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Cliff Martinez

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Composing demands a degree of isolation.


— Cliff Martinez


#degree #demands #isolation

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.


— Cliff Martinez


#because #comes #does #electronic #feel

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.


— Cliff Martinez


#bands #being #country #couple #doing

I guess what I've learned is that there are no boundaries when it comes to imagination. It's limitless.


— Cliff Martinez


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I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.


— Cliff Martinez


#attention #been #between #couch #few

I think music will be created algorhythmically, all the things that we do will be boiled down to a little computer program.


— Cliff Martinez


#computer #computer program #created #down #i

I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.


— Cliff Martinez


#age #asked #because #doing #forty

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.


— Cliff Martinez


#home #honda #i #miles #per

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.


— Cliff Martinez


#free #i #make #music #new

I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.


— Cliff Martinez


#been #center #did #diversity #film






About Cliff Martinez






Did you know about Cliff Martinez?

Raised in Columbus Ohio his first job composing was for the popular television show Pee Wee's Playhouse. The ceremony was on April 14 2012. Martinez's film scores include Drive Contagion Solaris and Traffic.

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's film scores include Drive Contagion Solaris and Traffic. Cliff Martinez (born February 5 1954) is an American film score composer and former drummer known for his work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart.

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