Alex North
Known for
Music and sound
Born
December 4, 1910
Birthplace
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
September 8, 1991 (aged 80)
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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Best known work
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Spartacus
1960
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
Cleopatra
1963
The Misfits
1961
Prizzi's Honor
1985
The Children's Hour
1961
Dragonslayer
1981
The Bad Seed
1956Filmography
2006
North and the Music of the Southas Self (archive footage)
2002
Making 'The Misfits'as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Last ButterflyOriginal Music Composer
1988
The PenitentOriginal Music Composer
1987
Good Morning, VietnamOriginal Music Composer
1987
The DeadOriginal Music Composer
1986
1985
Death of a SalesmanOriginal Music Composer
1985
Prizzi's HonorOriginal Music Composer
1984
Under the VolcanoOriginal Music Composer
1982
Sister, SisterOriginal Music Composer
1981
DragonslayerOriginal Music Composer
1980
CarnyOriginal Music Composer
1979
Wise BloodOriginal Music Composer
1978
1978
Somebody Killed Her HusbandOriginal Music Composer
1976
The Passover PlotOriginal Music Composer
1976
1976
1975
Bite the BulletOriginal Music Composer
1975
Journey into FearOriginal Music Composer
1974
ShanksOriginal Music Composer, Conductor
1974
Once Upon a ScoundrelOriginal Music Composer
1974
Lost in the StarsMusic Director
1972
Pocket MoneyOriginal Music Composer