Cliff Martinez

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Cliff Martinez

Sound 72 February 5, 1954

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 Captai…

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Drive

Drive

7.6 2011 Movie
The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

7.6 1997 Movie
Contagion

Contagion

6.7 2011 Movie
Game Night

Game Night

6.8 2018 Movie
War Dogs

War Dogs

7.0 2016 Movie
Spring Breakers

Spring Breakers

5.3 2013 Movie
The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon

6.5 2016 Movie
The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

7.2 2011 Movie
Den of Thieves

Den of Thieves

6.9 2018 Movie
The Foreigner

The Foreigner

7.0 2017 Movie
Only God Forgives

Only God Forgives

5.8 2013 Movie
Traffic

Traffic

7.1 2000 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel

    Movie Self - Drummer, 1983-1986 (archive footage)

  2. 2023
    Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2023
    Copenhagen Cowboy

    TV show Original Music Composer

  4. 2022
    Touch of Crude

    Movie Music

  5. 2022
    Kimi

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2020
    The Wilds

    TV show Original Music Composer

  7. 2019
    Too Old to Die Young

    TV show Original Music Composer

  8. 2018
    Cliff and Larry: Beginnings

    Movie Self

  9. 2018
    Hotel Artemis

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2018
    Ekspeditionen - På sporet af Vitus Bering

    TV show Original Music Composer

  11. 2018
    Game Night

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2018
    Den of Thieves

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2017
    The Foreigner

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2016
    War Dogs

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2016
    The Neon Demon

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2016
    The Secret Slaves of the Middle East

    Movie Music

More credits
  1. 2015
    My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

    Movie Music

  2. 2014
    The Knick

    TV show Original Music Composer

  3. 2014
    The Normal Heart

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2014
    Mea Culpa

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2013
    The Square

    Movie Songs

  6. 2013
    Only God Forgives

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2013
    Spring Breakers

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2012
    The Company You Keep

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2012
    Golem

    Movie Music

  10. 2012
    Arbitrage

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2012
    NWR

    Movie Additional Music

  12. 2011
    Drive

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2011
    Contagion

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2011
    The Lincoln Lawyer

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2010
    Severe Clear

    Movie Music

  16. 2009
    In the Beginning

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 2009
    Spy(ies)

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 2008
    Vice

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 2008
    Stiletto

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 2006
    First Snow

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 2005
    Havoc

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 2005
    Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt

    Movie Music

  23. 2004
    Wicker Park

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 2003
    Wonderland

    Movie Original Music Composer