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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 was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award, but never won a competitive Oscar despite fifteen nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia page Alex North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
15
Films
Filmography (15)
Good Morning, Vietnam
73
Original Music Composer
Prizzi's Honor
67
Original Music Composer
Dragonslayer
66
Original Music Composer
Shanks
55
Original Music Composer
Conductor
Willard
62
Original Music Composer
Conductor
The Devil's Brigade
67
Original Music Composer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
80
Original Music Composer
Cleopatra
70
Original Music Composer
The Misfits
72
Original Music Composer
Conductor
The Children's Hour
78
Original Music Composer
Conductor
Spartacus
79
Original Music Composer
The Long, Hot Summer
73
Original Music Composer
Songs
The Bad Seed
74
Original Music Composer
Viva Zapata!
73
Original Music Composer
A Streetcar Named Desire
79
Original Music Composer