Neil Dorfsman (* 31. Mai 1952 in New York City, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Musikproduzent und Toningenieur, der vor allem durch seine Arbeit mit den Dire Straits, Bruce Hornsby, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney und Sting bekannt wurde. Er gewann drei Grammy Awards und war sechs weitere Male nominiert.Neil Dorfsman, grammy.com
Leben und Wirken Dorfsman wurde in Manhattan geboren und wuchs auf Long Island auf. Er begann seine Karriere in den Electric Lady Studios. Hier wurde er von Eddie Kramer ausgebildet. Auch arbeitete er im Studio The Power Station, wo er dann in den 1970er Jahren zu den festen Toningenieuren zählte. Mit Stand 2014 lebte Dorfsman in La Jolla, Kalifornien.
Auszeichnungen Dorfsman gewann den Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical 1988. Zudem nahm er zwei Stücke für Stings Brand New Day (1999) auf, das den Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album erhielt, wodurch er hierfür ebenfalls als Gewinner geführt wird. Einen Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical erhielt er für das Dire-Straits-Album Brothers in Arms (1985). Sechs Nominierungen für einen Grammy hatte er zudem erhalten, für den erstgenannten Preis für das Album Brothers in Arms (1985) gemeinsam mit Mark Knopfler, für den letztgenannten bereits für Love over Gold (1982), ebenfalls von den Dire Straits. Für Brothers in Arms als Album of the Year und die Single Money for Nothing als Record of the Year (beide 1985) sowie für Stings … Nothing Like the Sun (1987) ebenfalls als Album of the Year stehen drei weitere Nominierungen zu Buche. Überdies war er 1990 für die Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical für Flowers in the Dirt von Paul McCartney nominiert.
Außerdem mischte er Olde School von East Village Opera Company ab, das 2009 eine Grammy-Nominierung für den Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album erhielt, die allerdings nicht Dorfsman zugeschrieben wird. 1988 und 1998 wurde Dorfsman jedoch mit dem TEC Award für den „Engineer of the Year“ ausgezeichnet.
Auswahldiskografie Neil Dorfsman war an über 300 Alben beteiligt. 2014 The Album Collection, Vol. 1: 1973-1984 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 2013 The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan - Engineer 2012 Grégoire Maret - Grégoire Maret - Mixing 2012 Live/Stone Blue - Foghat - Remixing 2011 The Best of 25 Years - Sting - Mixing, Producer 2011 Wonderland - Original Broadway Cast - Engineer, Mixing 2010 De Mares y Visiones: Canciones de Una Década - Manolo García - Mixing 2010 The Collection 1973-84 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 2009 Animal Grace/Walking Through Fire - April Wine - Mixing 2009 Great Vacation, Vol. 1: Super Best of Glay - Glay - Mixing 2009 Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 2009 Handel’s Messiah Rocks - Joyful Noise - Engineer 2009 No Surrender - Kane - Engineer 2008 Ikons - Kiss - Engineer 2008 Olde School - The East Village Opera Company - Mixing 2008 Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years - Producer 2008 Saldremos a la Lluvia - Manolo García - Mixing 2008 The Other Side of Me - Linda Eder - Engineer 2007 In the Moment- Bob Mintzer - Engineer 2007 Volta - Björk - Engineer, Mixing 2006 Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 - Kiss - Engineering 2006 Révérence - Henri Salvador - Engineer, Mixing 2006 Soapbox Heroes - Enter the Haggis - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 2006 Surrounded - Björk - Engineer 2005 From the Ground Up - Antigone Rising - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 2005 Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Producer 2005 Romeo Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield - Engineer, Mixing 2005 The Best of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - Engineer 2005 The East Village Opera Company - The East Village Opera Company - Engineer, Producer 2004 All the Best - Tina Turner - Producer 2004 Dedication/On the Line - Gary Bonds - Engineer, Mixing 2004 Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears - Engineer 2004 Faster Than the Speed of Night/Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire - Bonnie Tyler - Engineer, Mixing 2004 Greatest Radio Hits - Bruce Hornsby - Producer 2004 Medúlla - Björk - Engineer 2003 Late Harvest - Serah - Engineer 2003 Songs of Love - Sting - Composer 2003 That Great Love Sound [UK CD] - The Raveonettes - Engineer 2003 The Chain Gang of Love - The Raveonettes - Engineer 2003 The Essential Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 2002 Anthology - Carly Simon - Engineer 2002 At the Movies - Sting - Mixing, Producer 2002 Beyond Words - Bobby McFerrin - Engineer, Mixing 2002 Favorite Enemy - Eman - Engineer, Mixing 2002 Happy Times Ten - Hampton the Hampster - Engineer, Mixing 2002 Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady [Compass] - Paul Brady - Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer 2002 The Edge of Silence - Solas - Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer 2001 Back to the Island: Reggae From Martha’s Vineyard - Engineer 2000 A Collection: Step by Step/Paradox- Steps Ahead - Engineer 2000 Best of Art Farmer in the CTI Years - Art Farmer - Engineer 2000 Brand New Day: The Remixes - Sting - Engineer 2000 Make It Beautiful - Sara Lee - Mixing 1999 Brand New Day - Sting - Engineer 1999 Falling Forward - Willy Porter - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1998 Black Progress: The Formative Years, Vol. 2 - Bob Marley - Remixing 1998 Fairytales - Divine - Engineer 1998 Greatest Hits - Gato Barbieri - Engineer 1998 Mixed Blessing - William Topley - Producer 1998 Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits - Dire Straits - Producer 1997 One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 1997 Senegal Moon - Serah - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1997 The Best of T-Connection: Everything's Still Cool - T-Connection - Engineer, Mixing 1997 The Very Best of Sting & the Police - The Police - Mixing, Producer 1996 Out of the Wind - Serah - Engineer, Mixing 1996 Bigmouth - Bigmouth - Producer, Engineer, Mixing 1996 Super Best of Casiopea - Casiopea - Engineer 1995 (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis - Multichannel Mixing (SACD-Version) 1995 A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC - XTC - Engineer 1995 Cinderella: Tribute to a Classic - Disney - Engineer 1995 Dog Eared Dream - Willy Porter - Engineer, Mixing, Overdubs, Remixing 1995 Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 1995 Regarding the Soul - Dee Carstensen - Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1995 The Strangers - The Strangers - Mixing 1994 Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 - Sting - Mixing, Producer 1994 The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties - Tina Turner - Producer 1993 On the Night - Dire Straits - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1993 Screenplaying - Mark Knopfler - Engineer 1992 Pretty Vultures - Ten Inch Men - Engineer, Producer 1992 Songs & Crazy Dreams - Paul Brady - Mixing, Producer 1991 Prince of the Deep Water - The Blessing - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1991 Stranger in This Town - Richie Sambora - Producer 1990 Trick or Treat - Paul Brady - Mixing 1989 Circle Back Home - Tom Kimmel - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1989 Coming in for the Kill - Climie Fisher - Engineer, Producer 1989 Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1989 Greenpeace: Rainbow Warriors [#1] - Producer 1989 Strange Angels - Laurie Anderson - Mixing 1989 The Original Hits - Sylvester - Engineer 1988 … Nada Como el Sol - Sting - Producer 1988 Blues for Buddha - The Silencers - Mixing 1988 Colin James - Colin James - Mixing 1988 Everything’s Different Now - ’Til Tuesday - Mixing 1988 Greatest Hits [Arista] - Air Supply - Mixing 1988 Land of Dreams - Randy Newman - Engineer 