Alex North
Sound
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.
Known for
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movieThe Last Butterfly
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Penitent
1988
Original Music Composer
movieGood Morning, Vietnam
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dead
1987
Original Music Composer
movieDeath of a Salesman
1985
Original Music Composer
moviePrizzi's Honor
1985
Original Music Composer
movieUnder the Volcano
1984
Original Music Composer
movieSister, Sister
1982
Original Music Composer
movieDragonslayer
1981
Original Music Composer
movieCarny
1980
Original Music Composer
movieWise Blood
1979
Original Music Composer
tvThe Word
1978
Original Music Composer
movieSomebody Killed Her Husband
1978
Original Music Composer
movieThe Passover Plot
1976
Original Music Composer
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Theme Song Performance
tvRich Man, Poor Man
1976
Original Music Composer
movieBite the Bullet
1975
Original Music Composer
movieJourney into Fear
1975
Original Music Composer
movieShanks
1974
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieOnce Upon a Scoundrel
1974
Original Music Composer
movieLost in the Stars
1974
Music Director
moviePocket Money
1972
Original Music Composer
movieWillard
1971
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieA Dream of Kings
1969
Original Music Composer
movieHard Contract
1969
Original Music Composer
movieThe Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Devil's Brigade
1968
Original Music Composer
movieWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
Original Music Composer
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
movieThe Outrage
1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieCleopatra
1963
Original Music Composer
movieAll Fall Down
1962
Original Music Composer
movieThe Children's Hour
1961
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieSanctuary
1961
Original Music Composer
movieThe Misfits
1961
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieSpartacus
1960
Original Music Composer
movieThe Wonderful Country
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe Sound and the Fury
1959
Original Music Composer
movieSouth Seas Adventure
1958
Original Music Composer
movieHot Spell
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Long, Hot Summer
1958
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieStage Struck
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bachelor Party
1957
Original Music Composer
movieFour Girls in Town
1957
Original Music Composer
movieThe King and Four Queens
1956
Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Rainmaker
1956
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bad Seed
1956
Original Music Composer
movieI'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Rose Tattoo
1955
Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieMan with the Gun
1955
Original Music Composer
movieUnchained
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Racers
1955
Original Music Composer
movieDésirée
1954
Original Music Composer
movieDecision for Chemistry
1954
Original Music Composer
movieGo Man Go
1954
Original Music Composer
movieThe Member of the Wedding
1952
Original Music Composer
movieLes Miserables
1952
Original Music Composer
moviePony Soldier
1952
Original Music Composer
movieViva Zapata!
1952
Original Music Composer
movieDeath of a Salesman
1951
Original Music Composer
movieA Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Original Music Composer
movieThe 13th Letter
1951
Original Music Composer
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movieNorth and the Music of the South
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieMaking 'The Misfits'
2002
Self (archive footage)