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 Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon, Spring Breakers, Contagion, Solaris, The Foreigner, and Traffic. Martinez was born in the Bronx, New York. Raised in Columbus, Ohio, his first job composing was for the popular television show Pee Wee's Playhouse. At the time, however, he w…
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