Alex North

E192506

Alex North was an American composer renowned for his innovative and influential film scores, including his work on major Hollywood epics and dramas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alex North canonical 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American composer
composer
film composer
human
activeInPeriod 20th century
awardReceived Honorary Academy Award
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
birthName Isadore Soifer
burialPlace Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1910-12-04
dateOfDeath 1991-09-08
educatedAt Curtis Institute of Music
Juilliard School
Moscow Conservatory
genre classical music
film score
jazz-influenced orchestral music
hasChild Jesse North
Steven North
hasInfluenceOn dramatic scoring in American cinema
influenced later generations of film composers
knownFor innovative film scoring techniques
integration of jazz elements into film music
psychologically driven dramatic scoring
language English
movement modernist music in film
name Alex North self-link
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score
notableCollaboration Elia Kazan
Stanley Kubrick
notableWork 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused)
A Streetcar Named Desire (film score)
Cleopatra (1963 film score)
Death of a Salesman (film score)
Spartacus (film score)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (film score)
The Misfits (film score)
Viva Zapata!
surface form: Viva Zapata! (film score)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film score)
numberOfOscarNominations 15
occupation composer
film score composer
placeOfBirth Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Anna Maria North
workedIn Hollywood
surface form: Hollywood film industry

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spartacus (1960 film) musicBy Alex North
Daddy Long Legs musicBy Alex North
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Viva Zapata! composer Alex North
The Misfits composer Alex North
Hard Contract musicBy Alex North
Good Morning, Vietnam musicBy Alex North
Cleopatra (1963 film) musicBy Alex North
Alex North name Alex North self-link
The Rose Tattoo musicBy Alex North
The Bad Seed musicBy Alex North
Prizzi's Honor musicBy Alex North
Unchained Melody composer Alex North
The Outrage musicBy Alex North
Man on a Tightrope musicBy Alex North
The Bachelor Party musicBy Alex North