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  Cliff Martinez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954 in Bronx, New York), is an American film score composer and former drummer for Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, The Weirdos, Lydia Lunch and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984-1985).
Raised in Columbus, Ohio, Cliff Martinez's first job composing was for the popular television show, Pee Wee's Playhouse.
It is for the Solaris soundtrack that Martinez is best known, not only because it is widely regarded as his finest work but it also established Martinez's niche soundtrack style: a combination of electronic sounds and samples with sparse orchestral arrangements, often very ambient and atmospheric.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Mel Martinez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Martinez was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Democrat Bob Graham.
Martinez was also said to be soft on tort reform, a major Republican issue in the 2004 race.
Martinez immediately denied all knowledge of Darling's involvement in the situation, noting that he himself had inadvertently passed a copy of the memo to Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, believing that it was nothing more than an outline of the Republican proposal.
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 Cliff (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cliff Martinez (born 1954), the American film score composer
Cliff Barrows (born 1923), the music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Cliff Burton (1962–1986), the bassist of the band Metallica
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 Narc by Cliff Martinez @ Cinemusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Cliff Martinez ventured into cinematic narcotic territory, the film was Traffic, the label that released his score was TVT and the cover artwork looked a helluva lot like the one gracing Narc, also from TVT.
Martinez's score works extremely well in the picture, where it's appropriate and it gives the drama just the right edge (a more "Hollywood" composer would have ruined this film).
What it does do is convince you of Cliff Martinez's understanding of dramatics and how to approach scoring a film to retain it's realism and authenticity.
www.cinemusic.net /reviews/2002/narc.html   (564 words)

  
 TASCAM GigaStudio Artist Interviews - Cliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez entered the limelight as the drummer for The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Captain Beefheart, The Dickies and Lydia Lunch.
Cliff can start a cue in any number of ways, but this time he had a firm roadmap to start with.
Wicker Park, with music by Cliff Martinez, will be released in the US in September.
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 Cliff Martinez
Martinez estimates that about 60% of the music for Traffic was “recorded” via samplers in his studio.
Because it was primarily an ambient score, Martinez and scoring mixer Alan Meyerson decided to add space and size to the sound by pumping the elements into a live space and recording the ambience.
While Martinez has an elaborate home theater with a surround system (Snell speakers, Aragon amps and Lexicon CP3) and a 53-inch projection set, the heart of his home studio is the sound-generating capability.
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 1/23/01: Cliff Martinez Traffic
According to Martinez, the score really began to take shape when he started working with David Torn, who used unique guitar effects to lend a bit of textural construction to the score.
Martinez adds that although the backbone of the score for Traffic is the guitar of David Torn, there's not a lot of material that's recognizable as a guitar.
Martinez says he doesn't think his score to Traffic is anything to get excited about outside of the context of the film.
www.filmscoremonthly.com /articles/2001/23_Jan---Cliff_Martinez_Traffic.asp   (803 words)

  
 popular music: cliff (choreography compilation soundtrack)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In case you're wondering who Cliff Richard is, he's probably the best singer Britain ever produced and he's one of the most underrated singers in the world.
Cliff Richard, an accomplished guitarist & lead singer with a genuine feel for the music, was Britain's answer to Elvis Presley.
Cliff has had over a 130 hits & was one of the...
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 Chicago White Sox, Victor J. Martinez, Cliff Lee, Felix Diaz, Major League Baseball, Cleveland Indians - CBS ...
Martinez had three more RBI, and Cliff Lee stayed unbeaten as the Cleveland Indians won their fifth straight, 7-2 over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
Martinez, whose AL-high 10 RBI in his five previous games, made him a co-winner of the league's player of the week award, hit an RBI double in the first inning and a two-run single in the second off Felix Diaz (0-1).
In 13 starts since Martinez was moved into the Indians' cleanup spot on May 3, the switch-hitting catcher is batting.333 (18-for-54) with 21 RBI.
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 Amazon.com: Solaris (Score): Music: Original Score,Cliff Martinez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The fl and white expressionistic film, which strongly reminds of "The third man" and was set in Prague, the city were the (fictional) writer Kafka lived, gave Martinez the oppertunity to use the citer as main instrument and combine it with authentic gipsy songs.
Cliff Martinez is a talent all by itself and fortunately there are even so talented people like Steven Soderbergh who know this.
Cliff Martinez brings ambient music to a whole new level with the selections from this soundtrack.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007J8C7?v=glance   (1403 words)

