◇ image via WikipediaCliff Martinez
Cliff Martinez is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lydia Lunch, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies and Hillel Slovak. Those roots explain a lot about how Cliff Martinez arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clint Mansell, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Thomas Newman, Paul Haslinger and Angelo Badalamenti, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mica Levi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Cliff Martinez, reaching back through Lydia Lunch and forward to Mica Levi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Cliff Robert Martinez 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 and the Magic Band. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Spring Breakers (2012), The Foreigner (2017), and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), Solaris (2002), Contagion (2011) and Traffic (2000) and Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive (2011), Only God Forgives (2013), The Neon Demon (2016) and the miniseries Too Old to Die Young (2019).
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Cliff Martinez connections
Cliff Martinez grew out of Lydia Lunch, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies and Hillel Slovak, shares an orbit with Clint Mansell, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Thomas Newman and Paul Haslinger, went on to shape Mica Levi. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Cliff Martinez
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Artists similar to Cliff Martinez
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- Trent Reznor and Atticus Rossartist
- Thomas Newmanartist
- Paul Haslingerartist
- Angelo Badalamentiartist
- Jóhann Jóhannssonartist
- Johnny Jewelartist
- Jerry Goldsmithartist
- Michael Andrewsartist
- Harry Gregson-Williamsartist
- Steven Priceartist
- Bobby Krlicartist
- Jesper Kydartist
- Ramin Djawadiartist
- Gustavo Santaolallaartist
- Danny Elfmanartist
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