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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Filmography
all 73
Movies 70
TV Shows 3
self 2
Director 1
Self
North and the Music of the South (2006)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits' (2002)
Movie
Composer
The Last Butterfly (1991)
Movie
Composer
The Penitent (1988)
Movie
Composer
John Huston and the Dubliners (1988)
Movie
Composer
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Movie
6.25
Composer
The Dead (1987)
Movie
6
Composer
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (1986)
Movie
Composer
Death of a Salesman (1985)
Movie
Composer
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Movie
1
Composer
Under the Volcano (1984)
Movie
Composer
Sister, Sister (1982)
Movie
Composer
Dragonslayer (1981)
Movie
6.5
Composer
Carny (1980)
Movie
Composer
Wise Blood (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Word (1978)
TV
Composer
Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Passover Plot (1976)
Movie
Theme Song Performance
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
TV
Original Music Composer
Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
TV
Composer
Bite the Bullet (1975)
Movie
Composer
Journey into Fear (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Shanks (1974)
Movie
Music Director
Lost in the Stars (1974)
Movie
Composer
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
Movie
Composer
Pocket Money (1972)
Movie
Composer
Willard (1971)
Movie
Composer
A Dream of Kings (1969)
Movie
Composer
Hard Contract (1969)
Movie
2
Original Music Composer
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Movie
Composer
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Movie
Music
Africa (1967)
Movie
Composer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Movie
5.29
Composer
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Movie
Composer
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Outrage (1964)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Cleopatra (1963)
Movie
6
Composer
All Fall Down (1962)
Movie
Composer
The Children's Hour (1961)
Movie
Music
Sanctuary (1961)
Movie
Composer
The Misfits (1961)
Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Spartacus (1960)
Movie
4
Composer
The Wonderful Country (1959)
Movie
6
Composer
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
Movie
Composer
Hot Spell (1958)
Movie
Composer
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Movie
Composer
Stage Struck (1958)
Movie
Music
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
Movie
Composer
Four Girls in Town (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music / Conductor
The King and Four Queens (1956)
Movie
Composer
The Rainmaker (1956)
Movie
Composer
The Bad Seed (1956)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Movie
8
Composer
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Movie
Composer
Man with the Gun (1955)
Movie
Composer
Unchained (1955)
Movie
Music
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Movie
Composer
The Racers (1955)
Movie
Composer
Désirée (1954)
Movie
Composer
Go Man Go (1954)
Movie
Composer
The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Movie
Composer
Les Miserables (1952)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Pony Soldier (1952)
Movie
Composer
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Movie
Composer
Death of a Salesman (1951)
Movie
Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Movie
3
Composer
The 13th Letter (1951)
Movie
Music
The Murder Club (1950)
Movie
Composer
A Better Tomorrow (1945)
Movie
Composer
Library of Congress (1945)
Movie
Composer
People of the Cumberland (1937)
Movie
Composer
Heart of Spain (1937)
Movie
Composer
China Strikes Back (1937)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.91
Based on 786 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1937
1955
1964
1957
2006
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1910-12-04
Deathday1991-09-08 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceChester, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsIsadore Soifer
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, Primetime Emmy Award
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