Jack Nitzsche

Composer

Born: April 22, 1937 (63 years old)

Died: August 25, 2000

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.)

Filmography (37)

• Stand by Me (1986, ★ 7.8)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, ★ 8.4)
• The Exorcist (1973, ★ 7.7)
• The Whoopee Boys (1986, ★ 5.4)
• Breathless (1983, ★ 5.9)
• The Jewel of the Nile (1985, ★ 6.2)
• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, ★ 7)
• Mermaids (1990, ★ 6.7)
• The Seventh Sign (1988, ★ 6)
• Cutter's Way (1981, ★ 6.5)
• Blue Collar (1978, ★ 7.4)
• Journey Through the Past (1972, ★ 6.4)
• The Crossing Guard (1995, ★ 6)
• Cruising (1980, ★ 6.6)
• Revenge (1990, ★ 6.5)
• The Hot Spot (1990, ★ 6.3)
• Hardcore (1979, ★ 6.7)
• Performance (1970, ★ 6.8)
• The Indian Runner (1991, ★ 6.6)
• Starman (1984, ★ 6.9)
• Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight (1975, ★ 5.6)
• Without a Trace (1983, ★ 5.3)
• Personal Best (1982, ★ 6)
• Next of Kin (1989, ★ 5.9)
• Blue Sky (1994, ★ 6.1)
• The Razor's Edge (1984, ★ 6.4)
• Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986, ★ 6.1)
• When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979, ★ 5.9)
• The Last of the Finest (1990, ★ 5.9)
• Cannery Row (1982, ★ 5.9)