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Jeff Alexander

Composer · Died December 23, 1989, aged 79 · Seattle, Washington, USA

From Wikipedia Jeff Alexander (July 2, 1910 – December 23, 1989) was an American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio and television scores. Born Myer Goodhue Alexander in Seattle, Washington, Alexander began performing in his teens as a singer and dancer in vaudeville productions. He then began playing piano and composing big band music. In 1947, he moved to Los Angeles and began writing film and, later, television scores. His first film project was the score for Shall We Dance. He ultimately composed the scores to 35 films, including The Tender Trap (1955), Jailhouse Rock (1957), Kid Galahad (1962), and Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969).

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Born
July 2, 1910
Died
December 23, 1989 (aged 79)
From
Seattle, Washington, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
34 on Motif · 45 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 5% in 30 days

What are Jeff Alexander's films like?

Across their 29 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy16 titlesTypical Motif score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Motif score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Motif score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Motif score: 49th percentile
: browse their Biography movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Self
21%
Morality
17%
Power
14%
Society
6%
Survival
2%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 20 · Serious 6 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 13 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 15 · Charged 12 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 18 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 25 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 29 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
13
Tense
13
Warm
10
Absurd
7
Romantic
9
Other
22

How their films linger

Feel-good23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy22
  • Bittersweet7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jeff Alexander's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 34 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Alexander's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

45 credits, 34 with a Motif page.

  • More Wild Wild West(1980)

    Composer

    Motif score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Wild West Revisited(1979)

    Composer

    Motif score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid(1978)

    Composer

    Motif score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe(1976)

    Composer

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return(1975)

    Composer

    Motif score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Sex Symbol (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Police Woman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Hawkins (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Dirty Dingus Magee(1970)

    Composer

    Motif score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Support Your Local Sheriff!(1969)

    Composer

    Motif score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Why Man Creates (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Speedway(1968)

    Composer

    Motif score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Day of the Evil Gun(1968)

    Composer

    Motif score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Clambake(1967)

    Composer

    Motif score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Double Trouble(1967)

    Composer

    Motif score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Rounders(1965)

    Composer

    Motif score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Searching Eye (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Kid Galahad(1962)

    Composer

    Motif score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The George Raft Story(1961)

    Composer

    Motif score: 27th percentile of all films

  • All the Fine Young Cannibals(1960)

    Composer

    Motif score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Gazebo(1959)

    Composer

    Motif score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Startime (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Composer · Conductor

  • Ask Any Girl(1959)

    Composer · Conductor

    Motif score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • It Started with a Kiss(1959)

    Composer · Conductor

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Mating Game(1959)

    Composer

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Party Girl(1958)

    Composer

    Motif score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Reluctant Debutante(1958)

    Additional Music

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The High Cost of Loving (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • The Sheepman(1958)

    Composer

    Motif score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Gun Glory(1957)

    Composer

    Motif score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Wings of Eagles(1957)

    Composer

    Motif score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Jailhouse Rock(1957)

    Composer · Music Supervisor

    Motif score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Great American Pastime (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • These Wilder Years(1956)

    Composer

    Motif score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Ransom! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Kismet(1955)

    Conductor · Music Supervisor

    Motif score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Jupiter's Darling(1955)

    Vocal Coach

    Motif score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Tender Trap(1955)

    Composer

    Motif score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Rogue Cop (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)

    Composer

  • Escape from Fort Bravo(1953)

    Composer

    Motif score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis(1953)

    Composer · Music Director

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Remains to Be Seen(1953)

    Composer · Music Director

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Skirts Ahoy!(1952)

    Vocals

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Westward the Women(1951)

    Composer

    Motif score: 94th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles from 1951 to 1980.

Biggest box office

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

$2.5K worldwide

Highest rated

Westward the Women (1951)

Motif 94th

Most popular right now

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music39 of 43: 34 only music, 5 with another role · typical Motif score63rdOther crew9 of 43: 4 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Motif score42nd

43 titles, 5 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1950s23 · crew1960s10 · crew1970s9 · crew1980s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jeff Alexander's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 34; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Motif score across 34 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · composer

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

70th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Westward the Women (1951)

Motif 94th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 58/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jeff Alexander work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeff Alexander's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Burt Kennedy shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles