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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?
- Isadore Soifer
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- September 8, 1991 (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- December 4, 1910, Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alex North is a bestselling thriller writer who also publishes crime novels under a different name. Learn more about his books, upcoming events, articles and interviews on his website.
Alex North (1910-1991) was an American composer and conductor who worked in various genres, including jazz, classical and film music. He won an Oscar for his lifetime achievement and was nominated 15 times for his scores, such as Spartacus, A Streetcar Named Desire and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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- Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Alex North is a British crime writer who has previously published under another name. Alex North was born in Leeds, England, where he now lives with his wife and son. The Whisper Man was inspired by North's own little boy, who mentioned one day that he was playing with "the boy in the floor."
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Jul 7, 2020 · The Shadows is the haunting new thriller from Alex North, author of the New York Times bestseller The Whisper Man. You knew a teenager like Charlie Crabtree. A dark imagination, a sinister smile--always on the outside of the group.
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Alex North. Music Department: Spartacus. Alex North studied music at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, then won a scholarship to Juilliard in New York (1929) and the Moscow Conservatoire (1933), making him the first-ever American to become a member of the Union of Soviet Composers.
Alex North has 27 books on Goodreads with 674075 ratings. Alex North’s most popular book is The Whisper Man.
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