Alex North

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Alex North

Sound December 4, 1910

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

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Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam

7.3 1987 Movie
Spartacus

Spartacus

7.5 1960 Movie
A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

7.6 1951 Movie
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

7.7 1966 Movie
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

7.1 1963 Movie
The Misfits

The Misfits

7.0 1961 Movie
Prizzi's Honor

Prizzi's Honor

6.4 1985 Movie
The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

7.7 1961 Movie
Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer

6.6 1981 Movie
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

7.1 1956 Movie
Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

6.8 1952 Movie
The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

7.0 1958 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    North and the Music of the South

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2002
    Making 'The Misfits'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1991
    The Last Butterfly

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1988
    The Penitent

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1987
    Good Morning, Vietnam

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 1987
    The Dead

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1986
    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Movie Music

  8. 1985
    Death of a Salesman

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1985
    Prizzi's Honor

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1984
    Under the Volcano

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1982
    Sister, Sister

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1981
    Dragonslayer

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1980
    Carny

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1979
    Wise Blood

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1978
    The Word

    TV show Original Music Composer

  16. 1978
    Somebody Killed Her Husband

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 1976
    The Passover Plot

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 1976
    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

    TV show Theme Song Performance

  3. 1976
    Rich Man, Poor Man

    TV show Original Music Composer

  4. 1975
    Bite the Bullet

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1975
    Journey into Fear

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 1974
    Shanks

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1974
    Once Upon a Scoundrel

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1974
    Lost in the Stars

    Movie Music Director

  9. 1972
    Pocket Money

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1971
    Willard

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1969
    A Dream of Kings

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1969
    Hard Contract

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1968
    The Shoes of the Fisherman

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1968
    The Devil's Brigade

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1967
    Africa

    Movie Music

  16. 1966
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1965
    The Agony and the Ecstasy

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1964
    Cheyenne Autumn

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1964
    The Outrage

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1963
    Cleopatra

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1962
    All Fall Down

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1961
    The Children's Hour

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1961
    Sanctuary

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1961
    The Misfits

    Movie Original Music Composer