Alex North

Born: 1910-12-04 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1991-09-08

Known For: Sound

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

2006

North and the Music of the South as Self (archive footage)

2002

Making 'The Misfits' as Self (archive footage)

1991

The Last Butterfly ... (Original Music Composer)

1988

The Penitent ... (Original Music Composer)

1987

Good Morning, Vietnam ... (Original Music Composer)
The Dead ... (Original Music Composer)

1986

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ ... (Music)

1985

Death of a Salesman ... (Original Music Composer)
Prizzi's Honor ... (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)
The Word ... (Original Music Composer)

1976

Rich Man, Poor Man ... (Original Music Composer)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II ... (Theme Song Performance)
The Passover Plot ... (Original Music Composer)

1975

Bite the Bullet ... (Original Music Composer)
Journey into Fear ... (Original Music Composer)

1974

Lost in the Stars ... (Music Director)
Shanks ... (Original Music Composer)

1973

Once Upon a Scoundrel ... (Original Music Composer)

1972

Pocket Money ... (Original Music Composer)

1971

Willard ... (Original Music Composer)

1969

Hard Contract ... (Original Music Composer)
A Dream of Kings ... (Original Music Composer)

1968

The Devil's Brigade ... (Original Music Composer)
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

The Outrage ... (Original Music Composer)
Cheyenne Autumn ... (Original Music Composer)

1963

Cleopatra ... (Original Music Composer)

1962

All Fall Down ... (Original Music Composer)

1961

The Misfits ... (Original Music Composer)
The Children's Hour ... (Original Music Composer)
Sanctuary ... (Original Music Composer)

1960

Spartacus ... (Original Music Composer)

1959

The Sound and the Fury ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wonderful Country ... (Original Music Composer)

1958

Hot Spell ... (Original Music Composer)
Stage Struck ... (Original Music Composer)
The Long, Hot Summer ... (Original Music Composer)
South Seas Adventure ... (Original Music Composer)

1957

The Edge of Innocence ... (Music)
The Bachelor Party ... (Original Music Composer)
Four Girls in Town ... (Original Music Composer)

1956

The Rainmaker ... (Original Music Composer)
The Bad Seed ... (Original Music Composer)
The King and Four Queens ... (Music)
The Country Husband ... (Music)
Sizeman and Son ... (Sound)
Rendezvous in Black ... (Music)
The Big Slide ... (Music)
Heritage of Anger ... (Music)

1955

Daddy Long Legs ... (Music)
The Racers ... (Original Music Composer)
Man with the Gun ... (Original Music Composer)
Unchained ... (Original Music Composer)
I'll Cry Tomorrow ... (Original Music Composer)
The Rose Tattoo ... (Music Director)

1954

Désirée ... (Original Music Composer)
Go Man Go ... (Original Music Composer)
Decision for Chemistry ... (Original Music Composer)

1953

The American Road ... (Music)

1952

Les Miserables ... (Original Music Composer)
Viva Zapata! ... (Original Music Composer)
Pony Soldier ... (Original Music Composer)
The Member of the Wedding ... (Original Music Composer)

1951

A Streetcar Named Desire ... (Original Music Composer)
The 13th Letter ... (Original Music Composer)
Death of a Salesman ... (Original Music Composer)