Alex North
Alex North (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.
Early life
North was born Isadore Soifer in Chester, Pennsylvania to Russian Jewish parents.
Career
North managed to integrate his modernism into typical film music leitmotif structure, rich with themes. One of these became the famous song, "Unchained Melody". Nominated for fifteen Oscars but unsuccessful each time, North is one of only two film composers to receive the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award, the other being Ennio Morricone. North's frequent collaborator as orchestrator was the avant-garde composer Henry Brant. He won the 1968 Golden Globe award for his music to The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968).
His best-known film scores include A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Viva Zapata!, The Rainmaker, Spartacus, The Misfits, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dragonslayer and Under the Volcano. His music for The Wonderful Country makes use of Mexican and American motifs.
Days of Our Lives characters (2000s)
A list of notable characters from the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 1, 2000, and the end of 2009.
J.T. Brady
John Thomas "J.T." Brady was the "adopted" son of Abe and Lexie Carver, but after an infant switch by Stefano DiMera he was believed to be the second son of Hope Brady and Bo Brady.
After years of trying for a baby the natural way, Abe and Lexie Carver decide that they will adopt a child. When Lexie's father Stefano DiMera hears about the news, he is over joyed at the prospect of finally becoming a grandfather and asks that Abe and Lexie adopt the child of one of his distant relatives. The birth mother Marlo is in fact the niece of Dr. Rolf, Stefano's longtime assistant. However none the wiser to Lexie and Abe, Stefano is planning a plot whereby Marlo's baby would be switched with the baby of Bo and Hope's who Stefano at the time thought might be his or John Black's. After the births of the babies, Stefano has Dr. Rolf switch Hope's and Marlo's babies birth tags. So, the baby is instead taken home by Bo and Hope Brady and named John Thomas, getting his names from family friend John Black and "his" Great-Grandfather Dr. Thomas Horton.
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ALBUMS
- Sounder / Decision for Chemistry released: 2014
- Hot Spell / The Matchmaker released: 2013
- Shanks released: 2012
- The Children's Hour released: 2010
- Spartacus released: 2010
- Death of a Salesman / Rashomon released: 2009
- The Devil's Brigade released: 2007
- Music for 2001: A Space Odyssey released: 2007
- I'll Cry Tomorrow released: 2004
- The Shoes of the Fisherman / Ice Station Zebra / Where Eagles Dare released: 2004
- The Misfits released: 2004
- All Fall Down / The Outrage released: 2003
- The Wonderful Country / The King And Four Queens released: 2003
- South Seas Adventure released: 2003
- The Racers / Daddy Long Legs released: 2002
- The Long, Hot Summer / Sanctuary released: 2002
- Africa released: 2001
- Cleopatra released: 2000
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf released: 2000
- A Streetcar Named Desire released: 1995
- Alex North’s 2001: The Legendary Original Score released: 1993
- The Sound and the Fury released: 1991
- Under the Volcano released: 1991
- The Rose Tattoo released: 1990
- The Dead / Journey Into Fear released: 1987
- Cheyenne Autumn released: 1987
- Dragonslayer released: 1983
- Carny released: 1980
- The Long, Hot Summer released: 1958
- Viva Zapata! / The Children's Hour released:
- Willard released:
- The Devil's Brigade released:
Sounder / Decision for Chemistry
Released 2014- Main Title / A Boy’s Choice / Places to See / Back in the Twenties
