Mica Levi

Boundary-breaking composer, producer, and singer/songwriter Mica Levi unites classical, avant-garde, hip-hop, electronic, and indie music with restless creativity. Their work with the band Good Sad Happy Bad (formerly Micachu & the Shapes) on 2009's Jewellery introduced their bracing version of experimental pop, which juxtaposed grungy riffs and singalong melodies with found-sound samples and the odd vacuum cleaner or two. The droning strings on Chopped & Screwed, the group's daring 2011 collaboration with the London Sinfonietta, hinted at Levi's classical training as well as the success they soon experienced as a composer. Their unnervingly beautiful, BAFTA-nominated score for the 2014 film Under the Skin revealed Levi as a major talent, a reputation they cemented with their Oscar-, Grammy-, and BAFTA-nominated music for 2016's Jackie. Their work as a solo artist was just as dynamic, and 2020's Ruff Dog underscored the irreverent, unexpected essence of Levi's music.