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Alex North

Alex North

Born: 1910-12-04 • 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.

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Filmography
North and the Music of the South poster
North and the Music of the South
2006 • Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits' poster
Making 'The Misfits'
2002 • Self (archive footage)