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Alex North

American composer (1910–1991)

Born
4 December 1910
Chester
Died
8 September 1991
Los Angeles
Country
United States
Active
1937–1991
Record labels
RCA Victor
Discography
49 albums

Biography

Alex North was a jazz musician. Alex North was born on 4 December 1910 in Chester and died on 8 September 1991 in Los Angeles. Record labels: RCA Victor. The discography here lists 49 albums, from “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951) to “Sounder / Decision for Chemistry” (2014). Honours include Primetime Emmy Award (1976), Academy Honorary Award (1986) and Guggenheim Fellowship.

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 received fifteen Academy Award nominations for his work as a composer; while he did not win for any of his nominations, he received an Honorary Academy Award in 1986, the first for a composer. He wrote the music for the Oscar-nominated song "Unchained Melody", which was used in the 1955 prison film Unchained. The song became a standard and one of the most recorded of the 20th century, with over 1,500 recordings made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
The Bad Seed 1956
The Rainmaker 1957
South Seas Adventure 1958
The Long, Hot Summer 1958
Written on the Wind / Four Girls in Town 1958
The Sound and the Fury 1959
Wonderful Country 1959
Spartacus 1960
Cleopatra 1963
The Agony And The Ecstasy 1965
The Devil's Brigade 1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968
A Dream of Kings 1969
Rich Man, Poor Man 1976
Charade '79 1978
Carny 1980
Dragonslayer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1983
Under the Volcano 1984
Cheyenne Autumn 1987
The Dead / Journey Into Fear 1987
The Last Butterfly 1990
The Rose Tattoo 1990
A Streetcar Named Desire / The Legend of John Henry 1991
A Streetcar Named Desire / Since You Went Away / Now, Voyager / The Informer 1992
Alex North’s 2001: The Legendary Original Score 1993
More Music From Spartacus Original Soundtrack Recording 1994
The Misfits 1998
Viva Zapata! 1998
Bite The Bullet 1999
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2000
Africa 2001
The Long, Hot Summer / Sanctuary 2002
The Racers / Daddy Long Legs 2002
All Fall Down / The Outrage 2003
I'll Cry Tomorrow 2004
The Shoes of the Fisherman / Ice Station Zebra / Where Eagles Dare 2004
Desiree 2005
Les Miserables 2007
Music for 2001: A Space Odyssey 2007
Pony Soldier 2008
Viva Zapata!/The 13th Letter 2008
Hard Contract 2009
The Children's Hour 2010
Shanks 2012
The Agony and the Ecstasy 2013
Sounder / Decision for Chemistry 2014
Viva Zapata! / The Children's Hour
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Awards

Frequently asked questions

When and where was Alex North born?

Alex North was born 4 December 1910 in Chester.

What are Alex North's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), The Bad Seed (1956), The Rainmaker (1957), South Seas Adventure (1958) and The Long, Hot Summer (1958).

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