Jack Nitzsche

Sound

Born: 1937-04-22
Died: 2000-08-25
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

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.)

Awards & Nominations1 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1983
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

An Officer and a Gentleman

1983
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1976