Alex North
Sound
Born: December 4, 1910 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia page Alex North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Theme Song Performance
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
Cleopatra
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Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
Rich Man, Poor Man
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour
Conductor
Prizzi's Honor
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The Misfits
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The Misfits
Conductor
Dragonslayer
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Viva Zapata!
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The Bad Seed
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The Dead
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The Long, Hot Summer
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The Long, Hot Summer
Songs
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
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Cheyenne Autumn
Conductor
Cheyenne Autumn
Music Arranger
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
The Word
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Pocket Money
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Désirée
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Willard
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Willard
Conductor
Bite the Bullet
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The Wonderful Country
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Daddy Long Legs
Music
Man with the Gun
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The Devil's Brigade
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The Shoes of the Fisherman
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The Outrage
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The Outrage
Conductor
Under the Volcano
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The Sound and the Fury
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Wise Blood
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The Rainmaker
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The King and Four Queens
Music
The King and Four Queens
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The King and Four Queens
Conductor
The Rose Tattoo
Music Director
The Rose Tattoo
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The Last Butterfly
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All Fall Down
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Les Miserables
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Carny
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I'll Cry Tomorrow
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Hot Spell
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Death of a Salesman
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Shanks
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Shanks
Conductor
Stage Struck
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Journey into Fear
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A Dream of Kings
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Somebody Killed Her Husband
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Pony Soldier
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The Passover Plot
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The Racers
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South Seas Adventure
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The 13th Letter
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Hard Contract
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The Penitent
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The Bachelor Party
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Once Upon a Scoundrel
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Lost in the Stars
Music Director
Sanctuary
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Sister, Sister
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Unchained
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The Member of the Wedding
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Go Man Go
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The Edge of Innocence
Music
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Music
The Country Husband
Music
Rendezvous in Black
Music
Library of Congress
Music
Four Girls in Town
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The Big Slide
Music
People of the Cumberland
Music
Heritage of Anger
Music
The Murder Club
Music
China Strikes Back
Music
Sizeman and Son
Sound
Heart of Spain
Music
Decision for Chemistry
Original Music Composer