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Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954 in Bronx, New York), is an American film score composer and former drummer for Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, The Weirdos, Lydia Lunch and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984-1985).

Contents 1 Biography 2 Composer filmography 3 Discography 3.1 The Weirdos 3.2 Lydia Lunch 3.3 Captain Beefheart 3.4 Red Hot Chili Peppers 3.5 The Dickies 4 External links

Raised in Columbus, Ohio, Cliff Martinez's first job composing was for the popular television show, Pee Wee's Playhouse. At the time, however, he was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity. Eventually, his interests shifted and he focused his attention toward professional film scoring.

His first soundtrack was for the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh would later call on Martinez to produce soundtracks for a number of his films, popularly including Traffic in 2000 and Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation of Stanisław Lem's novel, Solaris.

It is for the Solaris soundtrack that Martinez is best known, not only because it is widely regarded as his finest work but it also established Martinez's niche soundtrack style: a combination of electronic sounds and samples with sparse orchestral arrangements, often very ambient and atmospheric. In the case of a psychological drama like Solaris, Martinez' work lends an effective uneasiness to the film throughout and often acts as an unseen, existential character in the scenes.

• First Snow (2006)
• Havoc (2005)
• Wicker Park (2004)
• Wonderland (2003)
• Solaris (2002)
• Narc (2002)
• Traffic (2000)
• The Limey (1999)
• Wicked (1998)
• Schizopolis (1996)
• Gray's Anatomy (1996)
• The Underneath (1995)
• Black Magic (1992)
• King of the Hill (1993)
• Kafka (1991)
• Pump Up the Volume (1990)
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

• Weird World (compilation)

• 13:13 (1982)
• Stinkfist (1986)

• Ice Cream For Crow (1983)

• The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)
• Freaky Styley (1985)

• Killer Clowns From Outer Space (1988)
• The Second Coming (1989)
• Locked N' Loaded Live in London (1991)
• Idjit Savant (1994)

• Video interview of Cliff Martinez
• IMDB entry for Cliff Martinez
• Soundtrack reviews for Cliff Martinez

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anthony Kiedis | John Frusciante | Flea | Chad Smith
Hillel Slovak | Dave Navarro | Cliff Martinez | Jack Sherman | Arik Marshall | Jesse Tobias | D. H. Peligro | Jack Irons
Discography
Studio albums: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) | Freaky Styley (1985) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) | Mother's Milk (1989) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) | One Hot Minute (1995) | Californication (1999) | By the Way (2002) | Stadium Arcadium (2006)
EPs, Live albums and compilations: The Abbey Road E.P. (1988) | What Hits!? (1992) | Live Rare Remix Box (1994) | Out in L.A. (1994) | Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | The Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | Greatest Hits (2003) | Live in Hyde Park (2004)
Singles: 1984: True Men Don't Kill Coyotes, Get Up and Jump | 1985: Jungle Man, American Ghost Dance, Catholic School Girls Rule, Hollywood (Africa) | 1987: Fight Like a Brave, Me & My Friends | 1989: Knock Me Down, Higher Ground, Taste the Pain | 1990: Show Me Your Soul | 1991: Give It Away | 1992: Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, Behind the Sun, Breaking the Girl | 1993: If You Have to Ask, Soul to Squeeze | 1995: Warped, My Friends | 1996: Aeroplane, Coffee Shop, Shallow Be Thy Game, Love Rollercoaster | 1999: Scar Tissue, Around the World | 2000: Otherside, Californication, Road Trippin', Parallel Universe | 2002: By the Way, The Zephyr Song | 2003: Can't Stop, Dosed, Universally Speaking, Fortune Faded | 2006: Dani California, Tell Me Baby, Snow ((Hey Oh)) | 2007: Desecration Smile, Hump de Bump
Other pages: Videography | Songs | B-sides Compilation
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