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Alex North

Sound
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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Known For 2 titles
Making 'The Misfits' (2002) subtitle poster
Making 'The Misfits'
2002 Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Subtitles
North and the Music of the South (2006) subtitle poster
North and the Music of the South
2006 Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Subtitles