- Odd Jobs / Frontier Science / Chemists of the Future
- Zero Minus Thirty / Stirring With Life / Industrial Skyline / Research
- Phosphorus Plant / Scientific Supermarket
- Wood Pulp Mill / Vanillin
- Dirty Clothes
- The Silkworm / Spin Dope / Synthetic Fibers
- The Soil Demonstration / Decision for Chemistry
- Main Title
- Father and Son
- Rebecca / David to School
- To the Ball Game
- Sounder / Goodbye, Mama
- Work in the Cane Field / Family Work
- Sounder Returns / Act Like One
- Thanks / Disclosure
- Dream
- Odyssey, Version A
- Odyssey, Version B
- Dejected
- Where’s Daddy
- Work
- Nathan Returns, Version A
- Nathan Returns, Version B
- Home
- Search for David
- Departure
- Source Music
Hot Spell / The Matchmaker
Released 2013- Main Title
- Happy Birthday
- Reminiscence Theme
- The Lonely Woman
- We Never Close
- The Truth Hurts
- The Awful Truth/The Late Comer
- Jack Leaves
- Alma's Story/Goodbye Jack
- News About Jack
- Memories Fade
- End Title*
- End Title (original)
- Prelude (Main Title)
- Soliloquy No. 1 (Mrs. Levi)/Van’s Store/Trap Door
- Soliloquy No. 2 (The Barber)/ Soliloquy No. 3 (I’ll Give You a Good Day)/ Bloomers
- Close to His Heart/No Time Off/Chief Clerk/ Hot Tomatoes
- The Matchmaker Polka
- Flirtation
- Bad Weather/Run For Cover
- Quick Disguise/In Hiding/Soliloquy No. 4
- Mrs. Levi’s Discovery/No Room for Sneezes
- The Yonkers Polka
- A Note to Irene/We Walk to Yonkers
- Discord in Harmonia Gardens
- Love and Spirits/Soliloquy No. 6
- Something Rotten in Yonkers
- The Proposal/Finale
- Van’s Store/Trap Door
- Soliloquy No. 3
- Run for Cover/Quick Disguise/The Yonkers Polka
- We Walk To Yonkers/Finale (alternate)
Shanks
Released 2012- Shanks–Main Title
- The Mansion
- The Laboratory
- The First Experiment
- Wireless Rooster
- Children At Play
- Several Days Later / The End of a Friend
- Pinning the Corpse
- The Corpse Walker
- Celia
- Later That Night
- Rooster On His Back
- Up From The Pool
- The Picnic
- Back To The Mansion / The Costume
- The Birthday Party
- Charlie's Town (The Charleston)
- Biker's Waltz
- Biker's Minuet
- Lifeless Celia
- Out of the Grave / Into the Well / No Sign of Life
- The Dead Fight the Living / Good Versus Evil / Celia's Waltz / The Happy Mimic
- Story Cards
- Dead Bike Rider
- TV Horror Show
Death of a Salesman / Rashomon
Released 2009- Prologue: The Rashomon Gate
- The Bandit's Story (In a Grove, The Rape, The Duel)
- The Wife's Story (Her Mother's Lament, The Wife's Love)
- Interlude: The Gate
- The Husband's Story (The Medium, The Betrayal, The Suicide)
- The Woodcutter's Story (The Bandit's Plea, The Wife's Flirtathion, The Husband's Cowardice, The Debacle)
- Epilogue: The Truth
- Cue 1
- Cue 2
- Cue 3
- Cue 4
- Cue 5
- Cue 6
- Cue 7
- Cue 8
- Cue 9
- Cue 10
- Cue 10B
- Cue 11
- Cue 12
- Cue 12C
- Cue 12D / 13
- Cue 14
- Cue 15
- Cue 15A
- Cue 16
- Cue 16A
- Cue 17
The Devil's Brigade
Released 2007- Main Title
- 30 Mile Hike - Parts 1 & 2
- 30 Mile Hike - Part 3
- Ski Training
- Graduation Ceremony
- The Stream / Continuing Down the Stream
- Infiltrating the City / Gathering of Prisoners
- The Prisoner Roundup Continues / Santa Elia Wrap-Up
- Dunkirk Revisited
- Climb Up the Mountain
- Continue the Climb
- Crown Hit
- Surrender Aftermath & End Title
- Scotland the Brave
- The Domestic General / The Domestic General Revisited
- The General's Breakfast
- Shoo Shoo Baby
- You Always Hurt the One You Love
- I'll Never Smile Again
- Beat Me Daddy
- Good King Wenceslas
- Joy to the World
- Main Title-Alt
- End Title-Alt
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Released 2004- Main Title
- Don't cry / Bye L'Ums
- Sing you Sinners
- David / How soon / Help
