Alex North

United States
December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991

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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.

For the last 14 days:

18 tracks
28 stations
10 countries

Alex North top songs

1	Spartacus - Love Theme
2	Unchained Melody (Ghost)
3	Ghost - Unchained Melody
4	Unchained Melody
5	Main Title
6	Love Theme from Spartacus
7	Reno Bar Dance
8	Main Title
9	Main Title
10	Space Station Docking
11	Love Theme (From "I'll Cry Tomorrow")
12	Love's Reverie (From "The Misfits")
13	Thorn of the Roses (From "The Rose Tattoo")
14	Food
15	Rendezvous
16	Caesar & Cleopatra
17	The Dawn of Man
18	Blanche (From "A Streetcar Named Desire")

Alex North quotes

Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.