Sound
Alex North
EN, CS cinema · 77 credits
Born
4 December 1910
Died
8 September 1991 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Isadore Soifer
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
Filmography
North and the Music of the South
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Butterfly
Original Music Composer
The Penitent
Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
The Dead
Original Music Composer
Prizzi's Honor
Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
Under the Volcano
Original Music Composer
Sister, Sister
Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
Original Music Composer
Carny
Original Music Composer
Wise Blood
Original Music Composer
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Original Music Composer
The Passover Plot
Original Music Composer
Bite the Bullet
Original Music Composer
Journey into Fear
Original Music Composer
Shanks
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Lost in the Stars
Music Director
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Original Music Composer
Pocket Money
Original Music Composer
Willard
Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Dream of Kings
Original Music Composer
Hard Contract
Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Original Music Composer
The Devil's Brigade
Original Music Composer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Original Music Composer
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
The Outrage
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer
All Fall Down
Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Misfits
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Sanctuary
Original Music Composer
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
The Wonderful Country
Original Music Composer
The Sound and the Fury
Original Music Composer
Stage Struck
Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
Original Music Composer, Songs
Hot Spell
Original Music Composer
South Seas Adventure
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Bachelor Party
Original Music Composer
Four Girls in Town
Original Music Composer
The King and Four Queens
Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Bad Seed
Original Music Composer
The Rainmaker
Original Music Composer
Man with the Gun
Original Music Composer
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
The Rose Tattoo
Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Racers
Original Music Composer
Unchained
Original Music Composer
Decision for Chemistry
Original Music Composer
Go Man Go
Original Music Composer
Désirée
Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
Les Miserables
Original Music Composer
Pony Soldier
Original Music Composer
The Member of the Wedding
Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original Music Composer
The 13th Letter
Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
