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 of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (47)
North and the Music of the South
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Last Butterfly
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1991
The Penitent
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1988
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1987
The Dead
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1987
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Music (Sound)
1986
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1985
Prizzi's Honor
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1985
Under the Volcano
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1984
Sister, Sister
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1982
Dragonslayer
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1981
Carny
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1980
Wise Blood
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1979
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1978
The Passover Plot
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1976
Bite the Bullet
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1975
Journey into Fear
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1975
Shanks
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1974
Lost in the Stars
Music Director (Sound)
1974
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1973
Pocket Money
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1972
Willard
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1971
A Dream of Kings
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1969
Hard Contract
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1969
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1968
The Devil's Brigade
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1968
Africa
Music (Sound)
1967
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1966
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1965
Cheyenne Autumn
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1964
The Outrage
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1964
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1963
All Fall Down
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1962
The Children's Hour
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1961
Sanctuary
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1961
The Misfits
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1961
Spartacus
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1960
The Wonderful Country
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1959
The Sound and the Fury
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1959
South Seas Adventure
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1958
Hot Spell
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1958
The Long, Hot Summer
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1958
Stage Struck
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1958
The Edge of Innocence
Music (Sound)
1957
The Bachelor Party
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1957
Four Girls in Town
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1957
