Cliff Martinez
Sound·February 5, 1954 — 72 years old·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 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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2026The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, HillelSelf - Drummer, 1983-1986 (archive footage)2023Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding RefnOriginal Music Composer2023Copenhagen CowboyTVOriginal Music Composer2022Touch of CrudeMusic2022KimiOriginal Music Composer2020The WildsTVOriginal Music Composer2019Too Old to Die YoungTVOriginal Music Composer2018Cliff and Larry: BeginningsSelf2018Hotel ArtemisOriginal Music Composer2018Ekspeditionen - På sporet af Vitus BeringTVOriginal Music Composer2018Game NightOriginal Music Composer2018Den of ThievesOriginal Music Composer2017The ForeignerOriginal Music Composer2016War DogsOriginal Music Composer2016The Neon DemonOriginal Music Composer2016The Secret Slaves of the Middle EastMusic2015My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding RefnMusic2014The KnickTVOriginal Music Composer2014The Normal HeartOriginal Music Composer2014Mea CulpaOriginal Music Composer2013The SquareSongs2013Only God ForgivesOriginal Music Composer2013Spring BreakersOriginal Music Composer2012The Company You KeepOriginal Music Composer2012GolemMusic2012ArbitrageOriginal Music Composer2012NWRAdditional Music2011DriveOriginal Music Composer2011ContagionOriginal Music Composer2011The Lincoln LawyerOriginal Music Composer2010Severe ClearMusic2009In the BeginningOriginal Music Composer2009Spy(ies)Original Music Composer2008ViceOriginal Music Composer2008StilettoOriginal Music Composer2006First SnowOriginal Music Composer2005HavocOriginal Music Composer2005Stan Ridgway's Holiday In DirtMusic2004Wicker ParkOriginal Music Composer2003WonderlandOriginal Music Composer2002SolarisOriginal Music Composer2002NarcOriginal Music Composer2000TrafficOriginal Music Composer1999The LimeyOriginal Music Composer1998WickedOriginal Music Composer1997The Fifth ElementAdditional Music1997SchizopolisOriginal Music Composer1996Gray's AnatomyOriginal Music Composer1995The UnderneathOriginal Music Composer1993King of the HillOriginal Music Composer1992Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?Self1992Black MagicMusic · Original Music Composer1991KafkaOriginal Music Composer1990Pump Up the VolumeOriginal Music Composer1989sex, lies, and videotapeOriginal Music Composer1986Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MODrums1986Pee-wee's PlayhouseTVMusic