Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Born
December 4, 1910
Died
September 8, 1991 (age 80)
Place of Birth
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Isadore Soifer
Alex North
Biography
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.
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