ALEX NORTH "CLEOPATRA" 1963 20th CENTURY FOX OST- OOP MONO LP EX-/VG-

Description: NOTE: MAIL RATES HAVE RECENTLY GONE UP A LITTLE RECENTLY, MY FLAT RATE ENCOMPASSES THAT WITH A LITTLE EXTRA TO COVER THE COST OF THE LP MAILERS. THANKS! INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS STILL AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS SO I AM OFFERING LIMITED SHIPPING, PLEASE CHECK THE SHIPPING TAB TO MAKE SURE I DO SHIP TO YOUR COUNTRY. THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY (SORRY ABOUT THAT), BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON OR BUYING. THANKS FOR LOOKING. FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS. NOTE: eBay HAS TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO REMOVE WHAT THEY CALL “OUTSIDE” LINKS, THESE ARE IN THE HTML DESCRIPTION, AND CAN'T EVEN BE SEEN IN MY ITEM DESCRIPTION, SO FROM NOW ON IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ITEM &/OR ARTIST LOOK 'EM UP, ON WIKI, OR OTHER SOURCES ETC. (SORRY 'BOUT THAT!) CLEANING OUT MORE LP'S. SOME FROM THRIFT STORES, SOME FROM MY MUSIC LIBRARY, AND SOME FROM MY RADIO FRIENDS SOLD OR GIVEN TO ME, SOME FROM THE NETWORK I WAS AT. NOTE: I DO NOT ACCEPT "BEST OFFERS" I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A FAIR SHOT AT WHAT I AM SELLING. THANKS! I DO COMBINE SHIPPING! THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE, SORRY IF THE PICTURE(S) ARE A BIT BLURRY. HAVE A FEW SOUNDTRACKS AND BROADWAY CAST LP's I AM LISTING, CLEARING OUT DUPLICATES, ETC. ARTIST:COMPOSER ALEX NORTH TITLE: “CLEOPATRA” ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK RECORDING TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS/BELOW: A1 Caesar And Cleopatra A2 A Gift For Caesar A3 The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns A4 Taste Of Death A5 Cleopatra Enters Rome A6 Caesar's Assassination A7 Epilogue (Act 1) B1 Antony And Cleopatra B2 Cleopatra's Barge B3 Love And Hate B4 My Love Is My Master B5 Grant Me An Honorable Way To Die B6 Dying Is Less Than Love B7 "Antony --- Wait..." YEAR OF RELEASE- 1963 RECORD LABEL: 20th CENTURY FOX RECORDS CAT.#: SXG-5008 (MONO) RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN VG/VG- CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE IS SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND SOUND ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES, LOOKS AND PLAYS VERY CLEAN JACKET CONDITION: THE GATEFOLD JACKET IS IN VG/VG- CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO SEAM SPLITS, NO BENDS, MARKS, ON IT. THERE'S SOME VERY, VERY LIGHT VISIBLE WEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE JACKET (SEE PHOTOS) A COUPLE SMALL “SPOTS” IN THE UPPER LEFT CRONER. THERE'S SOME LIGHT RING WEAR ON THE BACK OF THE JACKET AND SOMEONE, “MIKE” WROTE THEIR NAME (SEE OTHER PHOTOS) MORE INFO : THIS RECORD IS OUT OF PRINT. NICE LINER NOTES EXPLAING ALL OF THE MUSIC CUES. ARTIST INFO: Alex North (1910–1991) North was born Isadore Soifer in Pennsylvania, to parents who were émigrés from what today is Ukraine. He was a composer best known for his many movie scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). North was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award, but never won a competitive Oscar despite 15 nominations. His score for A Streetcar Named Desire is considered one of the first jazz-based film scores, and in 2016 a recording of the score was added to the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant by the US Library of Congress. In 1955, North wrote the music as a theme for the little-known prison movie, Unchained, but the theme song “Unchained Melody” has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century. It is estimated that over 1500 recordings have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages. Although best known for his work in Hollywood, North spent many years in New York writing music for TV and the stage. During his time writing for Broadway productions, he composed the score for the original New York production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” in 1949. Interview Transcription Ask ten leading film composers whom they most admire in their field and probably eight will say, immediately, “Alex North”. No other movie writer is more respected by his peers. Alex has garnered international accolades in ballet, theatre, symphonic music and television, as well as fifty–five major motion pictures. In addition to his recent Academy Award, he received fifteen previous nominations. Other awards included those from the Television Academy (“Emmy”), Composers and Lyricists, Hollywood Foreign Press (“Golden Globe”), NARAS and Down Beat magazine. Alex had success as a songwriter, too. His “Unchained Melody” won an Oscar nomination and was a big pop hit. Yet, with all his ability and acclaim, Alex always displays