About
Alex North
Overview
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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Known for
Acting |
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| 2006 | North and the Music of the South | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Making 'The Misfits' | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
Sound |
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| 1991 | The Last Butterfly | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Sound | Original Music Composer | 70 Good |
| 1987 | The Dead | Sound | Music | 61 Fair |
| 1986 | Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 1984 | Under the Volcano | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Dragonslayer | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 1980 | Carny | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Wise Blood | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1978 | The Word | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 1976 | The Passover Plot | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Sound | Theme Song Performance | 70 Good |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Sound | Original Music Composer | 72 Good |
| 1975 | Bite the Bullet | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Shanks | Sound | Conductor | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Shanks | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Lost in the Stars | Sound | Music Director | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Pocket Money | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Willard | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1969 | A Dream of Kings | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Hard Contract | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Africa | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Sound | Original Music Composer | 70 Good |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Sound | Music Arranger | 60 Fair |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Sound | Conductor | 60 Fair |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Sound | Conductor | 58 Average |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Sound | Original Music Composer | 65 Fair |
| 1962 | All Fall Down | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Sound | Conductor | 66 Fair |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 1961 | Sanctuary | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1961 | The Misfits | Sound | Conductor | 63 Fair |
| 1961 | The Misfits | Sound | Original Music Composer | 63 Fair |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Sound | Original Music Composer | 71 Good |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Sound | Songs | 62 Fair |
| 1958 | Stage Struck | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Edge of Innocence | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Four Girls in Town | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The King and Four Queens | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The King and Four Queens | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The King and Four Queens | Sound | Conductor | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1956 | The Bad Seed | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 1955 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Sound | Music Director | 60 Fair |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Unchained | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Racers | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Decision for Chemistry | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Pony Soldier | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Viva Zapata! | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 1951 | Death of a Salesman | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Sound | Original Music Composer | 71 Good |
| 1951 | The 13th Letter | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1950 | The Murder Club | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | Library of Congress | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1937 | People of the Cumberland | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1937 | China Strikes Back | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Heart of Spain | Sound | Music | 59 Average |