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).
Known For
Solaris
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Contagion
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Hotel Artemis
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Drive
(2011)
Original Music Composer
The Foreigner
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Traffic
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Game Night
(2018)
Original Music Composer
War Dogs
(2016)
Music
Den of Thieves
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Kimi
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Spring Breakers
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Wonderland
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Arbitrage
(2012)
Music
Havoc
(2005)
Original Music Composer
The Limey
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Narc
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
sex, lies, and videotape
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Pump Up the Volume
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Kafka
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Black Magic
(1992)
Music
King of the Hill
(1993)
Original Music Composer
The Underneath
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Gray's Anatomy
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Schizopolis
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Wicked
(1998)
Original Music Composer
The Limey
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Traffic
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Solaris
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Narc
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Wonderland
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Wicker Park
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt
(2005)
Music
Havoc
(2005)
Original Music Composer
First Snow
(2006)
Original Music Composer
Stiletto
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Vice
(2008)
Original Music Composer
In the Beginning
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Spy(ies)
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Severe Clear
(2010)
Music
Contagion
(2011)
Original Music Composer
The Lincoln Lawyer
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Drive
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Arbitrage
(2012)
Music
The Company You Keep
(2012)
Music
Golem
(2012)
Music
Spring Breakers
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Only God Forgives
(2013)
Original Music Composer
My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
(2014)
Music
Mea Culpa
(2014)
Original Music Composer
The Normal Heart
(2014)
Music
The Neon Demon
(2016)
Original Music Composer
War Dogs
(2016)
Music
The Secret Slaves of the Middle East
(2016)
Music
The Foreigner
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Game Night
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Den of Thieves
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Hotel Artemis
(2018)
Original Music Composer
The Legend of Red Hand
(2018)
Music
Genghis Khan
(2019)
Music
Kimi
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Touch of Crude
(2022)
Music
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Acting
Ice Cream for Crow
(1982)
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO
(1986)
Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
(1992)
Crew