MICA LEVI: UNDER THE SKIN

Film screening with live orchestra

Jonathan Glazer’s 2014 film Under the Skin impressed critics with its uncomfortable portrayal of an otherworldly predator, for which Mica Levi’s beautiful, elemental and skewed music provided the intoxicating soundtrack.

Previously known as a DJ and singer-songwriter in her band Micachu and the Shapes, with whom the London Sinfonietta have collaborated, Levi was catapulted to international fame and earned herself a BAFTA nomination for the film score. With strains of Ligeti and Cage running through its hazy mix of digitally-processed and live sound, Levi’s microtonal world is captivating in performance – veering between sensuality and disquiet to compelling effect.

*Mica Levi conducts the Hull, Bristol and Brighton performances.

Mica Levi Under the Skin (2014)

Jonathan Berman conductor*
Sound Intermedia
London Sinfonietta

Produced by the London Sinfonietta by arrangement with STUDIOCANAL

Part of Southbank Centre’s Film Scores Live festival.

Suitable for persons aged 15 or older. Contains nudity and infrequent explicit sex.