Cliff Martinez

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Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American film score composer and former drummer for Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, The Weirdos, Lydia Lunch and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984-1986).

[edit] 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. At the time, however, he was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity. Eventually, his 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.

[edit] Composer filmography

• 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)

[edit] Discography

[edit] The Weirdos

• Weird World (compilation)

[edit] Lydia Lunch

• 13:13 (1982)
• Stinkfist (1986)

[edit] Captain Beefheart

• Ice Cream For Crow (1982)

[edit] Red Hot Chili Peppers

• The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
• Freaky Styley (1985)

[edit] The Dickies

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

[edit] External links

• Cliff Martinez Official Website
• Cliff Martinez at MySpace
• Video interview of Cliff Martinez
• IMDB entry for Cliff Martinez
• Soundtrack reviews for Cliff Martinez
• Wicker Park Soundtrack Interview
• Mix Online

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