I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically. Cliff Martinez More Quotes by Cliff Martinez More Quotes From Cliff Martinez 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. Cliff Martinez mind directors 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. Cliff Martinez welcome careers challenges I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon. Cliff Martinez chameleon challenges I think there is quite a continuity over my 25 years of doing music, and I'm always trying to break away from it. Cliff Martinez always-trying years thinking I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless. Cliff Martinez taken mean thinking Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck. Cliff Martinez writing two years Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services. Cliff Martinez musician musical way I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and I preferred to be behind-the-scenes. I like the seclusion of composing. Cliff Martinez behind-the-scenes band kind 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. Cliff Martinez roles giving directors If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music. Cliff Martinez careers kids thinking I guess what I've learned is that there are no boundaries when it comes to imagination. It's limitless. Cliff Martinez guess learned imagination boundaries The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The more I do it, the more I'm humbled. I'm just always trying to get better at it. I pick up a few tricks along the way. Cliff Martinez feel better music way 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. Cliff Martinez name your know you I think music will be created algorhythmically, all the things that we do will be boiled down to a little computer program. Cliff Martinez down will think music 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. Cliff Martinez thought think drummer work I'm not sure why anybody makes a physical CD anymore when the costs are so much lower to just throw it up on iTunes. And it doesn't seem that making a hard copy of something prevents pirating any less. I mean I'm amazed that they still do that. Cliff Martinez copy why something hard I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out. Cliff Martinez wait new music sitting
