Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez | |
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.jpg) Martinez in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cliff Robert Martinez |
| Born | February 5, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Film score, punk rock, funk rock, experimental rock, synthwave, industrial, ambient |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Drums, piano |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Formerly of | Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Lydia Lunch, The Weirdos |
| Website | cliff-martinez |
Cliff Robert Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician, composer and songwriter. Martinez is known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
A movie score composer, he has worked on the movies Spring Breakers (2012), The Foreigner (2017), and many movies by Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), Solaris (2002), Contagion (2011) and Traffic (2000) and Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive (2011), Only God Forgives (2013), The Neon Demon (2016) and the miniseries Too Old to Die Young (2019).
In 2012, Martinez was honored into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
References
- 1 2 3 Ezell, Brice (September 4, 2013). "Getting Good at Getting Dark: An Interview with Cliff Martinez". PopMatters.
- 1 2 Romero, Angie (July 22, 2013). "10 Questions With Cliff Martinez". BMI.
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