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