Cliff Martinez

Cliff Martinez

Known for
Sound
Born
February 5, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2023
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn poster

Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Copenhagen Cowboy poster

Copenhagen Cowboy

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2022
Kimi poster

Kimi

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Touch of Crude poster

Touch of Crude

Movie · Music

2020
The Wilds poster

The Wilds

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

2019
Too Old to Die Young poster

Too Old to Die Young

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

2018
Hotel Artemis poster

Hotel Artemis

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Game Night poster

Game Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Den of Thieves poster

Den of Thieves

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Ekspeditionen - På sporet af Vitus Bering poster

Ekspeditionen - På sporet af Vitus Bering

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2017
The Foreigner poster

The Foreigner

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
The Neon Demon poster

The Neon Demon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
War Dogs poster

War Dogs

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
The Secret Slaves of the Middle East poster

The Secret Slaves of the Middle East

Movie · Music

2015
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn poster

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Movie · Music

2014
The Normal Heart poster

The Normal Heart

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Mea Culpa poster

Mea Culpa

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
The Knick poster

The Knick

TV · Original Music Composer · 20 eps

2013
Spring Breakers poster

Spring Breakers

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Only God Forgives poster

Only God Forgives

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
The Square poster

The Square

Movie · Songs

2012
Golem

Golem

Movie · Music

2012
Arbitrage poster

Arbitrage

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
The Company You Keep poster

The Company You Keep

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Contagion poster

Contagion

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
The Lincoln Lawyer poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Drive poster

Drive

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Severe Clear poster

Severe Clear

Movie · Music

2009
Spy(ies) poster

Spy(ies)

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Stiletto poster

Stiletto

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Vice poster

Vice

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
First Snow poster

First Snow

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Havoc poster

Havoc

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt poster

Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt

Movie · Music

2004
Wicker Park poster

Wicker Park

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Wonderland poster

Wonderland

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Solaris poster

Solaris

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Narc poster

Narc

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Traffic poster

Traffic

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Limey poster

The Limey

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Wicked poster

Wicked

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Schizopolis poster

Schizopolis

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Gray's Anatomy poster

Gray's Anatomy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
The Underneath poster

The Underneath

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Black Magic poster

Black Magic

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Kafka poster

Kafka

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Pump Up the Volume poster

Pump Up the Volume

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
sex, lies, and videotape poster

sex, lies, and videotape

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Pee-wee's Playhouse poster

Pee-wee's Playhouse

TV · Music · 1 ep