Alex North

Alex North (4 Aralık 1910 Chester, Pensilvanya - 8 Eylül 1991 Los Angeles) Amerikalı müzisyen, bestecidir.

Jesse Blacksmith ve Bela Suifer'ın oğludur. Gerçek adı Isadore Soifer'dir. Birçok filmin film müziklerinin yaratıcısıdır. Annemarie Hollger ile evliliğinden Steven, Elissa, Dylan adlarında üç çocuğu oldu. 8 Eylül 1991'de Los Angeles'ta pankreas kanseri sebebi ile öldü.

Alex North'un meşhur bestesi Unchained Melody tüm zamanların gelmiş geçmiş en popüler şarkısıdır. Parça 1955 yılında ilk kez yayınlandıktan sonra peşpeşe farklı yorumlarla ortaya çıkmıştır. Parçanın bir başka özelliği de enstrümantalden canlıya her formda kaydedilmiş olmasıdır.

• Müzik yönetmeni, Lost in the Stars, American Film Theatre, 1973.
• Müzik yönetmeni ve uyarlayıcısı, Somebody Killed Her Husband Martin Poll, 1979.
• Müzik yönetmeni, Wiseblood (also see below), Ithaca, 1980.

• A Streetcar Named Desire, Warner Bros., 1951.
• The 13th Letter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
• Satıcının Ölümü Columbia, 1951.
• Viva Zapata!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Les Miserables, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Pony Soldier, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• The Member of the Wedding, Columbia, 1953.
• Go, Man, Go!, United Artists (UA), 1954.
• Desiree, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
• The Racers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955.
• Unchained Melody (sözler Hy Zaret), Warner Bros., 1955.
• Man With the Gun, UA, 1955.
• The Rose Tattoo, Paramount, 1955.
• I'll Cry Tomorrow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1956.
• The Bad Seed, Warner Bros., 1956.
• The Rainmaker, Paramount, 1956.
• Four Girls in Town, Universal, 1956.
• The King and Four Queens, UA, 1956.
• The Bachelor Party, UA, 1957.
• The Long, Hot Summer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.
• Stage Struck, RKO Radio Pictures, 1958.
• Hot Spell, Paramount, 1958.
• South Sea Adventure, Cinerama, 1958.
• The Sound and the Fury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959.
• The Wonderful Country, UA, 1959.
• Spartacus, Universal, 1960.
• The Children's Hour, UA, 1961.
• The Misfits, UA, 1961.
• Sanctuary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
• All Fall Down, MGM, 1962.
• Kleopatra, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963.
• The Outrage, MGM, 1964.
• Cheyenne Autumn, Warner Bros., 1965.
• The Agony and the Ecstasy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965.
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros., 1966.
• The Devil's Brigade, UA, 1968.
• The Shoes of the Fisherman, MGM, 1968.
• A Dream of Kings, National General, 1969.
• Hard Contract, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.
• Willard, Cinerama, 1971.
• Pocket Money, Newman-Forman, 1972.
• Once Upon a Scoundrel, Carlyle Productions, 1972.
• Rebel Jesus, American International, 1972.
• Lost in the Stars, Ely Landau, 1973.
• Shanks, Paramount, 1974.
• Journey Into Fear, New World, 1974.
• Bite the Bullet, Columbia, 1975.
• Passover Plot, Atlas Films, 1976.
• Somebody Killed Her Husband, Martin Poll, 1979.
• Wiseblood, Ithaca, 1980.
• Carny, Lorimar, 1980.
• Dragonslayer, Paramount, 1981.
• Under the Volcano, Ithaca, 1984.
• Prizzi's Honor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985.
• Good Morning, Vietnam, Buena Vista, 1987.
• The Dead, Vestron/Zenith, 1987.
• The Penitent, New Century/Vista, 1988.

• Le Cri du Papillon, 1991, John Huston and the Dubliners ve Space Odyssey.

• China Strikes Back, 1936
• Heart of Spain, 1937
• People of the Cumberland, 1938
• Venezuela; 1939
• Mount Vernon, 1940
• Rural Life, 1940
• City Pastorale, 1942
• The Library of Congress, 1945
• Coney Island U.S.A.,1950
• Decision for Chemistry, 1953 ve The American Road, 1953.

• Wall Street (bale), Show of Shows, NBC, 1953.

• Tema müziği, Playhouse 90 (series), CBS, 1960.
• The F. D. Roosevelt Series, ABC, 1961.
• Africa (özel), ABC, 1969.
• Silent Night (özel), ABC, 1970.
• Rich Man, Poor Man (mini-seri), ABC, 1976.
• The Word, CBS, 1978.
• Death of a Salesman,CBS, 1985.
• The Billy Rose Show, 1950; Man and the City, 1972; Sister-Sister, 1982; Nero Wolfe ve I'm a Lawyer Tv programları için müzik yapımcılığı yapmıştır.

• CSlaughter of the Innocents (bale), Guild Theatre, New York City, 1937.
• American Lyric (bale), Guild Theatre, 1937.
• Life and Death of an American, Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City, 1939.
• Tis of Thee (revü), Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 1940.
• You Can't Sleep Here (revü), Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, New York City, 1941.
• Clay Ritual (bale), Avery Museum, Hartford, CT, 1942.
• The Great Campaign, Princess Theatre, New York City, 1947.
• O'Daniel, Princess Theatre, 1947.
• Death of a Salesman, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1949, revived at LosAngeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1989-90.
• The Innocents, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1950.
• A Streetcar Named Desire (bale), Her Majesty's Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, then Century Theatre, New York City, 1952, revived at City Center Theatre,New York City, 1982.
• Richard III, City Center Theatre, 1953.
• Coriolanus, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• Mal de Siècle (bale), Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958.

Dog Beneath the Skin, 1936; Blow Your Top, 1943; thepageant Song of Our City, 1946; the musical The Queen of Sheba, 1950, and TheAmerican Clock. Plays for young people include the revue Of V We Sing, American Youth Theatre, 1941; The City Sings for Michael, 1940; the opera The Hither and Thither of Danny Dither, 1941; and Yank and Christopher Columbus, 1948. Composer for the ballets Exile and Golden Fleece, both Mansfield Theatre, 1941; Ballad in a Popular Style and Case History, 1933; Into the Streets and Song of Affirmation, 1934; Facade, 1935; War Is Beautiful, 1936; The Last Waltz, 1937; Inquisition, 1938; Lupe, 1940; Design for Five, 1941; Intersection,1947; and Daddy Long Legs Dream Ballet, 1955.

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