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Known For

Sound

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-12-04

Deathday

1991-09-08 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • Isadore Soifer

Alex North

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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Acting

2006
North and the Music of the South as Self (archive footage)
2002
Making 'The Misfits' as Self (archive footage)

Sound

1991
The Last Butterfly as Original Music Composer
1987
Good Morning, Vietnam as Original Music Composer
1987
The Dead as Music
1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Music
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 Music
1981
Dragonslayer as Original Music Composer
1980
Carny as Original Music Composer
1979
Wise Blood as Music
1978
The Word as Original Music Composer
1976
The Passover Plot as Original Music Composer
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Theme Song Performance
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man as Original Music Composer
1975
Bite the Bullet as Original Music Composer
1975
Journey into Fear as Music
1974
Shanks as Original Music Composer
1974
Shanks as Conductor
1974
Lost in the Stars as Music Director
1972
Pocket Money as Original Music Composer
1971
Willard as Original Music Composer
1969
A Dream of Kings as Music
1969
Hard Contract as Music
1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman as Original Music Composer
1967
Africa as Music
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
Cheyenne Autumn as Conductor
1964
Cheyenne Autumn as Music Arranger
1964
The Outrage as Original Music Composer
1964
The Outrage as Conductor
1963
Cleopatra as Original Music Composer
1962
All Fall Down as Original Music Composer
1961
The Children's Hour as Original Music Composer
1961
The Children's Hour as Conductor
1961
Sanctuary as Music
1961
The Misfits as Original Music Composer
1961
The Misfits as Conductor
1960
Spartacus as Original Music Composer
1959
The Wonderful Country as Original Music Composer
1959
The Sound and the Fury as Music
1958
Hot Spell as Original Music Composer
1958
The Long, Hot Summer as Original Music Composer
1958
The Long, Hot Summer as Songs
1958
Stage Struck as Original Music Composer
1957
The Edge of Innocence as Music
1957
Four Girls in Town as Music
1956
The King and Four Queens as Music
1956
The King and Four Queens as Original Music Composer
1956
The King and Four Queens as Conductor
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
The Rose Tattoo as Music Director
1955
The Rose Tattoo as Original Music Composer
1955
Man with the Gun as Original Music Composer
1955
Unchained as Music
1955
Daddy Long Legs as Music
1955
The Racers as Original Music Composer
1954
Decision for Chemistry as Original Music Composer
1954
Go Man Go as Original Music Composer
1953
The American Road as Music
1952
The Member of the Wedding as Original Music Composer
1952
Les Miserables as Original Music Composer
1952
Pony Soldier 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
The Murder Club as Music
1945
Library of Congress as Music
1937
People of the Cumberland as Music
1937
China Strikes Back as Music
1937
Heart of Spain as Music
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