Giles Martin was born on 9 October 1969 and is an English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
14 Facts About Giles Martin
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Giles Martin is the son of Beatles producer George Martin and half-brother of actor Gregory Paul Martin.
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Giles Martin grew up without much awareness of the Beatles and was discouraged by his father from pursuing a career in music lest the inevitable comparisons should be made between father and son.
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However, Giles Martin carried on, first playing in the band Velvet Jones, then writing jingles in college.
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Giles Martin worked on the Party at the Palace concert to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, for which he produced the subsequent album and DVD.
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In 2006 Giles Martin collaborated with his father to remix, rearrange, and recombine the music of the Beatles into a soundscape for Love, a theatrical production of Cirque du Soleil, which opened at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
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Giles Martin produced the music for the final Broadway performance of Rent and worked with Martin Scorsese on his George Harrison film documentary Living in the Material World.
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Giles Martin was music director for the Elton John bio-pic Rocketman.
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In 2009 Giles Martin returned to the Beatles' catalogue with The Beatles: Rock Band, a video game that allows players to simulate performing Beatles songs with plastic instruments.
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Giles Martin produced the title's music, cleaning and reworking the audio to suit the game's mechanics.
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In 2013, Giles Martin produced tracks and served as executive producer on Paul McCartney's New album.
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Giles Martin was music supervisor for the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, as well as music mixer along with Sam Okell.
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Giles Martin has served as Head of Sound Experience since 2014 at Sonos Inc.
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Giles Martin has received two Grammy awards, both in 2007 for the Love soundtrack album, as a producer of the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and as a surround producer of the Best Surround Sound Album.