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Alex North

Composer, Additional Credits
Born December 4, 1910Died September 8, 1991 (80 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Death of a Salesman
  • The Dead
  • Willard
  • The King and Four Queens
  • Somebody Killed Her Husband

Known For

  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Spartacus
  • Dragonslayer
  • Cleopatra
  • Death of a Salesman
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Bite the Bullet
  • Rich Man, Poor Man
  • The Rainmaker
  • Under the Volcano
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman
  • The Rose Tattoo
  • Shanks
  • Death of a Salesman
  • Unchained

Alex North Filmography

1991
The Last Butterfly · as Original Music Composer
1988
The Penitent · as Original Music Composer
1987
Good Morning, Vietnam · as Original Music Composer
1987
The Dead · as Original Music Composer
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Composer
1985
Death of a Salesman · as Original Music Composer
1985
Prizzi's Honor · as Original Music Composer
1984
Under the Volcano · as Original Music Composer
1982
Sister, Sister · as Original Music Composer
1981
Dragonslayer · as Original Music Composer
1980
Carny · as Original Music Composer
1979
Wise Blood · as Original Music Composer
1978
The Word (1978) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer
1978
Somebody Killed Her Husband · as Original Music Composer
1976
The Passover Plot · as Original Music Composer
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer
1975
Journey Into Fear · as Original Music Composer
1975
Bite the Bullet · as Original Music Composer
1974
Shanks · as Original Music Composer
1973
Once Upon a Scoundrel · as Original Music Composer
1972
Pocket Money · as Original Music Composer
1971
Man and the City (TV Series) · as Composer
1971
Willard · as Original Music Composer
1969
A Dream of Kings · as Original Music Composer
1969
Hard Contract · as Original Music Composer
1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman · as Original Music Composer
1968
The Devil's Brigade · as Original Music Composer
1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · as Original Music Composer
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy · as Original Music Composer
1964
Cheyenne Autumn · as Original Music Composer
1964
The Outrage · as Original Music Composer
1963
Cleopatra · as Original Music Composer
1962
All Fall Down · as Original Music Composer
1961
The Children's Hour · as Original Music Composer
1961
Sanctuary · as Original Music Composer
1961
The Misfits · as Original Music Composer
1960
Spartacus · as Original Music Composer
1959
The Wonderful Country · as Original Music Composer
1959
The Sound and the Fury · as Original Music Composer
1959
Nero Wolfe (1959) (TV Series) · as Composer
1958
South Seas Adventure · as Original Music Composer
1958
Hot Spell · as Original Music Composer
1958
The Long, Hot Summer · as Original Music Composer
1958
Stage Struck · as Original Music Composer
1957
Four Girls in Town · as Original Music Composer
1957
The Bachelor Party · as Original Music Composer
1956
1956
The Rainmaker · as Original Music Composer
1956
The Bad Seed · as Original Music Composer
1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer
1955
Man with the Gun · as Original Music Composer
1955
Unchained · as Original Music Composer
1955
The Racers · as Original Music Composer
1955
1954
Désirée · as Original Music Composer
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Composer
1954
Go Man Go · as Original Music Composer
1952
The Member of the Wedding · as Original Music Composer
1952
Pony Soldier · as Original Music Composer
1952
Les Miserables · as Original Music Composer
1952
Viva Zapata! · as Original Music Composer
1951
Death of a Salesman · as Original Music Composer
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire · as Original Music Composer
1951
The 13th Letter · as Original Music Composer
1950
Your Show of Shows (TV Series) · as Composer
1937

2006
North and the Music of the South · as Self (archive Footage)
1986
The 58th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Honorary Award Recipient

1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Theme Song Performance
1974
Lost in the Stars · as Music Director
1955
The Rose Tattoo · as Music Director

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