  
 Solaris - Music from the Movies
Maybe this was fully intended by Martinez to characterise the dream/reality state of the sci-fi/drama that it was made for.
Many of the eleven cues have a very light and fragile atmosphere mostly stated in the strings, compared to the dark tapestries of Traffic, which simply is his best score to date.
Martinez writes his score as he usually does, in the ambient and meditative style with an endless flow of harmonies and no apparent thematic approach.
www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?ID=1843   (315 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Traffic [Original Film Score], Herbie Hancock, CD
Notably, Martinez is able to easily shift gears alongside the film's action, providing an ominous backdrop to the many tense moments and lending a delicate, ethereal quality to the more surreal and moving scenes.
The original soundtrack to Steven Soderbergh's striking drug war drama Traffic features Cliff Martinez' sparse, evocative score, classical pieces, and electronica, resulting in a collection of music that's nearly as complex and diverse as the film it accompanies.
Martinez, who has scored virtually all of Soderbergh's films (except Erin Brockovich), proves once again why they work together so often: the score's atmospheric drones and understated rhythms build a restrained, implosive tension far better than blaring orchestral pieces.
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 SuicideGirls > Boards > Music > cliff martinez
MAY 24, 2005 03:11 PM Cliff is rad- he used to be in The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weirdo's and Captain Beefhearts Magic Band.
Cliff is rad- he used to be in The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weirdo's and Captain Beefhearts Magic Band.
Philadelphia, PA Martinez IMHO is perhaps one of the most exciting and groundbreaking composers of film music since Ennio Morricone....and if you know me...you know how utterly flawless I feel Morricone is....
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 Review: Solaris by Cliff Martinez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With the sound and vision of the cinema experience being inextricably intertwined, the experience is somehow lessened - one without the other.
Over the years, Cliff Martinez has been responsible for scoring the many films of Steven Soderbergh and gained a reputation for producing works as powerful as they are unconventional.
The horns' slow swells of volume and brightness sustaining beneath the string section's shifting harmonic contrasts are reminiscent of the spiritual movement in modern classical music.
www.starsend.org /Solaris.html   (381 words)

  
 BMI at Sundance 2001
Born in New York and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Martinez’s first composing job was for an episode of “Pee Wee’s Playhouse,” joining the ranks of such renowned composers as Danny Elfman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Todd Rundgren and Stanley Clarke.
Martinez began his career in music as a drummer and played professionally from 1980 – 1989.
He performed for the Weirdos, arguably the first punk rock band on the West Coast and is featured on their compilation album “Weird World.” He then worked with artist Lydia Lunch followed by Captain Beefheart, who is one of Martinez’s musical heroes (on his last and final album “Ice Cream for Crow”).
www.bmi.com /special/sundance2002/bios/cmartinez.asp   (202 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Narc (Cliff Martinez)
For Narc, Martinez returns to the Traffic end of that scale, abandoning the orchestra and delving once again into the drifting, sparse realm of his solitary electronics.
It is not atypical for a Martinez score of this nature to feature less than ten notes in any two-minute period of time.
Without any of those elements strong at work, the score ceases to identify itself as film music and instead is an extension of sound effects in the film.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/narc.html   (483 words)

  
 AmbientMusicGuide.com - Cliff Martinez
Composer Cliff Martinez and American filmmaker Steven Soderberg have worked together for many years and their collaborations have always been interesting, particularly the soundtracks for Sex Lies and Videotape and Traffic, even if the accompanying albums were erratic.
Soderberg's philosophical sci-fi love story Solaris was one of the best films of 2002 and is the second attempt at filming a difficult novel, the first being an extremely slow, long and arty Russian movie made in 1972.
Emotional issues are what both Blade Runner and Solaris are really about, so it makes sense that Martinez’s soundtrack feels as much about inner space as it is about outer space.
www.ambientmusicguide.com /pages/M/martinez.php   (245 words)

