, Sister
1982Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
1981Original Music Composer
Carny
1980Original Music Composer
Wise Blood
1979Original Music Composer
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978Original Music Composer
The Passover Plot
1976Original Music Composer
Bite the Bullet
1975Original Music Composer
Journey into Fear
1975Original Music Composer
Lost in the Stars
1974Music Director
Shanks
1974Conductor
Shanks
1974Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974Original Music Composer
Pocket Money
1972Original Music Composer
Willard
1971Conductor
Willard
1971Original Music Composer
Hard Contract
1969Original Music Composer
A Dream of Kings
1969Original Music Composer
The Devil's Brigade
1968Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968Original Music Composer
Africa
1967Music
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966Original Music Composer
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965Original Music Composer
The Outrage
1964Conductor
The Outrage
1964Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
1964Conductor
Cheyenne Autumn
1964Music Arranger
Cheyenne Autumn
1964Original Music Composer
Cleopatra
1963Original Music Composer
All Fall Down
1962Original Music Composer
The Misfits
1961Conductor
The Misfits
1961Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
1961Conductor
The Children's Hour
1961Original Music Composer
Sanctuary
1961Original Music Composer
Spartacus
1960Original Music Composer
The Wonderful Country
1959Original Music Composer
The Sound and the Fury
1959Original Music Composer
Stage Struck
1958Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
1958Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
1958Songs
Hot Spell
1958Original Music Composer
South Seas Adventure
1958Original Music Composer
The Bachelor Party
1957Original Music Composer
Four Girls in Town
1957Original Music Composer
The Edge of Innocence
1957Music
The Country Husband
1956Music
The Bad Seed
1956Original Music Composer
The King and Four Queens
1956Conductor
The King and Four Queens
1956Music
The King and Four Queens
1956Original Music Composer
Rendezvous in Black
1956Music
The Rainmaker
1956Original Music Composer
Sizeman and Son
1956Sound
The Big Slide
1956Music
Heritage of Anger
1956Music
Man with the Gun
1955Original Music Composer
Unchained
1955Original Music Composer
Daddy Long Legs
1955Music
The Rose Tattoo
1955Music Director
The Rose Tattoo
1955Original Music Composer
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955Original Music Composer
The Racers
1955Original Music Composer
Désirée
1954Original Music Composer
Decision for Chemistry
1954Original Music Composer
Go Man Go
1954Original Music Composer
The American Road
1953Music
The Member of the Wedding
1952Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata!
1952Original Music Composer
Les Miserables
1952Original Music Composer
Pony Soldier
1952Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
1951Original Music Composer
The 13th Letter
1951Original Music Composer
The Murder Club
1950Music
Library of Congress
1945Music
China Strikes Back
1937Music
Heart of Spain
1937Music
People of the Cumberland
1937Music
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