Alex North

United States
December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991

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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.

For the last 14 days:

17 tracks
18 stations
8 countries

Alex North top songs

1	Spartacus - Love Theme
2	Main Title
3	Ghost - Unchained Melody
4	Love Theme from Spartacus
5	Reno Bar Dance
6	Space Station Docking
7	The Bluff
8	End Title (From "The Last Butterfly")
9	Viva Zapata!
10	Main Title
11	Rendezvous
12	Love Theme (From "I'll Cry Tomorrow")
13	Blanche (From "A Streetcar Named Desire")
14	Unchained Melody (Ghost)
15	Unchained Melody
16	The Foraging
17	Floozie

Alex North quotes

Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.