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Cliff Martinez Born February 5, 1954
The Bronx, New York CityGenres 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
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
- Pump Up the Volume (1990)
- Kafka (1991)
- Black Magic (1992)
- King of the Hill (1993)
- Underneath (1995)
- Gray's Anatomy (1996)
- Schizopolis (1996)
- Wicked (1998)
- The Limey (1999)
- Traffic (2000)
- Narc (2002)
- Solaris (2002)
- Wonderland (2003)
- Wicker Park (2004)
- Havoc (2005)
- First Snow (2006)
- Espion(s) (2009)
- In the Beginning (2009)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
- Drive (2011)
- Contagion (2011)
Discography
The Weirdos
- Weird World (compilation)
Lydia Lunch
- 13:13 (1982)
- Stinkfist (1986)
Captain Beefheart
- Ice Cream for Crow (1982)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
- Freaky Styley (1985)
The Dickies
- Killer Clowns From Outer Space (1988)
- The Second Coming (1989)
- Locked N' Loaded Live in London (1991)
- Idjit Savant (1994)
References
- ^ "Composer for Film TV and Multimedia | Official Website". Cliff Martinez. http://cliff-martinez.com/. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- ^ Kiedis & Sloman 2004, pp. 133–134
- ^ Kiedis, Sloman, p. 188
- ^ Bio at imdb.com
External links
Categories:- American film score composers
- American rock drummers
- Red Hot Chili Peppers members
- 1954 births
- Living people
- The Magic Band members
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