Jack Nitzsche
- Born
- April 22, 1937 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- August 25, 2000
- Composer
- music_department
- Actor
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 credits
- 2022Neil Young: Harvest Time · Self (Self)
- 2022Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille · Archive footage (Self)
- 2018Stringman: The Jack Nitzsche Story · Archive footage (Self)
- 1995The Crossing Guard · Composer
- 1994Blue Sky · Composer
- 1991The Indian Runner · Composer
- 1990Mermaids · Composer
- 1990Revenge · Composer
- 1990The Hot Spot · Composer
- 1990The Last of the Finest · Composer
- 1989Next of Kin · Composer
- 1988The Seventh Sign · Composer
- 1986Stand by Me · Composer
- 19869½ Weeks · Composer
- 1986The Whoopee Boys · Composer
- 1986Streets of Gold · Composer
- 1985The Jewel of the Nile · Composer
- 1985Stripper · Composer
- 1984Starman · Composer
- 1984The Razor's Edge · Composer
- 1984Windy City · Composer
- 1983Breathless · Composer
- 1983Without a Trace · Composer
- 1982An Officer and a Gentleman · Composer
- 1982Cannery Row · Composer
- 1982Personal Best · Composer
- 1981Cutter's Way · Composer
- 1980Cruising · Composer
- 1980Heart Beat · Composer
- 1979Hardcore · Composer
- 1979When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? · Composer
- 1978Blue Collar · Composer
- 1977Heroes · Composer
- 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Composer
- 1975Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight · Composer
- 1972Greaser's Palace · Composer
- 1965Village of the Giants · Composer