Jack Nitzsche

Known for Sound

Born

April 22, 1937

Died

August 25, 2000 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Bernard Alfred "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.)