Alex North

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 Unchained Melody as the theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), It has become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over 1,500 recordings made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.

The Greatest Orchestral Movie Soundtracks - 2024-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Accents & Echoes - 2024-06-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Mary's Theme - 2024-06-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Cello Covers with Ocean Sounds: Soothing Cello Covers for Deep Sleep & Relaxation - 2023-09-22T00:00:00.000000Z

The King and Four Queens - 2023-09-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Cello Covers of Popular Pop Songs: Relaxing Instrumental Cello - 2023-09-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Best MARILYN MONROE Movie Themes & Songs - 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Going The Distance - 2020-04-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Varèse Sarabande: 40 Years of Great Film Music 1978-2018 - 2018-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Classical Crossover - 2018-06-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Greatest Original Western Movie Themes - 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Vintage Hollywood Classics, Vol. 25: Moby Dick & The Rainmaker (Original Scores) - 2016-08-05T00:00:00.000000Z

The Impossible Dream - 2013-07-29T00:00:00.000000Z

101 Film Classics - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music for 2001: A Space Odyssey (The Original Score by Alex North) [Original Mono Composer Masters] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Greatest Western Themes - 2010-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Spirit Of The Glen - Journey - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Alex North: A Street Car Named Desire - 2005-09-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Epics - The History of the World According to Hollywood - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Wedding Collection - 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Adagio Paradiso - 2002-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Great Movie Love Themes - 2002-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Cleopatra (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz in Film - 1999-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z

The Agony And The Ecstasy - 1998-07-27T00:00:00.000000Z

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