The fact that Cliff Martinez spent his early years in the punk and underground rock scenes helps explain the strangely hypnotic scores for which he is renowned. The composer began developing his idiosyncratic mix of minimalist percussion and ambient textures in the early ’90s when he crossed paths with director Steven Soderbergh, with whom he has worked on more than 10 films, including Contagion and Solaris. He teamed with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn for 2011’s Drive; the resulting score—dark ethereality inspired by ’80s Europop and Italo disco—was so popular that it helped reignite interest in vintage synthesisers.