Alex North
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia page Alex North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Spartacus (1960)
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Cleopatra (1963)
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Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
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The Misfits (1961)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
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The Children's Hour (1961)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
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The Dead (1987)
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Prizzi's Honor (1985)
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The Bad Seed (1956)
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Dragonslayer (1981)
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Bite the Bullet (1975)
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Viva Zapata! (1952)
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Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
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The Devil's Brigade (1968)
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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
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The Rainmaker (1956)
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The Rose Tattoo (1955)
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The Last Butterfly (1991)
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Death of a Salesman (1985)
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Les Miserables (1952)
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All Fall Down (1962)
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Désirée (1954)
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
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Shanks (1974)
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Willard (1971)
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The Outrage (1964)
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Pocket Money (1972)
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Under the Volcano (1984)
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The King and Four Queens (1956)
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The Penitent (1988)
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Stage Struck (1958)
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Hard Contract (1969)
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Wise Blood (1979)
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Pony Soldier (1952)
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The Sound and the Fury (1959)
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Man with the Gun (1955)
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The Passover Plot (1976)
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Carny (1980)
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The Racers (1955)
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Hot Spell (1958)
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
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The Wonderful Country (1959)
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A Dream of Kings (1969)
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Sister, Sister (1982)
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Death of a Salesman (1951)
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Journey into Fear (1975)
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Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
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The Bachelor Party (1957)
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Go Man Go (1954)
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South Seas Adventure (1958)
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The 13th Letter (1951)
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Sanctuary (1961)
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Unchained (1955)
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The Member of the Wedding (1952)
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Four Girls in Town (1957)
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Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
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Decision for Chemistry (1954)
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