Composer
Alex North
American composer (1910–1991)
1910–1991
10 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 1991
- Birthplace
- Chester
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
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 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 the Oscar-nominated song "Unchained Melody", which was used in the 1955 prison film Unchained. The song became a standard and one of the most recorded of the 20th century, with over 1,500 recordings made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; jazz musician; film score composer; conductor; musician; bandleader
- Notable works
- Unchained Melody
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 2657177
- ISNI
- 0000000368543848; 0000000108634460
- GND ID
- 128962275
- Library of Congress ID
- n83174977
- MusicBrainz ID
- 1da369a4-7e66-4b30-8aa7-33426370347a
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Guitar
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartacus - Love Theme | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Unchained Melody | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Streetcar | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Themes from The Bad Seed | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Chinese Cafe/ Unchained Melody | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Long Hot Summer | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Autumn's Ballad | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Caesar And Cleoptra Theme | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Antony And Cleopatra Theme | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 2657177.