1988 Money for Nothing - Dire Straits - Producer 1988 Scenes from the Southside - Bruce Hornsby & the Range - Engineer, Mixing, Producer 1988 Walking through Fire - April Wine - Mixing Engineer 1987 Coming Around Again - Carly Simon - Engineer 1987 Englishman in New York: The Ben Liebrand Mix - Sting - Producer 1987 Jude Cole - Jude Cole - Engineer, Mixing 1987 Lolita Pop - Lolita Pop - Mixing 1987 Mercy - Steve Jones - Engineer 1987 … Nothing Like the Sun - Sting - Mixing, Producer 1986 Daring Adventures - Richard Thompson - Engineer, Mixing 1986 Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire - Bonnie Tyler - Mixing 1986 Rock for Amnesty - Producer 1986 True for You - Paul Brady - Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer 1986 Whiplash Smile - Billy Idol - Engineer 1985 Boys and Girls - Bryan Ferry - Engineer 1985 Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits - Engineer, Producer 1984 Cal - Mark Knopfler - Engineer 1984 Emotion - Barbra Streisand - Engineer 1983 Faster Than the Speed of Night - Bonnie Tyler - Engineer, Mixing 1983 Hello Big Man - Carly Simon - Engineer 1983 Infidels - Bob Dylan - Engineer 1983 Lonely at Night - Orphan - Engineer 1983 Love Over and Over - Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Engineer 1982 Ignition - John Waite - Assistant Engineer 1982 Love over Gold - Dire Straits - Engineer 1982 On the Line - Gary Bonds - Engineer 1982 Smokin’ in the Pit - Steps Ahead - Engineer, Mixing 1982 The Philip Lynott Album - Phil Lynott - Mixing 1981 Chances Are - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Engineer, Remixing 1981 Dedication - Gary Bonds - Engineer 1981 Wanderlust - Mike Mainieri - Engineer, Mixing 1980 Carnaval - Spyro Gyra - Engineer 1980 Diana - Diana Ross - Engineer 1980 Manhattan Update - Warren Bernhardt - Engineer 1980 The River - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 1979 La Cuna - Ray Barretto - Engineer, Mixing 1979 Yama - Art Farmer - Engineer 1978 Heavy Metal Be-Bop - The Brecker Brothers - Assistant Engineer 1978 Jorge Santana - Jorge Santana - Assistant Engineer 1978 Stone Blue - Foghat - Remixing 1978 The Captain’s Journey - Lee Ritenour - Assistant Engineer 1977 Alive II - Kiss - Assistant Engineer 1977 Love Eyes - Art Webb - Assistant Engineer
Soundtracks 2000 Dolphins [Original Soundtrack] - Producer 1995 The Living Sea [Soundtrack from the IMAX film] - Producer 1995 The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie [Original Soundtrack] - Mixing, Producer 1994 Vier Hochzeiten und ein Todesfall - Original Soundtrack - Producer 1992 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [Soundtrack] - Randy Miller - Producer 1991 Backdraft [RCA] - Hans Zimmer - Producer 1989 She-Devil – Always [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Mixing 1984 Footloose [Original Soundtrack] - Associate Producer, Mixing 1983 Local Hero [Original Soundtrack] - Mark Knopfler - Engineer
Boxsets 2014 The Album Collection, Vol. 1: 1973-1984 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 2013 The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan - Engineer 2012 The Complete Arista Albums Collection - The Brecker Brothers - Mixing 2011 The Complete Columbia Albums Collection - Wayne Shorter - Engineer 2010 The Collection 1973-84 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer 2008 Greatest Hits [Steel Box Collection] - Bonnie Tyler - Engineer 2005 The Collection, Vol. 3: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Infidels - Bob Dylan - Engineer 2003 Bob Dylan [Limited Edition Hybrid SACD Set] - Bob Dylan - Engineer 1998 Tracks - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
Weblinks www.neildorfsman.com - Offizielle Webseite Neil Dorfsman bei Discogs Interview, Making of von Brothers in Arms mit Sound on Sound
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Kategorie:Musikproduzent Kategorie:Toningenieur Kategorie:Person (New York City) Kategorie:US-Amerikaner Kategorie:Geboren 1952 Kategorie:Mann