Alex North

There are scores you have to write objectively without getting involved.

Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.

My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.

The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in society has made certain films more acceptable. I turned down so many films in the '60s and '70s.

Today it's not culture; it's box office.

I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.