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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 · Capitol Records The Bad Seed 1956 · RCA Victor The Rainmaker 1957 · RCA Victor South Seas Adventure 1958 · Audio Fidelity The Long, Hot Summer 1958 · Roulette Written on the Wind / Four Girls in Town 1958 · Fonit The Sound and the Fury 1959 · Decca Records Wonderful Country 1959 · United Artists Spartacus 1960 · Decca Records Cleopatra 1963 · 20th Century-Fox Records The Agony And The Ecstasy 1965 · Capitol Records The Devil's Brigade 1968 · United Artists The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968 · MGM Records A Dream of Kings 1969 · National General Records Rich Man, Poor Man 1976 · MCA Records Charade '79 1978 · SEVEN SEAS Carny 1980 · Warner Bros. Records Dragonslayer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1983 · Southern Cross Under the Volcano 1984 · Masters Film Music Cheyenne Autumn 1987 · Label X The Dead / Journey Into Fear 1987 · Varèse Sarabande The Last Butterfly 1990 · Varèse Sarabande The Rose Tattoo 1990 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club A Streetcar Named Desire / The Legend of John Henry 1991 · Premier Recordings A Streetcar Named Desire / Since You Went Away / Now, Voyager / The Informer 1992 · Cloud Nine Records Alex North’s 2001: The Legendary Original Score 1993 · Soundtrack Listeners Communications
More Music From Spartacus Original Soundtrack Recording 1994
The Misfits 1998 · Rykodisc Viva Zapata! 1998 · Varèse Sarabande Bite The Bullet 1999 · Prometheus Records Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2000 · Varèse Sarabande Africa 2001 · Prometheus Records The Long, Hot Summer / Sanctuary 2002 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club The Racers / Daddy Long Legs 2002 · Masters Film Music All Fall Down / The Outrage 2003 · Film Score Monthly I'll Cry Tomorrow 2004 · Film Score Monthly The Shoes of the Fisherman / Ice Station Zebra / Where Eagles Dare 2004 · Film Score Monthly Desiree 2005 · Varèse Sarabande Les Miserables 2007 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club Music for 2001: A Space Odyssey 2007 · Intrada Pony Soldier 2008 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club Viva Zapata!/The 13th Letter 2008 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club Hard Contract 2009 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club The Children's Hour 2010 · Kritzerland Shanks 2012 · Quartet Records The Agony and the Ecstasy 2013 · Masters Film Music Sounder / Decision for Chemistry 2014 · Intrada
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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