1. Giles Martin was born on 9 October 1969 and is an English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
17 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 was born on 9 October 1969, which was John Lennon's 29th birthday.
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Giles Martin first played in the band Velvet Jones, then wrote jingles in college.
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In 1995, Giles Martin was appointed music co-director for the television and radio music countdown show, The Great Music Experience.
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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 biopic 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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In late 2018, Giles Martin was appointed as Head of Audio and Sound of the Universal Music Group.
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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.
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In October 2024, Giles Martin was given an Honorary Doctorate of Music at the University of Winchester.