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'{{multiple issues| {{BLP sources |date=June 2013}} {{More footnotes|date=March 2014}} }} {{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Tess Hintelmann |image = Giles Martin.jpg|100px |caption = Giles Martin backstage at the show LOVE |background = non_performing_personnel |birth_name = Giles Martin |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|10|9|df=yes}} |death_date = |Occupation(s) = songwriter |years_active = |label = C.A. Management |Notable_albums = [[Pure (Hayley Westenra album)|Pure]], ''[[Love (The Beatles album)|Love]]'' }} '''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 globe. He is the son of [[George Martin|Sir George Martin]], the producer of almost all of [[The Beatles]]' records, and half-brother of actor [[Gregory Paul Martin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/jun/30/books.guardianreview1|title=Sounds and vision|author=Mark Espiner|work =The Guardian|location=London|date=27 November 2001}}</ref> ==Career== 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. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}} However, he carried on, first playing in the band [[Naked Records|Velvet Jones]], then writing [[jingle]]s in college. In 1995, he was appointed co-music director for the television and radio music countdown show, ''[[The Great Music Experience]]''. He worked on the [[Party at the Palace]] concert to celebrate [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]], for which he also produced the subsequent album and DVD. In 2004 he produced [[Hayley Westenra]]'s multi-platinum album ''[[Pure (Hayley Westenra album)|Pure]]'', the UK's fastest-selling [[European classical music|classical]] album of all time. Other acts Martin produced include [[Kula Shaker]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[INXS]], and [[Kate Bush]]. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}} In 2006 Martin collaborated with his father to remix, rearrange, and recombine the music of The Beatles into a soundscape for ''[[Love (Cirque du Soleil)|Love]]'', a theatrical production of [[Cirque du Soleil]], which opened at [[The Mirage]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. His use of digital music production and manipulation techniques allowed him to create ''Love'''s musical [[Mashup (music)|mash-ups]]. He produced the music for the final Broadway performance of ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' and worked with [[Martin Scorsese]] on his [[George Harrison]] film documentary ''[[George Harrison: Living in the Material World|Living in the Material World]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} 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. Martin produced tracks and acted as executive producer on the 2013 [[Paul McCartney]] album ''[[New (album)|New]]''. ==Awards== Giles Martin received two [[Grammy]] awards, both in 2007 for the ''[[Love (The Beatles album)|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.<ref>http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=giles&title=&year=All&genre=All</ref> == Selected works == * 1994 The K's (also known as [[Kula Shaker]]) (GUT) * 1994 [[My Life Story]] (Mother Tongue) * 1995 [[The Glory of Gershwin]] (Mercury) * 1995 The Choir (BBC) * 1995 The Great Music Experience * 1996 ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' ([[EMI]]/[[Apple Corps|Apple]]) * 1996 Monorail – Hairdressing (Edel) * 1996 Paramount Television * 1996/7/8 Velvet Jones (Naked) * 1996/7 In My Life (Echo/MCA) * 2000/1 The Alice Band (Instant Karma/Sony) * 2002 Party at the Palace&nbsp;– Live show, CD and DVD releases (EMI/Virgin) * 2003 [[Hayley Westenra]]&nbsp;– ''Pure'' (Universal/Decca) * 2004 [[Willard White]]&nbsp;– ''My Way'' (Sony/BMG) * 2004/5 [[Hayley Westenra]]&nbsp;– Odyssey (Universal/Decca) *2004/06&nbsp;– ''[[Love (The Beatles album)|Love]]'' ([[Apple Records|Apple]]/[[Cirque du Soleil]]/MGM/EMI) * 2007 [[Kim Richey]]&nbsp;– ''Chinese Boxes'' (Vanguard) * 2007 [[Paco Peña]]&nbsp;– ''Requiem'' * 2008 [[RENT]]&nbsp;– ''Live on Broadway'' (Sony Pictures) * 2008/9 [[The Beatles Rock Band]] (MTV Networks) * 2009/10/11 ''[[George Harrison: Living in the Material World]]'' * 2013 [[Paul McCartney]]&nbsp;– ''[[New (album)|New]]'' (Hear Music) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} *[http://www.camanagement.co.uk/roster3.htm Giles Martin – Management biography] *[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/giles-martin-meet-producer/id726603460?mt=2 Giles talks to Matt Everitt about the Paul McCartney "NEW" album] *[http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/alexispetridis/story/0,,1947938,00.html Giles talks to Alexis Petridis about producing "LOVE"] *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070128132144/http://jobkite.com/lounge/celebrity/beatles.htm Interview with both Martins regarding "LOVE"] *[http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=3568 Technical article on production, Giles Martin talks to Harvey Kubernik] *[http://www.recordproduction.com/giles-martin-record-producer.html Giles Martin video interview] {{People associated with The Beatles}} {{Authority control|VIAF=31762360}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Martin, Giles |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Martin, Giles |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Songwriter |DATE OF BIRTH= 9 October 1969 |PLACE OF BIRTH= UK |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Giles}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:English record producers]] [[Category:George Martin]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English songwriters]] [[Category:English multi-instrumentalists]]'