Mica Levi

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Mica Levi was born in Surrey in 1987 and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Levi first became known with the experimental pop band Micachu and the Shapes. The director Jonathan Glazer asked Levi to score Under the Skin (2013). The score consists of sliding, humming strings, with a short, recurring motif for the alien protagonist. Levi sought music that sounded strange and physical. For Jackie (2016) by Pablo Larraín, Levi wrote string music with slow glissandi that convey grief and distress; this earned an Oscar nomination. Again with Glazer came The Zone of Interest (2023), with strikingly little music: a dark overture and a closing piece.

Listening

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  Lipstick to Void · Mica Levi, 2013
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  Children · Mica Levi, 2016
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  Monos · Mica Levi, 2019

Discography

Studio albums

• 2009Jewellery
• 2014Feeling Romantic Feeling Tropical Feeling Ill
• 2014Under the Skin (soundtrack)
• 2016Jackie (soundtrack)
• 2016Remain Calm
• 2019Monos (soundtrack)
• 2020Ruff Dog
• 2021Blue Alibi
• 2021Zola (soundtrack)
• 2023The Zone Of Interest (soundtrack)

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 5^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Ambient, drone and new modernism GenreMica Levi gave Under the Skin (2013) sliding, out-of-tune strings.

See also

• Remain Calm
• Ambient, drone and new modernism