Cliff Martinez
American musician and score composer
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"Opening Kontakt has made it into my top five startup rituals for creating music. It's right up there with turning on the computer and downing a shot of espresso."
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Cliff uses this keyboard in his mobile studio in Thailand while recording the soundtrack for Only God Forgives:
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Budding film score composers, take note: Martinez uses software synths like Omnisphere and u-he, arranging in Ableton Live, but calls himself a preset guy.
Q:And did you self-teach Ableton Live?
"I'm pretty much a self-taught knucklehead. I have to read the manual—I know that's archaic. I use all this complex software at a pretty primitive level. I use a lot of presets. But you know, a lot of the synthesis principles are the same no matter what plug-in you open."
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At 3:09 Cliff Martinez mentions that his favorite instrument is the Cristal Baschet and that it is his "go to Instrument" when he has writer's block.
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When talking about his work on the soundtrack for The Knick, Cliff says:
As for AEON, I often find a way to shoehorn whatever sounds, software or instruments I happen to be interested in at the moment into my current project. I just thought AEON was cool and it seemed to fit.
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In the YouTube video "Nicolas Winding Refn & Cliff Martinez - The Music of The Neon Demon" by Milan Records USA, Cliff Martinez is seen in the studio with the Korg ARP Odyssey synthesizer.
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These monitors are pictured in Cliff's mobile studio that he used in Thailand when working on the soundtrack for Only God Forgives:
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In the picture is Cliff's mobile studio he used while recording the soundtrack of Only God Forgives in Thailand:
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Discography
Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2002
Wicker Park (Original Motion Picture Score)
2004
A l'origine (Bande originale du film)
2009
Espion(s)
2009
Contagion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2011
Severe Clear Soundtrack (Music from the Motion Picture)
2011
Arbitrage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012
Only God Forgives (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013
The Company You Keep (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013
The Knick (Original Series Soundtrack)
2014
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014
Far Cry 4 (Original Game Soundtrack)
2014
Album Credits
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KIMI (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Cliff Martinez · 2022
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The Wilds (Music from the Amazon Original Series)
Cliff Martinez · 2020
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Too Old To Die Young (Original Series Soundtrack)
Cliff Martinez · 2019
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Game Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Cliff Martinez · 2018
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Far Cry 4 (Original Game Soundtrack)
Cliff Martinez · 2014
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