# Neil Dorfsman

Neil Dorfsman 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.

## 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