Alex North
Profile info
Known forSound
GenderMale
Birthday4 December 1910
Died8 September 1991 (age 80)
Place of birthChester, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits80
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.
North and the Music of the South
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
2002 · Self (archive footage)
The Last Butterfly
1991 · Original Music Composer
The Penitent
1988 · Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · Original Music Composer
The Dead
1987 · Original Music Composer
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986 · Music
Death of a Salesman
1985 · Original Music Composer
Prizzi's Honor
1985 · Original Music Composer
Under the Volcano
1984 · Original Music Composer
Sister, Sister
1982 · Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
1981 · Original Music Composer
Carny
1980 · Original Music Composer
Wise Blood
1979 · Original Music Composer
The Word
1978 · Original Music Composer
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978 · Original Music Composer
The Passover Plot
1976 · Original Music Composer
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Theme Song Performance
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Original Music Composer
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Original Music Composer
Journey into Fear
1975 · Original Music Composer
Shanks
1974 · Original Music Composer
Shanks
1974 · Conductor
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974 · Original Music Composer
Lost in the Stars
1974 · Music Director
Pocket Money
1972 · Original Music Composer
Willard
1971 · Original Music Composer
Willard
1971 · Conductor
A Dream of Kings
1969 · Original Music Composer
Hard Contract
1969 · Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968 · Original Music Composer
The Devil's Brigade
1968 · Original Music Composer
Africa
1967 · Music
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966 · Original Music Composer
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965 · Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Conductor
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Music Arranger
The Outrage
1964 · Original Music Composer
The Outrage
1964 · Conductor
Cleopatra
1963 · Original Music Composer
All Fall Down
1962 · Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
1961 · Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
1961 · Conductor
Sanctuary
1961 · Original Music Composer
The Misfits
1961 · Original Music Composer
The Misfits
1961 · Conductor
Spartacus
1960 · Original Music Composer
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