Alex North
Known for: Sound
Born: December 4, 1910
Died: September 8, 1991
Place of birth: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Filmography
77 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
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North and the Music of the South
2006
7.0
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
5.8
The Last Butterfly
1991
6.6
The Penitent
1988
7.3
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
6.8
The Dead
1987
NR
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
6.9
Death of a Salesman
1985
6.4
Prizzi's Honor
1985
6.5
Under the Volcano
1984
7.5
Sister, Sister
1982
6.6
Dragonslayer
1981
6.2
Carny
1980
6.4
Wise Blood
1979
4.8
The Word
1978
5.0
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978
4.7
The Passover Plot
1976
8.3
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
6.4
Bite the Bullet
1975
6.0
Journey into Fear
1975
5.2
Shanks
1974
5.4
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974
6.5
Lost in the Stars
1974
5.6
Pocket Money
1972
6.1
Willard
1971
6.0
A Dream of Kings
1969
5.1
Hard Contract
1969
6.8
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
6.3
The Devil's Brigade
19688.0
Africa
1967
7.7
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
7.1
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
5.8
The Outrage
1964
7.1
Cleopatra
1963
6.0
All Fall Down
1962
7.7
The Children's Hour
1961
5.4
Sanctuary
1961
7.0
The Misfits
1961
7.5
Spartacus
1960
6.1
The Wonderful Country
1959
6.8
The Sound and the Fury
1959
5.9
South Seas Adventure
1958
5.9
Hot Spell
1958
7.0
The Long, Hot Summer
1958
6.0
Stage Struck
1958
NR
The Edge of Innocence
1957
6.8
The Bachelor Party
1957
2.8
Four Girls in Town
1957
5.6
The King and Four Queens
1956
6.8
The Rainmaker
1956
NR
Heritage of Anger
1956NR
The Big Slide
1956NR
The Country Husband
1956NR
Rendezvous in Black
1956NR
Sizeman and Son
1956
7.1
The Bad Seed
1956
6.2
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
6.9
The Rose Tattoo
1955
6.1
Man with the Gun
1955
7.0
Unchained
1955
6.4
Daddy Long Legs
1955
6.7
The Racers
1955
6.6
Désirée
1954
NR
Decision for Chemistry
1954
5.4
Go Man Go
19547.0
The American Road
1953
6.3
The Member of the Wedding
1952
5.5
Les Miserables
1952
6.3
Pony Soldier
1952
6.8
Viva Zapata!
1952
7.0
Death of a Salesman
1951
7.6
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
5.7
The 13th Letter
1951
NR
The Murder Club
1950
6.4
Library of Congress
1945
6.3
People of the Cumberland
1937
5.5
China Strikes Back
1937
7.5
Heart of Spain
1937