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Sat 26 May: The Hambleden Concerts 2012 - Music from around the World The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Hambleden Hambleden, RG9 6RT
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Born: 4 December 1910 — Chester, PA — USA
Died: 8 September 1991 — Los Angeles — USA
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Music

His best-known film scores are:

His commissioned score for Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) was discarded by the director, but it has now been released on CD,

Life

The American composer and conductor Alex North is mainly known as a film composer. He was nominated for an Oscar 14 times, but never won.

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