Alex North has been played on NTS in shows including Corticeps w/ Minus Kendal, featured first on 15 April 2016. Songs played include Moon Music And Prelude, Belle Reeve and Streetcar.

Alex North (December 4, 1910 - September 8, 1991) was an American composer responsible for the first jazz-based film score (A Streetcar Named Desire).

North was nominated for 15 Oscars, but did not win until receiving the lifetime achievement Academy Award in 1986.

Among his many film scores are Spartacus, Cleopatra, Streetcar Named Desire, Death of A Salesman, Dragonslayer, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Viva Zapata.

North composed the music to the timeless hit song, "Unchained Melody."

His classical works include a Rhapsody for Piano, and Revue for Clarinet and Orchestra, originally commissioned by Benny Goodman.