Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer… Read Full Bio ↴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 was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity.
After several years drumming for such acts as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, in late 1983, he and Jack Sherman were drafted in to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the recording of their eponymous first album after Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak left the band to concentrate on their other project at the time, What Is This? Martinez again played on the recording of the band's second album Freaky Styley and its subsequent tour.
Eventually, Martinez' interests shifted and he focused his attention toward film scoring. A tape Martinez had put together using new technologies made its rounds, leading him to score an episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. The same recording also ended up in Steven Soderbergh's hands and Martinez was hired to score the famed director's first theatrical release, 1989's sex, lies, and videotape.[citation needed] Martinez's longstanding relationship with Soderbergh has continued through the years and they have worked together on ten theatrical releases including Kafka, The Limey, Traffic, Solaris and 2011's Contagion, as well the Cinemax series The Knick.
Perhaps it is because of his time in the punk scene that Martinez's approach to scoring is nontraditional.[citation needed] His scores tend towards being stark and sparse, utilizing a modern tonal palette to paint the backdrop for films that are often dark, psychological stories like Pump Up the Volume (1990), The Limey (1999) Wonderland (2003), Wicker Park (2004) and Drive (2011). Martinez has been nominated for a Grammy Award (Steven Soderbergh's Traffic), a Cesar Award (Xavier Giannoli's À L'origine), and a Broadcast Film Critics Award (Drive). He earned a Robert Award (Danish Academy Award) for his work on Only God Forgives.
Martinez's use of audio manipulations, particularly for percussive sounds, has been evolving through the years and is evident[citation needed] by the hammered dulcimer of Kafka (1991), the gray-areas between sound design and score for Traffic (2000), the steel drums and textures of Solaris (2002), what Martinez called "rhythmi-tizing pitched, ambient textures" of Narc (2002), and "using percussion performances to trigger and shape the rhythmic and tonal characteristics of those ambient textures," as he described his score for 2011's The Lincoln Lawyer.
Martinez served as a juror for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and served on the International Feature nominating committee for 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Martinez's recent films include Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, Nicholas Jarecki's Arbitrage, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers (co-composed with Skrillex), and Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon.
Martinez composed the main menu titled "Galaxy Theme" for Spore with Brian Eno in 2008. In 2014, Martinez also composed the title score for Far Cry 4.
In 2013, Martinez scored the "Fly Beyond" Grey Goose vodka commercial. Martinez also composed two songs, "Vibe" and "Kotopulse", for the 2014 Lincoln Motor Company advertising campaign featuring Matthew McConaughey.
On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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 was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity.
After several years drumming for such acts as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, in late 1983, he and Jack Sherman were drafted in to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the recording of their eponymous first album after Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak left the band to concentrate on their other project at the time, What Is This? Martinez again played on the recording of the band's second album Freaky Styley and its subsequent tour.
Eventually, Martinez' interests shifted and he focused his attention toward film scoring. A tape Martinez had put together using new technologies made its rounds, leading him to score an episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. The same recording also ended up in Steven Soderbergh's hands and Martinez was hired to score the famed director's first theatrical release, 1989's sex, lies, and videotape.[citation needed] Martinez's longstanding relationship with Soderbergh has continued through the years and they have worked together on ten theatrical releases including Kafka, The Limey, Traffic, Solaris and 2011's Contagion, as well the Cinemax series The Knick.
Perhaps it is because of his time in the punk scene that Martinez's approach to scoring is nontraditional.[citation needed] His scores tend towards being stark and sparse, utilizing a modern tonal palette to paint the backdrop for films that are often dark, psychological stories like Pump Up the Volume (1990), The Limey (1999) Wonderland (2003), Wicker Park (2004) and Drive (2011). Martinez has been nominated for a Grammy Award (Steven Soderbergh's Traffic), a Cesar Award (Xavier Giannoli's À L'origine), and a Broadcast Film Critics Award (Drive). He earned a Robert Award (Danish Academy Award) for his work on Only God Forgives.
Martinez's use of audio manipulations, particularly for percussive sounds, has been evolving through the years and is evident[citation needed] by the hammered dulcimer of Kafka (1991), the gray-areas between sound design and score for Traffic (2000), the steel drums and textures of Solaris (2002), what Martinez called "rhythmi-tizing pitched, ambient textures" of Narc (2002), and "using percussion performances to trigger and shape the rhythmic and tonal characteristics of those ambient textures," as he described his score for 2011's The Lincoln Lawyer.
Martinez served as a juror for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and served on the International Feature nominating committee for 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Martinez's recent films include Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, Nicholas Jarecki's Arbitrage, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers (co-composed with Skrillex), and Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon.
Martinez composed the main menu titled "Galaxy Theme" for Spore with Brian Eno in 2008. In 2014, Martinez also composed the title score for Far Cry 4.
In 2013, Martinez scored the "Fly Beyond" Grey Goose vodka commercial. Martinez also composed two songs, "Vibe" and "Kotopulse", for the 2014 Lincoln Motor Company advertising campaign featuring Matthew McConaughey.
On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Just One More Chance
Cliff Martinez Lyrics
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Abe Lyman & his Californians Just one more chanceabe lymanjust one more chance. to prove …
Ambrose and His Orchestra Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Bill Harris & Friends It's easy now, but I'm uncertain How it passed by my…
Billie Holiday Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Charlie We spend our lives in searching for happiness I found it…
Charlie Landsborough We spend our lives in searching for happiness I found it…
Dean Martin Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Dinah Washington Come and take a trip in my rocket ship We'll have…
Earl Hines Não sou de ficar mais de uma semana sem amor…
Frank Ifield Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Frank Sinatra Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Gracie Fields We spend our lives groping for happiness I found it once…
Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Helen O'connell We spend our lives groping for happiness I found it once…
Ifield Frank Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Ike Carpenter Orchestra Come and take a trip in my rocket ship We'll have…
Jackie Gleason We spend our lives groping for happiness I found it once…
Jackie Gleason Bobby Hackett We spend our lives groping for happiness I found it once…
Jerry Vale We spend our lives groping for happiness I found it once…
Les Paul Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Les Paul Mary Ford Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Les Paul [feat. Mary Ford] Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Les Paul/Mary Ford Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Les Paul; Mary Ford Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Les Paul;Mary Ford Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Mary Ford Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Peggy Lee We spend our lives groping for happines I found it once…
Rosemary Clooney Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
The Rat Pack Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
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A Real Hero Real human being And a real hero Back against the wall at…
Give the Po' Man a Break Give po' man a break Give po' man a break Give po'…
Give The Po'Man A Break Give po' man a break Give po' man a break Give po'…
Nightcall I'm giving you a night call to tell you how…
Oh My Love Oh my love look and see The sun rising from the…
Under Your Spell I don't eat, I don't sleep I do nothing but think…
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