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Alex North
American
Composer
Born:
Dec 4
,
1910
Died:
Sep 8
,
1991
Culture
Films
Music
People
Today
You
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Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.
Alex North
Today
Music
Art
You
People
Problem
Fear
Films
Daring
More
Commercialism
Bankrupt
Want
Conventional
Your
Film
Film Music
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.
Alex North
Today
Music
Gifted
Dreadful
TV
Composers
Record
Talent
Impose
Friday
Conditions
Expect
Get
Tuesday
Just
Decent
Script
Today it's not culture; it's box office.
Alex North
Today
Culture
Box
Box Office
Office
I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.
Alex North
Music
Family
People
Films
Write
Like
Prefer
My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.
Alex North
Best
Experience
Composing
Kazan
Film
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