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Richard
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Richard Martinez was born in Chicago and
attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has worked
as a composer, music producer, music director and performer
in New York City since his arrival in 1978. As a composer
Martinez composed music for the documentary
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving
Train,
the biography of historian/activist Howard
Zinn, on the short list for a 2005 Oscar nomination. He also
composed music for the film
Bossa Nova,
directed by Bruno Barreto, and a score for
The Daytrippers,
produced by Nancy Tenenbaum and Steven Soderbergh, which won
the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance International Film
Festival. Other composing credits include music for
Escaping Juarez,
a play written and directed by Elvira Carrizal, supported by
Amnesty International. His music also appears on recordings
by Dave Valentin, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Al MacDowell.
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As Electronic Music Producer, Martinez
has worked with celebrated composer Elliot Goldenthal on
countless movie scores. One being the Academy
Award-winning score for the film
Frida.
Other films include:
Final Fantasy,
Titus,
Sphere,
Heat,
Interview with the Vampire,
Batman Forever,
and many more.
As an Associate Music Producer, Martinez
produced music for the A & E series
Nero Wolfe,
the documentaries
The Endurance
and
Norman Rockwell: Painting America,
by renowned composer Michael Small.
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On Broadway, Martinez was the
Musical Director of The
Green Bird,
directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor. This
being just one of the many Taymor/Goldenthal
theatre productions he has been involved in
since 1986.
Throughout his thirty plus years
as a performer, he has also had the pleasure of
working with artists and groups like Blood,
Sweat and Tears, Bono, Betty Buckley, Carly
Simon, Gregory Hines, Dave Valentin, Harry
Belafonte, and George Russell.
Martinez has been a featured lecturer on the
subjects of film music production, composition,
synthesizer programming and music sound design
at Berklee College of Music, New York
University, Sarah Lawrence College, SUNY/WCC and
Middlebury College.
Other
Martinez Credits
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