Bones Howe
American record producer and recording engineer who scored a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, often of the sunshine pop genre, starting in 1965 with The Turtles cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe," and continuing with most of the hits of the 5th Dimension and the Association. With the exception of Closing Time, he produced and engineered all of Tom Waits' releases with Asylum Records, some of which are considered among the artist's best recordings. Started a career in 1956 as an apprentice recording engineer at Radio Recorders and advancing to mixing engineer the following year, recording Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- 1933-03-18 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known for
- Back to the Future (1985) — Music Supervisor
- Top Secret! (1984) — Music Consultant
- Ghosts of Mars (2001) — Concept Artist
- Serial Mom (1994) — Music Supervisor
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) — Music Supervisor
- About Last Night... (1986) — Music Supervisor
- One from the Heart (1982) — Music Producer
- Zeus & Roxanne (1997) — Music Supervisor
- The Wrecking Crew (2008) — Self - Producer
- Desert Bloom (1986) — Music Supervisor
- Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special (2018) — Producer
- Redux Riding Hood (1997) — Scoring Mixer
- Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox (2017)
- Jan & Dean: The Other Beach Boys (2002) — Self