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. He wrote the music for Unchained Melody as the theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), It has become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over 1,500 recordings made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 4, 1910 (Chester), Died September 8, 1991 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	76373	4/24/1950	Act I, part 1	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76374	4/24/1950	Act I, part 2	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76375	4/24/1950	Act I, part 3	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76376	4/24/1950	Act I, part 4	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76377	4/24/1950	Act I, part 5	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76378	4/24/1950	Act I, part 6	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76379	4/24/1950	Act I, part 7	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76380	4/24/1950	Act I, part 8	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76381	4/24/1950	Act II, part 1	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76382	4/24/1950	Act II, part 2	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76383	4/24/1950	Act II, part 3	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76384	4/24/1950	Act II, part 4	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76385	4/24/1950	Act II, part 5	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76386	4/24/1950	Act II, part 6	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76387	4/24/1950	Act II, part 7	Thomas Mitchell	conductor
Decca	76388	4/24/1950	Act II, part 8	Thomas Mitchell	conductor

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "North, Alex," accessed November 14, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/207324.

North, Alex. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/207324.

"North, Alex." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 November 2024.