Martin Tillman (born 6 November 1964) is a Swiss cellist and composer.
Tillman was born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1964. He arrived in the United States in 1988. He has since performed/composed on numerous films, television shows, commercials and international tours. While receiving a master's degree in performance from the University of Southern California in 1989, he studied with Lynn Harrell. Tillman lives in Los Angeles. [1]
Tillman wrote the score to the next Morgan Freeman-Clive Owen film Last Knights together with Satnam Ramgotra. [2] [3] He also scored the smartphone app movie Haunting Melissa 2: Dark Hearts [4] and currently doing the score for A Bell For Ursli. For his previous solo composition, "A Year in Zurich" he performed both cello and piano. Preceding collaborative albums include: Eastern Twin (Rounders) and Cinematic Volunteer composed and produced by both Tillman and Tom Vedvik. [5] The Poet, which was composed by Michael Hoppe, cello solos performed by Tillman and Afterglow composed and performed by Michael Hoppe, Tim Wheater, and Tillman. [6]
Michael Mann's movie Ali features some original instrumental songs from his album Eastern Twin. [7] After recording with Hans Zimmer on the Tony Scott movie The Fan , Tillman has composed and performed for scores such as Total Recall , Bullet to the Head , Brave Miss World, Admissions, Super Hybrid , My Father My Lord , Rush , the 84th Academy Awards, [8] Life in a Day , Cowboys & Aliens , The Dark Knight Trilogy, [9] [10] The Da Vinci Code , Angels & Demons , Prince of Persia , Pirates of the Caribbean , Black Hawk Down , The Pledge , An Everlasting Piece , Mission: Impossible 2 , Hannibal , The Ring , The Ring Two [11] [12] and others.
Tillman has performed with numerous recording artists including Toto, Sting, Elton John, T Bone Burnett, Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, Beck, B.B. King, Wild Colonials, Air Supply, and Tracy Chapman among many others. [13]
He has recorded the album Superhuman and will be touring nationally and internationally .