Cliff Martinez
Known for
Music and 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).
Best known work
Drive
2011
The Fifth Element
1997
Contagion
2011
Game Night
2018
War Dogs
2016
Spring Breakers
2013
The Neon Demon
2016
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
Den of Thieves
2018
The Foreigner
2017Filmography
2026
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillelas Self - Drummer, 1983-1986 (archive footage)
2023
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding RefnOriginal Music Composer
2023
2022
Touch of CrudeMusic
2022
KimiOriginal Music Composer
2020
2019
2018
Cliff and Larry: Beginningsas Self
2018
Hotel ArtemisOriginal Music Composer
2018
2018
Game NightOriginal Music Composer
2018
Den of ThievesOriginal Music Composer
2017
The ForeignerOriginal Music Composer
2016
War DogsOriginal Music Composer
2016
The Neon DemonOriginal Music Composer
2016
2015
2014
2014
The Normal HeartOriginal Music Composer
2014
Mea CulpaOriginal Music Composer
2013
The SquareSongs
2013
Only God ForgivesOriginal Music Composer
2013
Spring BreakersOriginal Music Composer
2012
The Company You KeepOriginal Music Composer
2012
GolemMusic