English record producer and musician
Giles Martin
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Martin in 2023
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Born
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1969-10-09
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9 October 1969
(age 54)
London, England
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Occupations
| - Record producer
- songwriter
- composer
- multi-instrumentalist
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Labels
| C.A. Management
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Musical artist
Giles Martin
(born 9 October 1969) is an English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. His studio recordings, stage shows, TV and film works have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful around the world. He is the son of
Beatles
producer
George Martin
and half-brother of actor
Gregory Paul Martin
.
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Education
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Martin was educated at
Stowe School
,
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a boarding
independent school
in the
civil parish
of
Stowe
in
Buckinghamshire
, leaving its boarding house, Lyttelton, in 1988,
[2]
followed by the
University of Manchester
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Life and career
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Giles first played in the band Velvet Jones, then wrote
jingles
in college. In 1995, he was appointed music co-director for the television and radio music countdown show,
The Great Music Experience
. He worked on the
Party at the Palace
concert to celebrate
Queen Elizabeth II
's
Golden Jubilee
, for which he also produced the subsequent album and DVD.
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In 2004 he produced
Hayley Westenra
's multi-platinum album
Pure
, the UK's fastest-selling
classical
album of all time. Other acts Martin has worked with include
Kula Shaker
,
Jeff Beck
,
Elvis Costello
,
INXS
,
Kate Bush
,
Elton John
and
the Rolling Stones
.
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In 2006 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. His use of digital music production and manipulation techniques allowed him to create
Love'
s musical
mash-ups
, which he updated in 2016 for the show's 10th anniversary. He 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
. Further film collaborations include working with
Ron Howard
on his Beatles documentary feature
Eight Days A Week
and the British action franchise
Kingsman
. Martin was music director for the
Elton John
biopic
Rocketman
.
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citation needed
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In 2009 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. Martin produced the title's music, cleaning and reworking the audio to suit the game's mechanics. In 2013, Martin produced tracks and served as executive producer on
Paul McCartney's
New
album. He was the producer in charge of the 50th anniversary Beatles remix/deluxe editions of
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(2017),
the White Album
(2018),
Abbey Road
(2019),
Let It Be
(2021),
Revolver
(2022),
1962-1966 (The Red Album)
(2023) and
1967-1970 (The Blue Album)
(2023). 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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Martin has served as Head of Sound Experience since 2014 at
Sonos
Inc., a company which builds wireless home audio systems. In late 2018, Martin was appointed as Head of Audio and Sound of the
Universal Music Group
.
[4]
The role was specifically created for Martin where he is based at UMG's
Abbey Road Studios
.
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citation needed
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Awards
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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 2022, he won an
Emmy
award for his work on
The Beatles: Get Back
.
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Selected works
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References
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Further reading
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External links
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