Under the Skin Film on the Radio

Join us for a discussion of Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 feminist masterpiece – Under the Skin. We talk the significant under representation of women in scoring and composing in general. This was composer Mica Levi’s first score (at the ripe age of 22) and she has gone onto a successful, and lauded, career. This episode is full of SPOILERS so if you haven’t seen the film please watch before listening.

Research used for this episode:



* Pitchfork: Jonathan Glazer and Mica Levi

* The Guardian: How Mica Levi got Under The Skin of her first film soundtrack

* Pitchfork: Under the Skin OST – Review

* Fader: How To Write An Unforgettable Movie Score, According To Mica Levi

* New Yorker: Mica Levi’s Intensely Unconventional Film Scores

* Interview Magazine: Under Mica Levi’s Score

* Indiewire: Mica Levi on Why Composing ‘Under the Skin’ Was “Really Mental”

* BFI: Away from the picture: Mica Levi on her Under the Skin soundtrack

* Incredible BBC interview with Mica Levi

* The Guardian: How blind auditions help orchestras to eliminate gender bias

* DP/30 interview with Mica Levi



A transcript of this episode is available here.

Credits



* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score