Jack Nitzsche

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1937-04-22

Deathday 2000-08-25 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As ​Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche

Jack Nitzsche

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ​Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (22 April 1937 – 25 August 2000) was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others. He also worked extensively in film scores, winning a song of the year Oscar in 1983 for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" (from An Officer and a Gentleman.)

Known For

Sound

1995
The Crossing Guard

as Original Music Composer

1994
Blue Sky

as Original Music Composer

1991
The Indian Runner

as Original Music Composer

1990
Mermaids

as Original Music Composer

1990
Revenge

as Original Music Composer

1990
The Hot Spot

as Original Music Composer

1990
The Last of the Finest

as Original Music Composer

1989
Next of Kin

as Music

1988
The Seventh Sign

as Original Music Composer

1986
Stand by Me

as Original Music Composer

1986
The Whoopee Boys

as Original Music Composer

1986
Streets of Gold

as Original Music Composer

1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Original Music Composer

1985
The Jewel of the Nile

as Original Music Composer

1985
Stripper

as Music

1984
The Razor's Edge

as Original Music Composer

1984
Starman

as Original Music Composer

1984
Windy City

as Original Music Composer

1983
Breathless

as Original Music Composer

1983
Without a Trace

as Original Music Composer

1982
An Officer and a Gentleman

as Original Music Composer

1982
Personal Best

as Original Music Composer

1982
Cannery Row

as Original Music Composer

1981
Cutter's Way

as Original Music Composer

1980
Cruising

as Original Music Composer

1980
Heart Beat

as Original Music Composer

1979
Hardcore

as Original Music Composer

1978
Blue Collar

as Original Music Composer

1977
Heroes

as Original Music Composer

1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Original Music Composer

1975
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

as Original Music Composer

1973
The Exorcist

as Original Music Composer

1973
1972
Greaser's Palace

as Original Music Composer

1970
Performance

as Original Music Composer

1965
Village of the Giants

as Original Music Composer

Actor

1986
The Whoopee Boys

as Motel Manager