Neil Dorfsman is an American sound engineer and producer best known for his work with Dire Straits , Bruce Hornsby , Mark Knopfler , Paul McCartney and Sting. He won Grammy Awards for Best Producer for Bruce Hornsby 's Scenes from the Southside (1988) and Sting's ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987), a Grammy Award for Best Engineer for Dire Straits ' Brothers in Arms (1985), as well as a nomination for Best Engineer for Dire Straits's Love Over Gold (1982). Further, he recorded two tracks on Sting's Brand New Day (1999), which won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. He mixed the East Village Opera Company 's Olde School , which received a Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2009. In 1988 and 1998, Dorfman won a TEC Award for Engineer of the Year.
Other popular artists Dorfsman has worked with include Björk , Paul Brady , Def Leppard, Bonnie Tyler , They Might Be Giants , Richie Sambora , and Tears for Fears .
Dorfsman was born in Manhattan and grew up on Long Island . His career began at Electric Lady Studios , where he was trained by Eddie Kramer , and The Power Station, where he became a staff engineer, in the 1970s. As of 2014, Dorfsman lives in La Jolla, California.
Neil Dorfsman has worked on over 300 Albums
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 "U.S." 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 Super Best of Casiopea - Casiopea - Engineer 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis - Mixing 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 "U.S." 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 "U.S." 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 [Original Soundtrack] - Mixing, Producer 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral - 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 Box Sets/Catalogs
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