Alex North
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- December 4, 1910
- Died
- September 8, 1991
- Birthplace
- 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 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)
The Last Butterfly 1991
Original Music Composer
The Penitent 1988
Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam 1987
Original Music Composer
The Dead 1987
Original Music Composer
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ 1986
Music
Death of a Salesman 1985
Original Music Composer
Prizzi's Honor 1985
Original Music Composer
Under the Volcano 1984
Original Music Composer
Sister, Sister 1982
Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer 1981
Original Music Composer
Carny 1980
Original Music Composer
Wise Blood 1979
Original Music Composer
Somebody Killed Her Husband 1978
Original Music Composer
The Passover Plot 1976
Original Music Composer
Bite the Bullet 1975
Original Music Composer
Journey into Fear 1975
Original Music Composer
Shanks 1974
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Once Upon a Scoundrel 1974
Original Music Composer
Lost in the Stars 1974
Music Director
Pocket Money 1972
Original Music Composer
Willard 1971
Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Dream of Kings 1969
Original Music Composer
Hard Contract 1969
Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968
Original Music Composer
The Devil's Brigade 1968
Original Music Composer
Africa 1967
Music
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
Original Music Composer
The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965
Original Music Composer
Credits from TMDB.