Sound
Alex North
1910 · Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original Music Composer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Original Music Composer
The Bad Seed
Original Music Composer
Prizzi's Honor
Original Music Composer
The Misfits
Original Music Composer
The Dead
Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
Original Music Composer