  
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King of The Hill Cliff Martinez Original Soundtrack CD
Cliff Martinez: King of the Hill soundtrack CD (1993)
King Of The Hill - Cliff Martinez - OST
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 Filmtracks: Traffic (Cliff Martinez)
Traffic: (Cliff Martinez) Steven Soderbergh has a history of directing moody suspense, drama, and action films involving the law, and Cliff Martinez, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' former drummer, has been Soderbergh's regular composer for those projects.
The two have combined on such films as Sex, Lies and Videotape and Out of Sight, and Martinez is accumulating a following of fans who enjoy his electronic, ambient style.
Working closely with Jeff Rona, who himself is garnering attention at the moment for his writings about the scoring industry, the music for Traffic is an offshoot of the Media Ventures group of composers, the pioneers of the modern, synthesized genre of scoring.
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 Cliff Martinez - AOL Music
Cliff Martinez - Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites.
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 Cliff Martinez Solaris 2003 kbps 192 soundtrack » Torrentspy.com
Cliff Martinez Solaris 2003 kbps 192 soundtrack » Torrentspy.com
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 Cliff Martinez
Born in New York and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Martinez' first composing job was for an episode of "Pee Wee's Playhouse," joining the ranks of such renowned composers as Danny Elfman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Todd Rundgren, and Stanley Clarke.
Martinez began playing drums for rock bands at a young age.
He has recorded and worked with Captain Beefheart, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, and The Weirdos, among others.
www.cinema.com /people/002/534/cliff-martinez/index.phtml   (99 words)

  
 Traffic by Cliff Martinez @ Cinemusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Where OUT OF SIGHT rollicked in David Holmes' retro-chic score, TRAFFIC (an excellent and ultimately depressing film) wallows in the dark and depressing depths of electronic sound design.
Cliff Martinez's score serves the film - it adds a layer of unease to the proceedings that drives the already potent subject matter home.
It's different, it's fine in the film, but beware of this album which is aimed squarely at fans of Fatboy Slim and electronica and not film music enthusiasts.
www.cinemusic.net /reviews/2000/traffic.html   (376 words)

  
 Cliff Martinez - Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American film score composer and former drummer for Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, The Weirdos, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1982-1985).
He has worked/collaborated with director Steven Soderbergh on many soundtracks, and is perhaps best known in the music and filmic world for...
Blake, you have a great talent for knowing where Audioscrobbler is and how to get it out.
www.last.fm /music/Cliff+Martinez   (226 words)

  
 The Captain Beefheart Radar Station - Cliff Martinez Discography
Cliff got the Magic Band job after Robert Williams had been sacked.
Unfortunately he only played on the Ice Cream For Crow album and appeared in the ICFC video before Don ended the band.
If anyone is able to complete or update any of the information above, then please do get in touch.
www.beefheart.com /datharp/albums/mbmembers/martinez.htm   (170 words)

  
 Take My Skirt Off by Cliff Martinez: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Take My Skirt Off" on album Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
Check the albums tab for other downloads from Cliff Martinez.
Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Take My Skirt Off" on album Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
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 DVD Verdict Review - Traffic: Criterion Collection
A third commentary track spotlights composer Cliff Martinez, who chats over an isolated music score.
While much of the audience is not even likely to notice the discrete use of ambient music, Martinez's comments suggest that a lot of thought went into planning the film's soundscape.
Disc Two is packed with plenty of extras, little of which you are likely to watch more than once.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/traffic.php   (1813 words)

  
 Cliff Martinez - Can I Sit Next To You - Last.fm
Cliff Martinez - Can I Sit Next To You - Last.fm
Cliff Martinez Solaris Soundtrack Trauma (Red) Can I Sit Next To You
People who listen to music while they're sleeping, especially at times when they shouldn't be asleep but are too tired to stay awake
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 Amazon.co.uk Welcome: Cliff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff) by Jimmy Cliff (Audio CD - 2001)
The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits by Cliff Richard (Audio CD - 2000)
The Singles Collection by Cliff Richard (Audio CD - 2002)
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 Cliff Martinez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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