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Indie Composer Mica Levi Gets Big Break With Hit Score for Scarlett Johansson/Jonathan Glazer Film 'Under The Skin,' Wins European Film Award for Best Composer

Indie composer Mica Levi was relatively unknown in the mainstream world when she got her big break. Levi, who created the music for the Scarlett Johansson film Under The Skin just won a European Film Award for Best Composer.
By Jaime Prisco

  • Prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama Admits First Rapper Jack Derbyshire, AKA Jakaboski, into Program

    With the burgeoning awaking of classical music hitting youth around the nation, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, one of the world’s leading music conservatories, has just admitted its first rapper, according to Noisey.The student is Jack Derbyshire, 25, who began rapping around age 14 under the solo moniker Jakaboski and within a collective called Strangelove.“I heard about Guildhall and the Leadership program through a friend,” he said. “I then met the course leaders for a chat and it went from there. The audition was tough. I was insecure about my lack of musical training, but it must have gone all right because I'm here now, right?”After impressing the examiners, Derbyshire was invited to join the Masters in Leadership program, a two-year course which encourages musicians to work with aspiring performers in their local community.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • K-Pop Top Producer Brave Brothers Comes to US; Records with YG, Eric Bellinger; In Talks with Nelly, Cee Lo Green and DJ Mustard

    Brave Brothers, one of the top K-Pop producers, is expanding his repertoire to stateside acts, like YG, DJ Mustard and Nelly.Brave Brothers, whose real name is Kang Dong-chul has already completed studio sessions with popular rapper YG, who is currently signed to Def Jam Records and "Awkward" singer Eric Bellinger, according to Damuer H. Leffridge. Leffridge is managing partner at Popular Music Group and helped connect K-pop girl group T-ara N4 to open a Chris Brown concert last year.Leffridge seems to be the man who had connections between U.S. and Korean relationships. He told Billboard that composer/songwriter Brave Brothers met Cee Lo Green — but did not record with him — and is in talks to connect with DJ Mustard and Nelly, too. The exec has been posting pictures from all the Los Angeles meetings.
    By Jaime Prisco