Jack Nitzsche
Known For
Sound
Born
April 22, 1937
Died
August 25, 2000 (aged 63)
Birthplace
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.)
