Cliff Martinez Quotes
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If you want to survive in the film industry, it's not about fighting for your visions because that's a given. It's thinking about how much is your vision going to cost, and then, what are the consequences, because you may have $100 million, but the reality is that $100 million needs to make $500 million to be a success.
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I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.
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I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.
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I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.
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I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon.
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I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.
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Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.
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I'm kind of conservative. I like to build on what I've done in the past and try something new.
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I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring.
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I think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it.
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I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the direction you will go in. I welcome things that challenge me.
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You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.
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I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.
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There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.