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Cliff Martinez

Career

Active from 1986 to 2023, busiest in 2018 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cliff Martinez Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Gritty Crime Thriller 4
  • Mystery 3
  • Psychological Character Study 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Revenge 3
  • Mystery & Suspense 3
  • Neon-Noir Aesthetic 3
  • Neo-Noir Crime Drama 2
  • Non-Linear Storytelling 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 67
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn
Copenhagen Cowboy: Nightcall with Nicolas Winding Refn (2023)

Original Music Composer

Kimi
Kimi (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

Touch of Crude
Touch of Crude (2022)
GoodWatch score 61

Music

2010s

21 titles · average score 66
Game Night
Game Night (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

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Hotel Artemis
Hotel Artemis (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

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The Foreigner
The Foreigner (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

War Dogs
War Dogs (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Spring Breakers
Spring Breakers (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

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Only God Forgives
Only God Forgives (2013)
GoodWatch score 46

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Arbitrage
Arbitrage (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

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Drive
Drive (2011)
GoodWatch score 82

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Contagion
Contagion (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

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The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

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2000s

12 titles · average score 56
In the Beginning
In the Beginning (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Spy(ies)
Spy(ies) (2009)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Stiletto
Stiletto (2008)
GoodWatch score 42

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Vice
Vice (2008)
GoodWatch score 43

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First Snow
First Snow (2006)
GoodWatch score 49

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Havoc
Havoc (2005)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt
Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt (2005)

Music

Wicker Park
Wicker Park (2004)
GoodWatch score 51

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Wonderland
Wonderland (2003)
GoodWatch score 50

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Solaris
Solaris (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Narc
Narc (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

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Traffic
Traffic (2000)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

1990s

10 titles · average score 62
The Limey
The Limey (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

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Wicked
Wicked (1998)
GoodWatch score 34

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Schizopolis
Schizopolis (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

Additional Music

Gray's Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy (1996)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

The Underneath
The Underneath (1995)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

King of the Hill
King of the Hill (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

Black Magic
Black Magic (1992)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer, Music

Kafka
Kafka (1991)
GoodWatch score 56

Original Music Composer

Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer

1980s

2 titles · average score 83
sex, lies, and videotape
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1986] St. Louis, MO (1986)

as Drums