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Alex North

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Born: 1910-12-04
Died: 1991-09-08
From: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Isadore Soifer

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. Description above from the Wikipedia page Alex North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations3 won · 15 nominated

🏆 Won

Academy Honorary Award

1986
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Under the Volcano

1985
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Dragonslayer

1982
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award

Rich Man, Poor Man

1976
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Bite the Bullet

1976
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Shanks

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score, no Musical

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1969
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1966
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Cleopatra

1964
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Spartacus

1961
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

The Rainmaker

1957
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

The Rose Tattoo

1956
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Unchained Melody

1956
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Viva Zapata!

1953
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

A Streetcar Named Desire

1952
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Death of a Salesman

1952
🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

Sound61 titles

Spartacus
7.5
Movie

Spartacus

1960Drama
Rich Man, Poor Man
7.9
Series

Rich Man, Poor Man

1976Drama
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
8.3
Series

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

1976-1977Drama
Cleopatra
7.1
Movie

Cleopatra

1963Drama
The Word
4.8
Series

The Word

1978Drama
The Misfits
7.0
Movie

The Misfits

1961Action
A Streetcar Named Desire
7.6
Movie

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951Drama
Good Morning, Vietnam
7.3
Movie

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987Comedy
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
7.7
Movie

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966Drama
Cheyenne Autumn
6.7
Movie

Cheyenne Autumn

1964Action
The Bad Seed
7.1
Movie

The Bad Seed

1956Thriller
The Devil's Brigade
6.3
Movie

The Devil's Brigade

1968Action
Pony Soldier
6.2
Movie

Pony Soldier

1952Action
Dragonslayer
6.5
Movie

Dragonslayer

1981Sci-Fi
Willard
6.1
Movie

Willard

1971Horror
The Dead
6.9
Movie

The Dead

1987Drama
The Children's Hour
7.6
Movie

The Children's Hour

1961Drama
Viva Zapata!
6.9
Movie

Viva Zapata!

1952Drama
Death of a Salesman
6.9
Movie

Death of a Salesman

1985Drama
Désirée
6.6
Movie

Désirée

1954Drama
The Agony and the Ecstasy
7.1
Movie

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965Drama
The Long, Hot Summer
7.1
Movie

The Long, Hot Summer

1958Drama
Prizzi's Honor
6.4
Movie

Prizzi's Honor

1985Romance
The Rainmaker
6.8
Movie

The Rainmaker

1956Romance
Bite the Bullet
6.5
Movie

Bite the Bullet

1975Action
Man with the Gun
6.1
Movie

Man with the Gun

1955Action
Daddy Long Legs
6.4
Movie

Daddy Long Legs

1955Drama
The Shoes of the Fisherman
6.8
Movie

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968Drama
Carny
6.2
Movie

Carny

1980Drama
The King and Four Queens
5.7
Movie

The King and Four Queens

1956Action
The Outrage
6.0
Movie

The Outrage

1964Drama
I'll Cry Tomorrow
6.2
Movie

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955Drama
Wise Blood
6.4
Movie

Wise Blood

1979Comedy
Under the Volcano
6.6
Movie

Under the Volcano

1984Drama
Les Miserables
5.5
Movie

Les Miserables

1952Action
Pocket Money
5.5
Movie

Pocket Money

1972Comedy
The Rose Tattoo
6.9
Movie

The Rose Tattoo

1955Drama
Somebody Killed Her Husband
5.0
Movie

Somebody Killed Her Husband

1978Thriller
The Sound and the Fury
6.8
Movie

The Sound and the Fury

1959Drama
All Fall Down
6.0
Movie

All Fall Down

1962Drama
The Last Butterfly
5.8
Movie

The Last Butterfly

1991Drama
The Passover Plot
4.7
Movie

The Passover Plot

1976Drama
Hot Spell
5.9
Movie

Hot Spell

1958Drama
Death of a Salesman
7.0
Movie

Death of a Salesman

1951Drama
Go Man Go
5.4
Movie

Go Man Go

1954Drama
Hard Contract
5.0
Movie

Hard Contract

1969Thriller
South Seas Adventure
5.9
Movie

South Seas Adventure

1958Action
Shanks
5.2
Movie

Shanks

1974Sci-Fi
Journey into Fear
6.0
Movie

Journey into Fear

1975Thriller
Stage Struck
6.0
Movie

Stage Struck

1958Drama
A Dream of Kings
6.0
Movie

A Dream of Kings

1969Drama
Lost in the Stars
6.5
Movie

Lost in the Stars

1974Drama
Sanctuary
5.4
Movie

Sanctuary

1961Drama
The Penitent
6.6
Movie

The Penitent

1988Horror
The Wonderful Country
6.1
Movie

The Wonderful Country

1959Action
The 13th Letter
5.7
Movie

The 13th Letter

1951Thriller
The Member of the Wedding
6.3
Movie

The Member of the Wedding

1952Drama
The Bachelor Party
6.8
Movie

The Bachelor Party

1957Drama
Once Upon a Scoundrel
5.4
Movie

Once Upon a Scoundrel

1974Comedy
Library of Congress
6.4
Movie

Library of Congress

1945Documentary
People of the Cumberland
6.3
Movie

People of the Cumberland

1937Documentary