Alex North

Alex North

  • Birthday: 1910-12-04
  • Deathday: 1991-09-08
  • Place of birth: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: Isadore Soifer

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.

Filmography

North and the Music of the South

2006

As Self (archive footage)

Making 'The Misfits'

2002

As Self (archive footage)

Production

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

As Original Music Composer

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987

As Original Music Composer

Dragonslayer

1981

As Original Music Composer

Spartacus

1960

As Original Music Composer

Viva Zapata!

1952

As Original Music Composer

Prizzi's Honor

1985

As Original Music Composer

The Children's Hour

1961

As Original Music Composer

The Misfits

1961

As Original Music Composer

The Wonderful Country

1959

As Original Music Composer

Cleopatra

1963

As Original Music Composer

Carny

1980

As Original Music Composer

Death of a Salesman

1985

As Original Music Composer

Man with the Gun

1955

As Original Music Composer

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

As Original Music Composer

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955

As Original Music Composer

Shanks

1974

As Original Music Composer

The 13th Letter

1951

As Original Music Composer

Les Miserables

1952

As Original Music Composer

Bite the Bullet

1975

As Original Music Composer

Sanctuary

1961

As Music

Africa

1967

As Music

The Rose Tattoo

1955

As Original Music Composer

The Last Butterfly

1991

As Music

China Strikes Back

1937

As Music

Unchained

1955

As Music

Willard

1971

As Original Music Composer

Pony Soldier

1952

As Original Music Composer

The Member of the Wedding

1952

As Original Music Composer

Pocket Money

1972

As Original Music Composer

Hot Spell

1958

As Original Music Composer

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

As Original Music Composer

All Fall Down

1962

As Original Music Composer

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

As Original Music Composer

Death of a Salesman

1951

As Original Music Composer

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966

As Original Music Composer

The Misfits

1961

As Conductor

The Edge of Innocence

1957

As Music

The Bad Seed

1956

As Original Music Composer

Journey into Fear

1975

As Music

The Racers

1955

As Original Music Composer

The Outrage

1964

As Original Music Composer

The Outrage

1964

As Conductor

Hard Contract

1969

As Music

The King and Four Queens

1956

As Original Music Composer

The King and Four Queens

1956

As Conductor

Daddy Long Legs

1955

As Music

The Rainmaker

1956

As Original Music Composer

The Passover Plot

1976

As Original Music Composer

The Dead

1987

As Music

Wise Blood

1979

As Music

Heart of Spain

1937

As Music

The Murder Club

1950

As Music

Library of Congress

1945

As Music

Stage Struck

1958

As Original Music Composer

Four Girls in Town

1957

As Music

Lost in the Stars

1974

As Music Director

The Rose Tattoo

1955

As Music Director

Under the Volcano

1984

As Original Music Composer

The Long, Hot Summer

1958

As Original Music Composer

A Dream of Kings

1969

As Music

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

As Conductor

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

As Music Arranger

The Children's Hour

1961

As Conductor

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