- When the red, red Robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
- Trance / Mama's Plea
- Confused / Pour me
- Transition / Also / Tony
- Stood up / Shattered / Tortured
- Happiness is a Thing called Joe
- Desperate
- String Chord / Real Heel
- Down Girl / Ashamed
- Home sweet Home / This is it / Hold it
- Light
- Fight to live / Serenity
- Burt / End Title
- Ashamed / Home sweet Home (original version)
- AA Medley
- End Title (original version)
- I'll cry Tomorrow (single version)
- The Vagabond King Waltz / I'm sitting on Top of the World
- Starlight Romance / Presently
- Waltz Huguette / Bar Mitzvah Rhumba
- Source Music Medley
- When the red, red Robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along (Sandy Ellis)
- Happiness is a Thing called Joe (Sandy Ellis)
The Shoes of the Fisherman / Ice Station Zebra / Where Eagles Dare
Released 2004- Overture
- Main Title
- Kiril's Release / Kamenev
- Rome
- Pope and Kiril / Announcement / St. Peter's Square
- Ceremony
- Arrival of the Cardinals
- The Election (album version)
- Kiril's Past
- Kiril is proclaimed Pope / White Smoke
- Entr'Acte / Leone
- Kiril's Loneliness
- Adventure
- Consolation / Tiny Folly
- Commission's Reaction / Telemond's Death
- Solitary Pilgrimage / Daybreak at St. Peter's
- The Gathering
- Coronation
- End Title / End Cast
- Exit Music
- Main Title (alternate)
- Election of the Pope (film version)
- Kiril's Loneliness (alternate)
- Theme from The Shoes of the Fisherman
- Solitary Pilgrimage (alternate)
- Coronation (alternate)
- End Titles (Leone version)
- Rome (alternate) / Main Title (excerpt of alternate)
The Racers / Daddy Long Legs
Released 2002- The Racers: Main Title
- The Racers: Monte Carlo
- The Racers: Much Too Close
- The Racers: Roulette
- The Racers: A Big Girl
- The Racers: Grand Prix
- The Racers: Appartengo A Voi
- The Racers: Monte Carlo Samb
- The Racers: I Belong To You
- The Racers: Decision
- The Racers: Truth
- The Racers: I Belong To You
- The Racers: Viendras-Tu Ce Soir?
- The Racers: GIno And Nicole
- The Racers: A.M. Blackjack
- The Racers: I Need You
- The Racers: End Title
- Daddy Long Legs: Paris
- Daddy Long Legs: Hong Kong
- Daddy Long Legs: Rio
The Long, Hot Summer / Sanctuary
Released 2002- The Long, Hot Summer: The Long, Hot Summer
- The Long, Hot Summer: Hey! Eula
- The Long, Hot Summer: Two Butterflies
- The Long, Hot Summer: Easy Living
- The Long, Hot Summer: Respect
- The Long, Hot Summer: Encounter
- The Long, Hot Summer: Jody
- The Long, Hot Summer: Eula
- The Long, Hot Summer: Barn Burner
- The Long, Hot Summer: Papa
- The Long, Hot Summer: Southern Belle
- The Long, Hot Summer: Ashamed
- The Long, Hot Summer: Loot
- The Long, Hot Summer: Big Daddy
- The Long, Hot Summer: The Barn Burns
- The Long, Hot Summer: Summertime
- The Long, Hot Summer: Sanctuary
- Sanctuary: Main Title
- Sanctuary: I Remember Sanctuary
- Sanctuary: Candy Man
- Sanctuary: Sleep Little Lush
- Sanctuary: You're Mine
- Sanctuary: Narration No. 1
- Sanctuary: Narration No. 2
- Sanctuary: Narration No. 3
- Sanctuary: Revelation
- Sanctuary: Candy's Return
- Sanctuary: Little Girl
- Sanctuary: Believe
Cleopatra
Released 2000- Overture
- Caesar and Cleopatra
- The Head of Pompeius
- A Gift for Caesar
- The Palace of Alexandria
- The Fire Burns, the Fire Burns
- Taste of Death
- A Queen's Bedroom
- Conspirations and Conflicts
- Anthony and Calpurnia
- Caesar's Farewell
- Cleopatra Enters Rome
- Caesar's Assassination
- Epilogue (Act 1)
- Anthony and Cleopatra
- We Shall Meet in Egypt
- Cleopatra's Barge
- Anthony's Victory
- Love and Hate
- My Love Is My Master
- Anthony's Farewell
- Grant Me an Honourable Way to Die
- Dying Is Less Than Love
- Anthony... Wait...
