Roger A. Martinez is a composer who writes media music for video games and films, as well as concert and electronic music. He has written for a variety of settings, including soundtrack work, opera, chamber music, and electronic music. Roger studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Technology and Applied Composition program, and has a background in computer science. He is always interested in using technology to find new modes of expression and form in music. Roger has also worked for many years as a touring performer and recording artist. He currently serves as artistic advisor for the independent opera company Alter Ego Chamber Opera.

 

Roger's film score credits include 2018's A Night Like This, by director Frank Battaglia, and 2015's Equity, directed by Andrew Donato. Roger's first opera, Potentialite, premiered in July 2019. In 2021, Roger created several electronic reinterpretations of arias from Handel's Alcina as part of Alter Ego Chamber Opera's Alcina Revamped.

Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.

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current projects:
Last Wars - weird wave / dork disco
Arashiyama - VGM for fake video games

gear info for nerds:
Ensoniq SQ-80
Roland Alpha Juno 1
Moog Grandmother
Roland TR-8S
Korg Volca Beats
Moog DFAM
DiPinto Galaxie 4
Fender Squier Telecaster (Japan, 1993)
Rickenbacker 650D Dakota
Yamaha Motion MB-III Bass
Arturia DrumBrute Impact (retired)
Aly James' FMDrive (for Sega sounds)

check my music on spotify, i mostly post random sketches here (:

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