An important ingredient in my artistic upbringing is punk rock. Presenting the original motion picture score to the acclaimed 20th Century Fox motion picture Solaris, released in 2002, starring George Clooney and directed by Steven Soderbergh. Just for once this is thoughtful stuff; music for adults. Save on shipping and get faster delivery on eligible products from Amazon.ca. Rarely has film music mirrored the images and emotions of the film it is serving as well as is the case here. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Influences from Ligeti and Glass are noticeable, but Martinez structures the music in such a way that it seems more homage or fusion. Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2014. Great article from 2003, not to be missed. Please try again. Please try again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2003. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Cliff Martinez music made this film work. Learn more about the program. CLIFF: The stairs story appears in Drumbo’s book but I don’t recall the line about “play a strawberry”. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. He has worked with Soderbergh ever since his debut “sex, lies & videotape,” contributing to films big and small including “Kafka,” “Traffic,” “The Limey,” “King Of The Hill” and more. Atmospheric music from a great composer. Strings are muted and orchestration so subtle as to be almost non-existent (respect to ex-Zappa sidekick Bruce Fowler for this light touch). El genial compositor Cliff Martinez, habitual colaborador de Steven Soderbergh (autor de Solaris, Traffic, Contagio o la serie The Knick) y Nicolas Winding Refn (autor de Drive, Only God Forgives y The Neon Demon) será galardonado con el premio a toda una carrera en el festival alemán Soundtrack_Cologne en su edición número 13. Soderbergh's version of Solaris is criminally underrated, and a large part of the film's magnificent atmosphere is due to Cliff Martinez. Having watched the movie and admired the music so much I had to get the CD. Solaris (Soundtrack) Invada. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2009. It’s a new genre for composer and director alike and the results should be fascinating. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. However, none of this would be relevant if it were for the soundtrack of the movie, for it was the glue behind Soderbergh's vision. He’d been making sound collages — “body noises, pots and pans, sound effects, played rhythmically. He joins Elvis Mitchell to discuss his personal music history and the thought process behind his latest musical work on Neon Demon.