Alex North
Alex North, born Isadore Soifer on December 4, 1910, in Chester, Pennsylvania,
United States, was an American film score composer. He studied piano at the
Juilliard School and composition at the Moscow Conservatory, later studying
under Aaron Copland and Silvestre Revueltas. He composed dance scores for
choreographer Anna Sokolow before entering film music, achieving his
breakthrough with the jazz-based score for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951. He
composed the score for the 1955 film Unchained, generating the song “Unchained
Melody”, which received an Academy Award nomination f...
Unchained MelodyRick McGee, Hy Zaret and Alex North
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Unchained MelodyAlvaro Guzmán Ordaz, Hy Zaret and Alex North
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Unchained Melody (Live)Mark Janicello, Alex North, Gert Prix (contributor), Hy Zareth (contributor), Gernot Pansi (contributor), Andreas Riegler (contributor) and Herbert Brandstaetter (contributor)
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Went Down to GulfportCut Bait, Alex North and Billy Hewes
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TornadoKaitlin Walker and Alex North
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The Long Hot SummerAlex North
