Cliff Martinez

Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez
Born February 5, 1954 (1954-02-05) (age 57)
The Bronx, New York City
Genres Film score, punk rock, funk rock, experimental rock, industrial
Occupations Musician, Songwriter
Instruments Drums, percussion
Years active 1983–present
Labels EMI
Associated acts The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, Captain Beefheart, Lydia Lunch, The Weirdos
Website cliff-martinez.com

Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American film score composer and former drummer.

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Biography

Cliff Martinez was born in the Bronx, New York. Raised in Columbus, Ohio, his first job composing was for the popular television show Pee Wee's Playhouse.[1] At the time, however, he was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity.

Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983-1986)

After several years drumming for bands such as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, he and Jack Sherman were drafted in to replace Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak for the recording of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Eventually, tensions between Sherman and his fellow band members culminated in Sherman being fired and Slovak returning for the second album, Freaky Styley.[2] Irons however, was still committed to What Is This?, so Martinez again stepped behind the kit for the recording of Freaky Styley and its subsequent tour. During the recording of demos for the third album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, the rest of the band felt that the drummer's 'heart was no longer in the band', but as he wouldn't quit Anthony Kiedis and Flea were forced to fire him, and Irons returned.[3]

Film composing

Eventually, Martinez' interests shifted and he focused his attention toward film scoring. His first soundtrack was for the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh would later call on Martinez to produce soundtracks for a number of his films, notably Traffic in 2000 and Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation of Stanisław Lem's novel Solaris.[4]

Composer discography

Discography

The Weirdos

Lydia Lunch

Captain Beefheart

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Dickies

  • Killer Clowns From Outer Space (1988)
  • The Second Coming (1989)
  • Locked N' Loaded Live in London (1991)
  • Idjit Savant (1994)

References

  1. ^ "Composer for Film TV and Multimedia | Official Website". Cliff Martinez. http://cliff-martinez.com/. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
  2. ^ Kiedis & Sloman 2004, pp. 133–134
  3. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, p. 188
  4. ^ Bio at imdb.com

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