Cliff Martinez

Cliff 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. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Spring Breakers, The Foreigner, and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Solaris, Contagion, and Traffic) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon and the miniseries Too Old to Die Young).

Cliff Martinez is known for work in sound across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (2026), The Fifth Element (1997), Drive (2011), The Knick (2014), Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), War Dogs (2016), The Neon Demon (2016), The Wilds (2020). The recorded credits span 1986 to 2026, including 21 movies and 4 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.