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Alex North is an American composer known for many cinematic works, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata !, Spartacus, Cleopatra and Who's A Fear of Virginia Woolf? He was the first composer to receive an honorary Oscar, but never won a competitive Oscar despite having fourteen nominations.
Birth nameIsadore Soifer
BornDecember 4, 1910, Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 8, 1991, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresFilm score, theatre, classical, jazz
Occupation(s)Composer

About Alex North

Composer Alex North was born on December 4, 1910 in Pennsylvania, United States (He dies at the age of 80, on September 8, 1991).

He is most known for composing the soundtrack to"A Streetcar Named Desire", one of cinema's first jazz-based scores, in 1951. He also penned the song"Unchained Melody", which has preserved his name alive for decades.

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Alex North before becoming famous

Alex North was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1910 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was well-known for injecting a modernist slant into the classic film-music leitmotif framework.

Achievement of Alex North

He was nominated for 15 Academy Awards but never won any. Despite this, his music can be heard in a number of Hollywood masterpieces, including 1960's"Spartacus", 1963's"Cleopatra", 1966's"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and 1968's"2001: A Space Odyssey".

Alex North's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the father of three children from two distinct marriages. His second wife was Annemarie Hoellger.

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In the 1959 television series"Nero Wolfe", he composed the jazz score for TV Actor William Shatner's Archie Goodwin and Kurt Kasznar's Nero Wolfe. The show was never shown.

Alex North Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Alex North updated on March 17 2023.