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Cliff Martinez

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Cliff Robert 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 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). On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Martinez is the 1,628th most popular musician (down from 1,317th in 2024), the 8,551st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,553rd in 2019) and the 608th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Cliff Martinez ranks 1,628 out of 3,175. Before him are Ronald Brautigam, Janine Jansen, Iryna Bilyk, Lamberto Gardelli, Nuno Bettencourt, and Nikolai Lugansky. After him are M. M. Keeravani, Bob Bryar, Oliver Nelson, Darude, Pyotr Mamonov, and Kyle Eastwood.

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Among people born in 1954, Cliff Martinez ranks 404. Before him are Aleksandr Aksinin, Giorgos Kaminis, Ronald Brautigam, Rüdiger Schnuphase, Carine Roitfeld, and Patrick St. Esprit. After him are Arliss Howard, Slaviša Žungul, Leonard Mlodinow, Brother Alois, Joseph Polchinski, and David Paymer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cliff Martinez ranks 8,552 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Flatley (1958), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Robert Blust (1940), and Patrick St. Esprit (1954). After him are Kevin Gage (1959), Bob Bryar (1979), Ira Murchison (1933), Debra Hill (1950), Mel Ramos (1935), William Mapother (1965), and Chaim Potok (1929).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Cliff Martinez ranks 608. Before him are Darryl Jones (1961), Kenny Drew (1928), Michael Nesmith (1942), Arthur Lee (1945), Bill Monroe (1911), and Blind Willie Johnson (1897). After him are Bob Bryar (1979), Oliver Nelson (1932), Kyle Eastwood (1968), Bill Frisell (1951), Hubert Sumlin (1931), and Buddy DeFranco (1923).

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