Posted on 12/03/2010 5:28:47 PM PST by Perdogg
Alex North (1910–1991) received 15 Academy Award nominations between 1951 and 1984, 14 for Original Score and 1 for Song. He finally took home a statuette at the 1985 Academy Awards, when he was presented with an Honorary Award “in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures.”
North’s ‘brilliant artistry’ included his work for “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951), which was the first major score to rely heavily on jazz influences, “Death of a Salesman” (1951) and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966). His ability to handle epic subject matter led to such assignments as “Viva Zapata!” (1952), “Spartacus” (1960), “Cleopatra” (1963) and “The Agony and the Ecstasy” (1965). In 1955 he wrote the now-classic music that was recorded as “Unchained Melody” for the prison movie “Unchained.”
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Thank you Perdogg. He certainly deserved great recognition for his work in so many outstanding movies.
Unchained Melody is beautiful and one of my all time favorites.
"Oh, unchained, meh-meh-lodee, My dahling, unchained-a-ained, meh-low-dee, oh, oh ..." etc
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