Jack Nitzsche

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-04-22 (63 years old)

Deathday

2000-08-25

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.)

Acting

Production

1986

Stand by Me

as Original Music Composer

1983

Breathless

as Original Music Composer

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Original Music Composer

1985

The Jewel of the Nile

as Original Music Composer

1982

An Officer and a Gentleman

as Original Music Composer

1990

Mermaids

as Original Music Composer

1988

The Seventh Sign

as Original Music Composer

1981

Cutter's Way

as Original Music Composer

1995

The Crossing Guard

as Original Music Composer

1980

Cruising

as Original Music Composer

1990

Revenge

as Original Music Composer

1965

Village of the Giants

as Original Music Composer

1990

The Hot Spot

as Original Music Composer

1975

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

as Original Music Composer

1973

The Exorcist

as Original Music Composer

1983

Without a Trace

as Original Music Composer

1972

Greaser's Palace

as Original Music Composer

1982

Personal Best

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Whoopee Boys

as Original Music Composer

1986

Streets of Gold

as Original Music Composer

1973

1985

Stripper

as Music

1980

Heart Beat

as Original Music Composer

1989

Next of Kin

as Music

1979

Hardcore

as Original Music Composer

1970

Performance

as Original Music Composer

1994

Blue Sky

as Original Music Composer

1984

The Razor's Edge

as Original Music Composer

1991

The Indian Runner

as Original Music Composer

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Original Music Composer

1984

Starman

as Original Music Composer

1978

Blue Collar

as Original Music Composer

1990

The Last of the Finest

as Original Music Composer

1982

Cannery Row

as Original Music Composer

1977

Heroes

as Original Music Composer

1984

Windy City

as Original Music Composer

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