Alex North
80
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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.
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| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The 13th Letter | 1951 | Original Music Composer |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | Original Music Composer |
| Death of a Salesman | 1951 | Original Music Composer |
| Viva Zapata! | 1952 | Original Music Composer |
| Pony Soldier | 1952 | Original Music Composer |
| Les Miserables | 1952 | Original Music Composer |
| The Member of the Wedding | 1952 | Original Music Composer |
| Go Man Go | 1954 | Original Music Composer |
| Decision for Chemistry | 1954 | Original Music Composer |
| Désirée | 1954 | Original Music Composer |
| The Racers | 1955 | Original Music Composer |
| Unchained | 1955 | Original Music Composer |
| Man with the Gun | 1955 | Original Music Composer |
| The Rose Tattoo | 1955 | Original Music Composer |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | 1955 | Original Music Composer |
| The Bad Seed | 1956 | Original Music Composer |
| The Rainmaker | 1956 | Original Music Composer |
| The King and Four Queens | 1956 | Original Music Composer |
| Four Girls in Town | 1957 | Original Music Composer |
| The Bachelor Party | 1957 | Original Music Composer |
| Stage Struck | 1958 | Original Music Composer |
| The Long, Hot Summer | 1958 | Original Music Composer |
| Hot Spell | 1958 | Original Music Composer |
| South Seas Adventure | 1958 | Original Music Composer |
| The Sound and the Fury | 1959 | Original Music Composer |
| The Wonderful Country | 1959 | Original Music Composer |
| Spartacus | 1960 | Original Music Composer |
| The Misfits | 1961 | Original Music Composer |
| Sanctuary | 1961 | Original Music Composer |
| The Children's Hour | 1961 | Original Music Composer |
| All Fall Down | 1962 | Original Music Composer |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | Original Music Composer |
| The Outrage | 1964 | Original Music Composer |
| Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | Original Music Composer |
| The Agony and the Ecstasy | 1965 | Original Music Composer |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 1966 | Original Music Composer |
| The Devil's Brigade | 1968 | Original Music Composer |
| The Shoes of the Fisherman | 1968 | Original Music Composer |
| Hard Contract | 1969 | Original Music Composer |
| A Dream of Kings | 1969 | Original Music Composer |
| Willard | 1971 | Original Music Composer |
| Pocket Money | 1972 | Original Music Composer |
| Once Upon a Scoundrel | 1973 | Original Music Composer |
| Shanks | 1974 | Original Music Composer |
| Journey into Fear | 1975 | Original Music Composer |
| Bite the Bullet | 1975 | Original Music Composer |
| The Passover Plot | 1976 | Original Music Composer |
| Somebody Killed Her Husband | 1978 | Original Music Composer |
| Wise Blood | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| Carny | 1980 | Original Music Composer |
| Dragonslayer | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Sister, Sister | 1982 | Original Music Composer |
| Under the Volcano | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| Prizzi's Honor | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Death of a Salesman | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| The Dead | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| The Penitent | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| The Last Butterfly | 1991 | Original Music Composer |