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Giles Martin
Giles Martin backstage at the show LOVE
Giles Martin backstage at the show LOVE
Background information
Birth nameGiles Martin
Born (1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 (age 55)
LabelsC.A. Management

Giles Martin (born 9 October 1969) is an English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. His studio recordings, stage shows, TV and film works have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful around the globe. He is the son of Sir George Martin, the producer of almost all of The Beatles' records, and half-brother of actor Gregory Paul Martin.[1]

Career

Giles Martin grew up without much awareness of The Beatles, and was discouraged by his father from pursuing a career in music lest the inevitable comparisons should be made between father and son. [citation needed] However, he carried on, first playing in the band Velvet Jones, then writing jingles in college. In 1995, he was appointed co-music director for the television and radio music countdown show, The Great Music Experience. He worked on the Party at the Palace concert to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, for which he also produced the subsequent album and DVD.

In 2004 he produced Hayley Westenra's multi-platinum album Pure, the UK's fastest-selling classical album of all time. Other acts Martin produced include Kula Shaker, Jeff Beck, Elvis Costello, INXS, and Kate Bush. [citation needed]

In 2006 Martin collaborated with his father to remix, rearrange, and recombine the music of The Beatles into a soundscape for Love, a theatrical production of Cirque du Soleil, which opened at The Mirage in Las Vegas. His use of digital music production and manipulation techniques allowed him to create Love's musical mash-ups. He produced the music for the final Broadway performance of Rent and worked with Martin Scorsese on his George Harrison film documentary Living in the Material World.[citation needed]

In 2009 Martin returned to the Beatles catalogue with The Beatles: Rock Band, a video game that allows players to simulate performing Beatles songs with plastic instruments. Martin produced the title's music, cleaning and reworking the audio to suit the game's mechanics. Martin produced tracks and acted as executive producer on the 2013 Paul McCartney album New.

Awards

Giles Martin received two Grammy awards, both in 2007 for the Love soundtrack album, as a producer of the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and as a surround producer of the Best Surround Sound Album.[2]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ Espiner, Mark (27 November 2001). "Sounds and vision". The Guardian. London.
  2. ^ http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=giles&title=&year=All&genre=All
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