Person
Cliff Martinez
Sound · Born 1954-02-05 · The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Spring Breakers, The Foreigner, and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Solaris, Contagion, and Traffic) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon and the miniseries Too Old to Die Young).
Known for
The Fifth Element
Additional Music
Contagion
Original Music Composer
Drive
Original Music Composer
Traffic
Original Music Composer
The Wilds
Original Music Composer
Den of Thieves
Original Music Composer
War Dogs
Original Music Composer
The Knick
Original Music Composer
Too Old to Die Young
Original Music Composer
Game Night
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2026The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, HillelSelf - Drummer, 1983-1986 (archive footage)
- 2023Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding RefnOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Copenhagen CowboyOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Touch of CrudeMusic
- 2022KimiOriginal Music Composer
- 2020The WildsOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Too Old to Die YoungOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Cliff and Larry: BeginningsSelf
- 2018Hotel ArtemisOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Ekspeditionen - På sporet af Vitus BeringOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Game NightOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Den of ThievesOriginal Music Composer
- 2017The ForeignerOriginal Music Composer
- 2016War DogsOriginal Music Composer
- 2016The Neon DemonOriginal Music Composer
- 2016The Secret Slaves of the Middle EastMusic
- 2015My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding RefnMusic
- 2014The KnickOriginal Music Composer
- 2014The Normal HeartOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Mea CulpaOriginal Music Composer
- 2013The SquareSongs
- 2013Only God ForgivesOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Spring BreakersOriginal Music Composer
- 2012The Company You KeepOriginal Music Composer
- 2012GolemMusic
- 2012ArbitrageOriginal Music Composer
- 2012NWRAdditional Music
- 2011DriveOriginal Music Composer
- 2011ContagionOriginal Music Composer
- 2011The Lincoln LawyerOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Severe ClearMusic
- 2009In the BeginningOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Spy(ies)Original Music Composer
- 2008ViceOriginal Music Composer
- 2008StilettoOriginal Music Composer
- 2006First SnowOriginal Music Composer
- 2005HavocOriginal Music Composer
- 2005Stan Ridgway's Holiday In DirtMusic
- 2004Wicker ParkOriginal Music Composer
- 2003WonderlandOriginal Music Composer
- 2002SolarisOriginal Music Composer
- 2002NarcOriginal Music Composer
- 2000TrafficOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The LimeyOriginal Music Composer
- 1998WickedOriginal Music Composer
- 1997The Fifth ElementAdditional Music
- 1997SchizopolisOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Gray's AnatomyOriginal Music Composer
- 1995The UnderneathOriginal Music Composer
- 1993King of the HillOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?Self
- 1992Black MagicMusic
- 1991KafkaOriginal Music Composer
- 1990Pump Up the VolumeOriginal Music Composer
- 1989sex, lies, and videotapeOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MODrums
- 1986Pee-wee's PlayhouseMusic
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