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

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producer George Martin and half-brother of actor Gregory Paul Martin.

Education

Martin was educated at Stowe School, a boarding

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in the

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of Stowe in

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, leaving its boarding house, Lyttelton, in 1988, followed by the

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Life and career

Giles Martin was born on 9 October 1969, which was also

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's 29th birthday. He first played in the band Velvet Jones, then wrote

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s in college. In his teenage years, Giles worked as an assistant for his father, whose hearing started to decline in the mid-1970s; Giles noted that "I became his ears when I was quite young," helping George hide his disability from the public. In 1995, Giles 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

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, for which he also produced the subsequent album and DVD. 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,

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and

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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 ''

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'', a theatrical production of

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, which opened at the Mirage in Las Vegas. His use of digital music production and manipulation techniques allowed him to create ''Loves 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

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on his

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film documentary '' Living in the Material World''. Further film collaborations include working with

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on his Beatles documentary feature '' Eight Days A Week'' and the British action franchise ''Kingsman''. Martin was music director for the

biopic '' Rocketman''. 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), ''

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'' (2019), '' Let It Be'' (2021), ''

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'' (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. 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

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. The role was specifically created for Martin where he is based at UMG's

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Awards

Martin has received two Grammy awards, both in 2007 for the ''

'' 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. In 2022, he won an

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award for his work on '' The Beatles: Get Back''. In October 2024, Martin was given an Honorary Doctorate of Music at the

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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 * 1995/96 '' The Beatles Anthology'' ( EMI/

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) * 1996 Monorail – Hairdressing (Edel) * 1996/97/98 Velvet Jones (Naked) * 1996/97 In My Life (Echo/MCA) * 2000/01 The Alice Band (Instant Karma/Sony) * 2002 Party at the Palace – Live show, CD and DVD releases (EMI/Virgin) * 2003 Hayley Westenra – '' Pure'' (Universal/Decca) * 2004

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– ''My Way'' (Sony/BMG) * 2004/05 Hayley Westenra – ''

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'' (Universal/Decca) * 2004/05/06 – ''

'' (

/MGM/EMI) * 2007 Kim Richey – ''Chinese Boxes'' (Vanguard) * 2007 Paco Peña – ''Requiem'' * 2008 RENT – ''Live on Broadway'' (Sony Pictures) * 2008/09 The Beatles Rock Band (MTV Networks) * 2009/10/11 '' George Harrison: Living in the Material World'' * 2012

– '' Early Takes: Volume 1'' ( UM^e) * 2013

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– '' New'' (Hear Music) * 2015 The Beatles – '' 1+'' (Apple) * 2016 The Beatles – '' Live at the Hollywood Bowl'' * 2017 The Beatles – '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 50th Anniversary Edition'' * 2018 The Beatles – '' The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition'' (the "White Album": 50th Anniversary Edition) * 2019 '' Rocketman'' – music director for

biopic, directed by

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* 2019 The Beatles – '' Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition * 2020

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– '' Goats Head Soup'' * 2021 '' Original Sin – The Seven Sins'' * 2021 The Beatles – '' Let It Be: Special Edition'' * 2021 '' The Beatles: Get Back'' * 2022 The Beatles – '' Revolver: Special Edition'' * 2023 The Beatles – " Now and Then" single * 2023 The Beatles – ''

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'' (the "Red Album") and '' 1967-1970'' (the "Blue Album"): 2023 Edition * 2023

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– ''

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'' ( Dolby Atmos remix)

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