Jack Justis(1943-2005)
- Composer
- Music Department
Composer, guitarist, and songwriter Jack Justis was born Jack Crupi in
1943 in Rochester, New York. A 1960's generation rock'n'roll musician,
Justis was perhaps best known for his work as a guitarist on the
Broadway cast album of the hit musical "Jesus Christ Superstar." Jack
collaborated with acclaimed independent soft-core filmmaker Joe Sarno
on many of his mid-1970's soft-core melodramas; he supplied lush and
melodic acoustic guitar scores for such movies as "Confessions of a
Young American Housewife," "Laura's Toys," "Misty," and "Abigail Lesley
Is Back in Town." Moreover, Justis also did the scores for the more
explicit Sarno hardcore outings "Slippery When Wet" and "The Trouble
With Young Stuff." In addition, Jack was the music producer and
provided the scores for the X-rated porno classics "The Defiance of
Good" and "The Taking of Christina." Jack Justis died of a heart attack
at age 62 on August 1, 2005 in Spring Hill, Florida.