The Dead / Journey Into Fear
Released 1987- Main Title
- The Story of Michael Furey
- Gretta's Young Romance
- Gabriel's Mournful Reflections
- Aunt Kate Recalls Parkinson
- Gretta's Fond Memory
- Grim Gabriel
- The Lass of Aughrim
- Main Title
- Dead Agent
- Loneliness
- The Weapon
- The Search
- Deadly Quest
- Troubled Romance
- Pursuit
- Despair
- Desperate Straits
- It's Over (End Title)
Dragonslayer
Released 1983- Urlander's Mission (Main Titles)
- No Sorcerers, No Dragons!
- Ulrich's Death / Mourning
- Maiden's Sacrfice
- Forest Romp
- Hodge's Death
- Galen's Search for the Amulet
- Vermithrax's Lair / Landslide
- Valerian & Galen's Romance
- Tyrian and Galen Fight
- Jacopus Blasted
- Elspeth's Destriny / Dragon Scales
- Galen Jailed / Galen's Escape
Viva Zapata! / The Children's Hour
- Main Title Viva Zapata
- Zapata
- The People Rebel
- In the Church
- Zapata Cuts the Rope
- Gathering the Forces
- Zapata Escapes
- Zapata Battles
- Pablo Is Interrogated
- Conscience
- Zapata March
- Zapata Circles the Name
- There Is No Leader
- Death of Eufemio
- Fears
- The Parting
- Zapata Body and Finale
- Main Title (Not Used in the Film)
- Late Night Drive
- Noise in the Night-Mary Watches
- Mary Faints
- Joe and Karen Kiss
- Roommates
- Mary and Grandmother in the Car, Mary's Lies
- No More School
- Rosalie's Confession, Empty School
- No Walk
- Delivery Boy, Trapped
- Mrs. Tilford Learns the Truth
- Mrs. Tilford Rejected, the Long Walk
- Karen Runs, Martha's Room, the Funeral
- Finale
The Devil's Brigade
- The Devil's Brigade March (I Want a Woman) (Chorus)
- You Always Hurt the One You Love
- Parade Ground March
- Good King Wenceslas
- Surrender Aftermath
- Shoo-Shoo Baby
- Theme From the Devil's Brigade (I Got a Woman) (Chorus)
- I'll Never Smile Again
- Theme From the Devil's Brigade (instrumental)
- Joy to the World
- Santa Elia Wrap-Up
- Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar
Born: 1910-12-04
Died: 1991-09-08
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by Alex North
Unchained Melody
by: Alex NorthOh, my love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time.
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much,
Are You Still Mine?
I need your love,
I need your love,
God speed your love to me!
Lonely rivers flow to the sea,
To the sea,
To the open arms of the sea.
Lonely rivers sigh,
"Wait for me, wait for me!"
I'll be coming home, wait for me!
Oh, my love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much,
Are You Still Mine?
I need your love,
I need your love,
God speed your love to me!
Lonely mountains gaze at the stars,
At the stars,
Waiting for the dawn of the day.
All alone, I gaze at the stars,
At the stars,
Dreaming of my love for away.
Oh, my love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time.
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much,
Are You Still Mine?
I need your love,
I need your love,
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