- Stanley Kubrick was initially forced by MGM to have North (who had written the score for Kubrick's Spartacus (1960))compose an original score for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Kubrick, however, always intended to use classical music for the film. Kubrick allowed North to score the first half of the film before informing him they planned to use only sound effects for the second half. It wasn't until he was watching the film at its premiere in New York that North discovered none of his music had been used. North later reused themes composed for 2001 in the films The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Shanks (1974), and Dragonslayer (1981). North's original score was unheard for 25 years until composer Jerry Goldsmith re-recorded it for Varese Sarabande in 1993. In 2007, however, Intrada, working with Alex North's estate, released North's personal copies of the 1968 recording sessions on CD.
- Father of Steven North
- Father-in-law of Abby North.
- Director Mike Nichols didn't want him to do the music for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?", preferring to employ his friend Andre Previn for the score instead, but Warner Brothers and producer Ernest Lehman were insistent on North.
- Son, Dylan, with Hoellger.
- Father of Jasmine Alixandra North.
- Wrote music for the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001. Kubrick however replaced his music with other classical music such as Also Strachey Zarathustra and The Blue Danube.
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