Cliff Martinez

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

The Bronx, New York, USA

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…

Known for

• The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel — Self - Drummer, 1983-1986 (archive footage)2026
• Cliff and Larry: Beginnings — Self2018
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? — Self1992
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO — Drums1986

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1954-02-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

397,703

Total plays

10,219,661

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 Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon, Spring Breakers, Contagion, Solaris, The Foreigner, and Traffic. Martinez was born in the Bronx, New York. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cliff+Martine

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Martínez

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

New York City

Occupation

film score composer

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Robert Award for Best Score

Field of work

soundtrack

Instrument

drum kit

Official website

cliff-martinez.com

Image

Cliff Martinez (cropped).jpg

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