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Who is Mica Levi?

Mica Levi is the composer and music producer behind the film scores for Under the
Skin (2014), Jackie (2016), this year’s Monos and Jonathan Glazer’s short TV film, The Fall,
which aired this weekend.

Also known as Micachu, Levi studied music at the Purcell School and Guildhall School of
Music and Drama, and in 2008 was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
She was the Southbank Centre’s Artist-in-Residence in 2010.

The talented composer wrote her first film soundtrack in 2014, for Jonathan Glazer’s Under
the Skin, and like her next score, for Pablo Larraín’s Jackie (2016), she’s brilliant at writing
music that interweaves tightly into the on-screen action.

Levi has also written scores for the sci-fi Marjorie Prime (2017) and Monos (2019), a film
that has scooped myriad international awards, including at Sundance this year.

The 32-year-old composer is no stranger to awards herself, being the recipient of two
BAFTA nominations (for Under the Skin and Jackie), an Oscar nomination for Jackie, and a
win at the European Film Awards for Under the Skin.

In 2018 she picked up an Ivor Novello for Best Original Film Score for Jackie.

As well as being a composer, Levi is a singer, songwriter and producer who leads London-
based band Good Sad Happy Bad (formerly Micachu and the Shapes), and has a couple of
recordings under her belt.

We’re basically obsessed with her film scores and can’t wait to hear more.