Alex North
Known for: Sound
Born: December 3, 1910 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - Died: September 7, 1991
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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North and the Music of the South
Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
Self (archive footage)
Spartacus
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Viva Zapata!
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Good Morning, Vietnam
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Dragonslayer
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Prizzi's Honor
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The Children's Hour
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The Misfits
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The Wonderful Country
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Cleopatra
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Carny
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Death of a Salesman
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Man with the Gun
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Cheyenne Autumn
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I'll Cry Tomorrow
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Shanks
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The 13th Letter
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Les Miserables
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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Music
Bite the Bullet
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The King and Four Queens
Music
Stage Struck
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