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Jack Nitzsche

Jack Nitzsche

Sound • 1937-04-22 • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.)

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest8.4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

The Exorcist7.8

The Exorcist

1973

Stand by Me7.8

Stand by Me

1986

Nine 1/2 Weeks6.1

Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986

An Officer and a Gentleman7.0

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

The Jewel of the Nile6.2

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

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