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Cliff Martinez
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Cliff Martinez was a drummer with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. After that he began writing film music, mainly for Steven Soderbergh, starting with Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). His music is ambient: soft, long-held sounds and small, repeated patterns. For Solaris (2002) he used, among other things, the Cristal Baschet, a glass instrument played with wet fingers, alongside steel drums and synthesizers. For Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) he wrote a cool, electronic score that fits the synth-pop songs in the film. That film made his name with a younger generation. After that he worked with Refn again on Only God Forgives (2013).
Listening
First Sleep · Cliff Martinez, 2002
Rubber Head · Cliff Martinez, 2011
Wanna Fight · Cliff Martinez, 2013
Discography
Studio albums
- 1989sex, lies, and videotape (soundtrack)
- 1992Kafka: Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 1993King of the Hill (soundtrack)
- 1995Underneath (soundtrack)
- 1999The Limey (soundtrack)
- 2000Traffic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2002Solaris (soundtrack)
- 2003Narc (soundtrack)
- 2004Wicker Park (soundtrack)
- 2005First Snow (soundtrack)
- 2009À l'origine (soundtrack)
- 2011Contagion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2011Drive: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2011The Lincoln Lawyer (soundtrack)
- 2012Arbitrage (soundtrack)
- 2013Only God Forgives (soundtrack)
- 2013The Company You Keep (soundtrack)
- 2014Cliff Martinez: Music for Film
- 2014Far Cry 4: Original Game Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2014My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (soundtrack)
- 2014The Knick (soundtrack)
- 2015The Knick: Season 2 (soundtrack)
- 2016The Neon Demon (soundtrack)
- 2017The Foreigner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- 2017The Foreigner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2018Den of Thieves: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2018Game Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2018Hotel Artemis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2019Too Old To Die Young (Original Series Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2020The Wilds (Music from the Amazon Original Series) (soundtrack)
- 2022KIMI: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2022The Wilds: Season 2 (Music from the Amazon Original Series) (soundtrack)
- 2023Touch of Crude (soundtrack)
Other work
- 2000Traffic
- 2011Drive
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 5NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Synthwave-revival Genre
Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) brought that style to the cinema with a score by Cliff Martinez, former drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, supplemented with songs by Kavinsky and College, among others.