Alex North

Birth Name:Isadore Soifer
Alt Names: Mr. North
Born:December 4, 1910
Birth Place:Chester, Pennsylvania
Died:September 8, 1991
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Cause:cancer
Age at Death:80 years and 278 days
More Info:Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
1951
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Alex North.
1951
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Alex North.
1952
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox. Alex North.
1955
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). The Rose Tattoo, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Alex North.
1955
Music (Song). Unchained Melody from Unchained, Hall Bartlett Productions; Warner Bros. Music by Alex North; lyrics by Hy Zaret.
1956
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). The Rainmaker, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Alex North.
1960
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Alex North.
1963
Music (Music Score—substantially original). Cleopatra, 20th Century-Fox, Ltd.-MCL Films S.A.-WALWA Films S.A. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Switzerland, UK, USA) Alex North.
1965
Music (Music Score—substantially original). The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, Italy) Alex North.
1966
Music (Original Music Score). Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros. Alex North.
1968
Music (Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical]). The Shoes of the Fisherman, George Englund Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alex North.
1974
Music (Original Dramatic Score). Shanks, William Castle Enterprises Production; Paramount. Alex North.
1975
Music (Original Score). Bite the Bullet, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Alex North.
1981
Music (Original Score). Dragonslayer, Barwood/Robbins Production; Paramount. Alex North.
1984
Music (Original Score). Under the Volcano, Ithaca Enterprises Production; Universal. (Mexico, USA) Alex North.
1985
Winner markerHonorary Award. To Alex North in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures. [Statuette]

16 Nominations