Alex North
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.
Known for
SoundBirthday
December 4, 1910Deathday
September 8, 1991Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
62Place of birth
Chester, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as
Isadore Soifer
Cast credits
Crew credits
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original Music Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam
Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
Original Music Composer
Spartacus
Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
Prizzi's Honor
Original Music Composer
The Children's Hour
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Wonderful Country
Original Music Composer
The Misfits
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Cleopatra
Original Music Composer
Carny
Original Music Composer
Death of a Salesman
Original Music Composer
Man with the Gun
Original Music Composer
Cheyenne Autumn
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
Shanks
Original Music Composer
The 13th Letter
Original Music Composer
Les Miserables
Original Music Composer
Bite the Bullet
Original Music Composer
The King and Four Queens
Music, Original Music Composer, Conductor
Sanctuary
Music
