Jack Nitzsche

American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and record producer

Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( NEECH-ee; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others. He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" with Buffy Sainte-Marie.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • "Can't Stop Dancing"
  • "You Are My Tomorrow, Today" - Theme From "Heroes"
  • 901
  • A World in Trouble
  • Abby Follows David to the Synagogue
  • Abby's Death
  • Adagio for Strings
  • After Making Love / Bone Leaves Mo Alone
  • Another Dead End
  • Arrival in India
  • At Georgie's / Looking for Cutter
  • Attempted Suicide and Light
  • Balls
  • Bank Robbery
  • Betrayal
  • Birth
  • Blackmail
  • Blue Collar (main theme & end title)
  • Burnt House / The Morgue
  • Bus Stop Affair
  • Car in Alley / Leg in Trash Can
  • Carol Loves Wormhead!
  • Carolyn
  • Carolyn's Theme
  • Coke Machine
  • Coming to Town
  • Confrontation
  • Cord Building in L.A.
  • Cord in Parade
  • Crow Jane Lady
  • Cutter Leaves for L.A.
  • Cutter and Bone See Cord
  • Cutter's Ride
  • Cutter, Bone and Mo in Café
  • Das schönste Lied kennt Guildo Horn
  • David's Apartment & The Story of 'The Guf'
  • Dead Texan
  • Define Love
  • Dirt Track Blues
  • Do You Have Somebody?
  • Dolly’s Arrival
  • Driveway Talk
  • Easy Listening
  • Empty Bank
  • End Credits
  • End Title
  • End Title - Theme From "Heroes"
  • F.B.I. (main theme)
  • Fireworks; World War I
  • Friendship
  • Garbage Truck in Alley
  • Gloria’s Story
  • Goodbye, New York!
  • Hard Workin’ Man
  • Harry Sets Up Sutton
  • Harry and Dolly
  • Harry’s Philosophy
  • Heart Beat
  • Here Come the Helicopters
  • Honeymoon
  • I Gave You a Baby
  • Illicit Love
  • Jack's Theme
  • Jam
  • Jeep Ride
  • Jenny Shot
  • La nuit n’en finit plus
  • Larry Leaves the Monastery
  • Larry's Journey
  • Lifting Ship
  • Love Theme
  • Lucci Revealed
  • Lying in Bed
  • Main Title
  • Manhattan Skyline and Statues in the Park
  • Maturin's Funeral
  • Miryea
  • Miryea's Death
  • Mo's Theme
  • Moanin’
  • Morning Military
  • Motorcycle; Climbing the Stairs
  • Murder
  • Natural Magic
  • Neal's Theme
  • Needles and Pins
  • Night Picnic
  • On the Beach
  • On the Road
  • One Night Stand: Gas Station and Motel / Long, Long Time
  • Opening / Fish / Desert / Wrath / 1st Seal
  • Opium Den
  • Orion mas ka-peo
  • Parchment 2/29
  • Party
  • Pickup Truck
  • Piedmont Hit
  • Piedmont's Death
  • Quittin' Time (main theme)
  • Rich Alone in Office
  • Rich Comes Back / Cutter Calls From L.A.
  • Road Block
  • Road to Eureka: Hitching a Ride / Mexican Wedding Party / Journey's End
  • Rolls Royce & Acid
  • Sailboat Sequence
  • Sawmill
  • Shakey Pictures Fanfare
  • Starman Leaves/End Title
  • String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill
  • Tausend Nadelstiche
  • That’s Enough
  • The Last Martyr
  • The Monastery
  • The Nightmare
  • The Plot Thickens
  • The Stabbing
  • The Walk to the Gas Chamber
  • The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
  • Theme From "Heroes"
  • Three Americans
  • Tibey's Revenge
  • Travel Theme
  • Trenches
  • Up Where We Belong
  • What's It Like Up There?
  • Whorehouse / Healing
  • Zeke, Jerry & Smokie
  • 愛と青春の旅だち(Up Where We Belong)