Alex North News
June 7, 2007
Songwriters Hall of Fame names "Unchained Melody" the Towering Song of 2007.
January 2007
Intrada releases world premiere of original performance of Alex North's score to Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Assembled from sole surviving mono mixdown safety master made for composer by engineer Ken Cameron during recording sessions at Anvil.
January 24, 2007
Daily Variety notes "Kevin O'Connell, nommed for his sound mixing in "Apocalypto" scores his 19th nom. He furthers his status as the Academy's most nominated individual who, so far, hasn't won. Distant runners-up are composer Alex North and art director Roland Anderson, at 15 each." Alex, however, did win a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1985.
January 19-20, 2007
Utah Symphony Orchestra performs "The Golden Age of Film Music," including music from Alex North's score to "Spartacus."
January 18, 2007
Waco Symphony Orchestra features "A Night At The Movies," with performances including Alex North's "Unchained Melody."
May 2, 2006
Varese Sarabande producer Robert Townson discusses Alex North's seminal score for "A Streetcar Named Desire" in "North and Music of the South," an original documentary on the new Warner Bros. DVD of this legendary and classic film.