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Hurry! Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive’ Airs On BBC 2, Cliff Martinez Score Now On Spotify

October 23, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Available for one more day, BBC 2 will air Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn’s neon-noir drama starring Ryan Gosling (Only God Forgives), Carey Mulligan (Suffragette), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Christina Hendricks (Lost River), Ron Perlman (Stonewall), with Oscar Isaac (Ex-Machina), and Albert Brooks (A Most Violent Year). Featuring the wildly popular soundtrack with a score by Cliff Martinez, this “fairy tale” about Los Angeles, as Winding Refn once said of his film, is continues to make waves on iTunes, currently charting to #7 in Ireland’s iTunes Soundtrack chart. For those who cannot access BBC 2, you can now rent Drive on iTunes Movies.

Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is out now on Lakeshore Records.

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Cliff Martinez iTunes Soundtrack Spotlight: Drive, Lincoln Lawyer & Wicker Park Featured!

April 13, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Acclaimed composer Cliff Martinez is featured on the iTunes Soundtracks Spotlight! Among his albums featured are Lakeshore Records releases: Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): the critically-acclaimed and commercially-successful album which was dubbed one of the “40 Movie Soundtracks That Changed Alternative Music” by Spin Magazine, The Lincoln Lawyer (Original Motion Picture Score) and Wicker Park (Original Motion Picture Score). Which ones are your favorite? Watch the Cliff Martinez playlist below.

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Drive, Nightcrawler, Tree Of Life Named To ‘The 50 Best Films Of The Decade So Far’ List | Indiewire

March 6, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Now that the Academy Awards has come and gone, Indiewire published a list of The 50 Best Films Of The Decade So Far, according to their editorial staff. Lakeshore Records released the soundtracks to three of the films on this list: Drive (score by Cliff Martinez), Nightcrawler (score by James Newton Howard), The Tree of Life (score by Alexandre Desplat), plus an honorable mention for Blue Valentine (score by Grizzly Bear). Did all of your favorite films make the list? Which ones would you like to see? Read the full story at Indiewire.

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‘Drive’ Claims A Spot In Esquire Mag’s 12 Memorable Movie Soundtracks In The Past 12 Years

February 24, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Esquire Magazine reminisces on 12 years of memorable movie soundtracks, inspired by the period in which Boyhood takes place. For 2011, Drive (scored by Cliff Martinez) claims the spot as the most memorable soundtrack of that year. Thank you Esquire! Read the full list at Esquire.com. Which soundtracks would you have chosen for each year? Tell us in the comments below!

Download The Album!

Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): iTunes

Watch Album Preview On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9J4R4KYv-s

Why it works: This one is technically more of a score than a soundtrack, but former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Cliff Martinez created a brilliant collection of songs that easily stand on their own (with a few guest spots, too).

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Happy Birthday, Cliff Martinez! Revisiting Scores By Acclaimed Composer Of The Lincoln Lawyer, Drive +More

February 5, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Cliff Martinez, acclaimed composer of hit films such as Drive and The Lincoln Lawyer, celebrates his birthday today!

Let’s take a look back at an interview of him talking about his work on The Lincoln Lawyer, soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records. The classic interview features insight by the composer (aspiring film composers: take note!) and a demonstration of him playing a baschet crystal, the very rare instrument in which Cliff used to create signature soundscapes.

Happy birthday, Cliff!

Watch The Composer Interview On YouTube