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Alex North was an original composer probably even by the classical music standards of the day. However, he managed to intergrate his modernism into typical film music leitmotif structure, rich with themes. One of which became the famous song, " Unchained Melody". Nominated for an Oscar 15 times, Alex North is the only film composer to win the lifetime achievement Oscar.

His most popular film scores of those many not already mentioned are Spartacus, Cleopatra, DragonslayerDragonslayer is a 1981 fantasy movie set in a realistically portrayed medieval Great Britain, and follows a young wizard-in-training as he attempts to defeat a dragon. A co-production between The Walt Disney Company and Paramount Pictures, Dragonslayer wa, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Devil's BrigadeThe Devil's Brigade is a 1966 book written by World War II combat pilot, novelist, and historian Robert H. Adleman in conjunction with Col. George Walton, a brigade member. The story tells the real-life World War II story of the 1st Special Service Force., and the rejected score for Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick ( July 26, 1928 March 7, 1999) was a Jewish- American film director born in The Bronx, New York City who lived most of his life in England. His films are highly acclaimed for their technical perfection and deep symbolism. As a director he's .