Alex North Film Composer

<p> Alex North (1910-1991) was one of America's most renowned film composers. His musical scores enhanced more than 60 major motion pictures--<I>A Streetcar Named Desire Cleopatra</I> and <I>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf</I> among them. He had 15 Oscar nominations and received the Lifetime Achievement Oscar.</p><p> This book begins with his early life in Pennsylvania and moves through his studies at Juilliard and in Russia and Mexico his early experiences in modern dance documentaries and theater and his major work in film. The book also offers analyses of North's musical scores for <I>Streetcar Spartacus The Misfits Under the Volcano</I> and <I>Prizzi's Honor</I>. Appendices include a bibliography a filmography a listing of other North compositions a discography and a listing of awards.</p>