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
Cheyenne Autumn 1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
The Outrage 1964
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Cleopatra 1963
Original Music Composer
All Fall Down 1962
Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour 1961
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Sanctuary 1961
Original Music Composer
The Misfits 1961
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Spartacus 1960
Original Music Composer
The Wonderful Country 1959
Original Music Composer
The Sound and the Fury 1959
Original Music Composer
South Seas Adventure 1958
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Hot Spell 1958
Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer 1958
Original Music Composer, Songs
Stage Struck 1958
Original Music Composer
The Edge of Innocence 1957
Music
The Bachelor Party 1957
Original Music Composer
Four Girls in Town 1957
Original Music Composer
The King and Four Queens 1956
Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Rainmaker 1956
Original Music Composer
Heritage of Anger 1956
Music
The Big Slide 1956
Music
The Country Husband 1956
Music
Rendezvous in Black 1956
Music
Sizeman and Son 1956
Sound
The Bad Seed 1956
Original Music Composer
I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955
Original Music Composer
The Rose Tattoo 1955
Music Director, Original Music Composer
Man with the Gun 1955
Original Music Composer
Unchained 1955
Original Music Composer
Daddy Long Legs 1955
Music
The Racers 1955
Original Music Composer
Désirée 1954
Original Music Composer
Decision for Chemistry 1954
Original Music Composer
Go Man Go 1954
Original Music Composer
The American Road 1953
Music
The Member of the Wedding 1952
Original Music Composer
Les Miserables 1952
Original Music Composer
Pony Soldier 1952
Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata! 1952
Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman 1951
Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
Original Music Composer
The 13th Letter 1951
Original Music Composer
The Murder Club 1950
Music
Library of Congress 1945
Music
People of the Cumberland 1937
Music
Heart of Spain 1937
Music
China Strikes Back 1937
Music
Credits from TMDB.