Jeff Alexander

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Myer Goodhue "Jeff" Alexander (born July 2, 1910 in Seattle , Washington , † December 23, 1989 ibid) was an American composer of film music and was mainly through his compositions in the films In Colorado the devil is loose and Jailhouse Rock - known rhythm behind bars .

Life

After attending school, Alexander studied at the Becker Conservatory with Edmund Ross and Joseph Schillinger and then worked as a composer, songwriter , conductor and arranger . In 1952 he joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and worked with Jack Brooks and Larry Orenstein in the years that followed.

In the course of his career he was involved in the music in around 100 films and television series and especially created songs for films such as Jailhouse Rock - Rhythm Behind Bars (1957) and In Colorado The Devil Is Losing (1958) and was also in Du for the arrangements should be my lucky star (1952) responsible. For his work in The Seeing Eye , he received a prize at the York International Film Fest Award .

His best-known movie songs include Soothe My Lonely Heart , The Wings of Eagles , Ballad for Beatnicks , Troubled Man and Blues About Manhattan . Most recently Alexander, who also composed classical compositions for symphony orchestra , viola , piano and string instruments , composed music for television series such as The Lieutenant (1963 to 1964) with Gary Lockwood , Valentine's Day (1964 to 1965) with Anthony Franciosa , Unser darutes Heim (1965 to 1966) with Pat Crowley and Julia (1968 to 1971) with Diahann Carroll .

In 2003, Vincent Gallo used the song Come wander with me for the soundtrack of his American-Japanese-French independent essay film The Brown Bunny .

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SURNAME Alexander, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexander, Myer Goodhue (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1989
Place of death Seattle , Washington