Cliff Martinez
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 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).

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Touch of Crude (2022)
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Kimi (2022)
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Genghis Khan (2019)
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Hotel Artemis (2018)
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Game Night (2018)
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The Legend of Red Hand (2018)
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Den of Thieves (2018)
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The Foreigner (2017)
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War Dogs (2016)
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The Neon Demon (2016)
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The Normal Heart (2014)
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Mea Culpa (2014)
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Only God Forgives (2013)
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Spring Breakers (2013)
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Golem (2012)
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Arbitrage (2012)
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The Company You Keep (2012)
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Drive (2011)
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Contagion (2011)
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
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In the Beginning (2009)
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Spy(ies) (2009)
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Vice (2008)
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Stiletto (2008)
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First Snow (2006)
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Havoc (2005)
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Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt (2005)
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Wicker Park (2004)
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Wonderland (2003)
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Solaris (2002)
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Narc (2002)
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Traffic (2000)
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The Limey (1999)
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Wicked (1998)
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The Fifth Element (1997)
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Schizopolis (1997)
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Gray's Anatomy (1996)
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The Underneath (1995)
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King of the Hill (1993)
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Black Magic (1992)
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Kafka (1991)
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Pump Up the Volume (1990)
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sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
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