Alex North
Born: 1910-12-04
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.
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self (archive footage)Released: 2002-10-02
A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).
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North and the Music of the South
as Self (archive footage)Released: 2006-05-02
The score of Alex North for A Streetcar Named Desire is analyzed.
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