Alex North
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-12-04
Day of Death
1991-09-08 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Acting
(2006)
North and the Music of the South
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)
Crew
(1991)
The Last Butterfly
Original Music Composer
(1988)
The Penitent
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
(1987)
The Dead
Original Music Composer
(1986)
(1985)
Prizzi's Honor
Original Music Composer
(1985)
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
(1976)
The Passover Plot
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Bite the Bullet
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Journey into Fear
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Shanks
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1974)
Lost in the Stars
Music Director
(1973)
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Pocket Money
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Willard
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1969)
A Dream of Kings
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Hard Contract
Original Music Composer
(1968)
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, Conductor, Music Arranger
(1964)
The Outrage
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1963)
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer
(1962)
All Fall Down
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Children's Hour
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1961)
The Misfits
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1961)
Sanctuary
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Wonderful Country
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Sound and the Fury
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Stage Struck
Original Music Composer
(1958)
The Long, Hot Summer
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1958)
Hot Spell
Original Music Composer
(1958)
South Seas Adventure
Original Music Composer
(1957)
(1957)
The Bachelor Party
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Four Girls in Town
Original Music Composer
(1956)
The King and Four Queens
Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1956)
The Bad Seed
Original Music Composer
(1956)
The Rainmaker
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Sizeman and Son
Sound
(1956)
Rendezvous in Black
Music
(1956)
The Country Husband
Music
(1956)
The Big Slide
Music
(1956)
Heritage of Anger
Music
(1955)
Man with the Gun
Original Music Composer
(1955)
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Rose Tattoo
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Racers
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
Music
(1955)
Unchained
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Decision for Chemistry
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Go Man Go
Original Music Composer
(1953)
The American Road
Music
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Les Miserables
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Pony Soldier
Original Music Composer
(1952)
The Member of the Wedding
Original Music Composer
(1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original Music Composer
(1951)
The 13th Letter
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
(1950)
The Murder Club
Music
(1945)
Library of Congress
Music
(1937)
China Strikes Back
Music
(1937)
(1937)
Heart of Spain
Music