amazing humility. I remember writing in Hollywood’s Daily Variety a few very sincere and well–deserved words of praise about Alex and his music. The very next day I received a most gracious letter of appreciation. Then, last year, when I was vice–president and entertainment director of the American Society of Music Arrangers (ASMA) I persuaded (with no difficulty) our ASMA directors to award our 1986 “Golden Score” to our member Alex North, which he accepted with special charm at our annual banquet. Alex was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1910. He started formal piano lessons at age nine and, later, studied at Curtis Institute. At Curtis he won a scholarship to the famed Julliard School of Music (1929–32). This and his admiration for Prokoviev, led to an offer to study composition at the Moscow Conservatory (1933–35). Alex recalled: “When I was only about age fourteen I became excited by American jazz. I would go to Atlantic City to hear the bands of Coon Sanders and Paul Whiteman. When I decided to go to a country that subsidised music, I went to the Soviet Union for two years. Then, one day I went to a party there. They played “Mood Indigo” and I said to myself: ‘My roots are not here (in Russia).’ So I came back to the States.” During the years 1935–40 Alex was teaching at famous colleges and composing ballets for the century’s most gifted dancers. Beginning with China Strikes Back and Heart Of Spain, he started scoring for documentary films and theatre. In 1939 he conducted twenty-six concerts in Mexico and commenced studies with Aaron Copland and Ernest Tech. From 1942–46 he served in the Army with the rank of Captain. He was responsible for “self–entertainment” programmes in mental hospitals. During his Army years he composed music for more than twenty-six War Office documentaries. On his discharge Alex was commissioned by Benny Goodman to write “Revue for Clarinet and Orchestra.” This was premiered in New York by Goodman and the City Symphony under Leonard Bernstein. Benny originally said to Alex: “I want you write a concerto for me for Lennie Bernstein” and Alex asked a fee of twelve hundred dollars. Benny’s response: “I gave Bartok two hundred dollars to write ‘Contrasts’ and you ask for twelve hundred dollars!” Benny finally paid Alex only two hundred dollars for “Revue for Clarinet”. “I saved that cheque that Benny gave me,” Alex revealed. Further commissions came with a cantata, “Morning Star” based on the Nuremberg trials and a collaboration with Langston Hughes on “Negro Mother”. These works reflect Alex’s commitment to social justice. He followed these directions in his film scores for Viva Zapata and Spartacus. The first Alex North symphony came in 1947, followed by his highly applauded music for theatre: Death Of A Salesman, The Innocents, A Streetcar Named Desire, etc. His music for the subsequent films of Streetcar and Salesman followed. These scores were quoted as “landmarks” in movie music. Alex related how he came from New York to Hollywood: “My sponsor, Elia Kazan, insisted that I come out to do the score for Streetcar. The experience was unusual for me. Writing for theatre, I wasn’t accustomed to scoring for large orchestras. I remember writing for eight instruments and Ray Heindorf (Warner Bros. musical director at the time) pointed out that we had forty–five musicians under contract, and we should take advantage of them.” At first, Alex kept going back and forth from New York to Hollywood. He did about sixty documentaries, plus theatre and modern dance scores. “I finally ended up in Hollywood in 1955. I used to do about two–and–a–half motion pictures a year. Now I’ve slowed up a little. “The picture Cleopatra started in 1961, and I had nearly a year–and–a–half to do that. I had almost the same time for Spartacus. Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It’s just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions. “Today it’s not culture it’s box office. The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don’t have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in society has made certain films more acceptable. I turned down so many films in the ‘sixties and ‘seventies.” Alex North’s favourite score? “I prefer to write music for family films. I like people. And, being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero. There are other scores you have to write objectively without getting involved.” Alex has never been afraid of the unusual. He once used thirteen saxophones (two sopraninos, two sopranos, two altos, two tenors, two baritones, two basses and a contrabass). “The contrabass looked like a diesel engine. The only guy who could play it lived in San Diego ,” mused Alex. NOTE: ONLY LIMITED INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE VIRUS! 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