Alex North - Work on Broadway

Film composer, born in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. After studies at Curtis and Juilliard, he began his screen career scoring A Streetcar Named Desire (1952). Later credits include Spartacus (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

Alex North (December 4, 1910 - September 8, 1991) was an American composer responsible for the first jazz based film score (A Streetcar Named Desire) and the first truly modernist film score (Viva Zapata!).

His most popular film scores of those many not already mentioned are Spartacus, Cleopatra, Dragonslayer, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Devil's Brigade, and the rejected score for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Work on Broadway

Mother (1935) - play with music - co-composer Life and Death of an American (1939) - play - co-composer Tis of Thee (1940) - revue - co-composer Of V We Sing (1942) - revue - featured composer Death of a Salesman (1949) - music for the play - composer The Innocents (1950) - play - incidental music composer A Streetcar Named Desire (1952) - ballet based on the play - composer The Misfits (1961) - film score - composer Street Corner Symphony (1997) - revue - featured songwriter for "Unchained Melody"