Alex North

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Alex North was an American composer renowned for his innovative and influential film scores, including his work on major Hollywood epics and dramas.

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Alex North canonical 45

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instanceOf American composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Honorary Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
birthName Isadore Soifer ⓘ
burialPlace Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-12-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-09-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Curtis Institute of Music ⓘ
Juilliard School ⓘ
Moscow Conservatory ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
film score ⓘ
jazz-influenced orchestral music ⓘ
hasChild Jesse North ⓘ
Steven North ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn dramatic scoring in American cinema ⓘ
influenced later generations of film composers ⓘ
knownFor innovative film scoring techniques ⓘ
integration of jazz elements into film music ⓘ
psychologically driven dramatic scoring ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement modernist music in film ⓘ
name Alex North ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
notableCollaboration Elia Kazan ⓘ
Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
notableWork 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) ⓘ
A Streetcar Named Desire (film score) ⓘ
Cleopatra (1963 film score) ⓘ
Death of a Salesman (film score) ⓘ
Spartacus (film score) ⓘ
The Agony and the Ecstasy (film score) ⓘ
The Misfits (film score) ⓘ
Viva Zapata! (film score) ⓘ
linked to: Viva Zapata!

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film score) ⓘ
numberOfOscarNominations 15 ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
spouse Anna Maria North ⓘ
workedIn Hollywood film industry ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood

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Spartacus (1960 film) → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film) → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
subject linked to: Daddy Long Legs
Viva Zapata! → composer → Alex North ⓘ
The Misfits → composer → Alex North ⓘ
Hard Contract → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Good Morning, Vietnam → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Cleopatra (1963 film) → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Alex North → name → Alex North ⓘ
The Rose Tattoo → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
The Bad Seed → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Prizzi's Honor → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Unchained Melody → composer → Alex North ⓘ
The Outrage → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Man on a Tightrope → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
The Bachelor Party → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Dragonslayer → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Alex North → stageName → Alex North ⓘ
subject linked to: Isadore Soifer
Spartacus (film score) → composer → Alex North ⓘ
Anna Maria North → spouse → Alex North ⓘ
Steven North → father → Alex North ⓘ
Jesse North → father → Alex North ⓘ
The Dead → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
I'll Cry Tomorrow → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Cheyenne Autumn → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Rich Man, Poor Man → composer → Alex North ⓘ
Have a Little Faith → composerOfSourceMaterial → Alex North ⓘ
subject linked to: Album "Have a Little Faith"
The Dead (1987 film) → composer → Alex North ⓘ
The Rainmaker (1956 film) → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
subject linked to: The Rainmaker
Four Girls in Town → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
The King and Four Queens → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Stage Struck (1958 film) → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ
Prince of Players → musicBy → Alex North ⓘ