Awards & Winners

Alex North

Date of Birth 04-December-1910
Place of Birth Chester
(Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Isadore Soifer, Mr. North, Isadore Soifer, Isadore Soifer
Profession Film Score Composer, Conductor
Alex North was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award.

Awards by Alex North

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alex North.

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score) Death of a Salesman
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

1985


Academy Honorary Award
(in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures)

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Under the Volcano

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Dragonslayer

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score) The Word (US)
Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series or A Special

1976


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Honored for : Rich Man, Poor Man
(Outstanding Achievement In Music Composition For A Series)

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition - Series Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Achievement In Music Composition For A Series

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Bite the Bullet

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Shanks

1969


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : The Shoes of the Fisherman

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Shoes of the Fisherman

1966


Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Agony and the Ecstasy

1963


Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Cleopatra
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Cleopatra

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Spartacus

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Spartacus

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Rainmaker

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Unchained Melody
Unchained
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Rose Tattoo

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Viva Zapata!

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Death of a Salesman
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score A Streetcar Named Desire