Jackie

Jackie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2016 film of the same name, released alongside the film on December 2, 2016, by Milan Records. The score is composed by Mica Levi in his second feature film score after Under the Skin (2013). It received nominations for Best Original Score at the 89th Academy Awards and Best Film Music at the 69th British Academy Film Awards, amongst numerous other accolades. Development Pablo Larraín recruited Mica Levi to compose music after he loved his work on Under the Skin while watching at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Her inspiration towards Jackie Kennedy helped her to write the "light-hearted music" that matched the film, but also had a sense of tragedy as well. Speaking to Fact Magazine, she recalled her experience on how the score indicates her life post Kennedy's assassination, saying: "She’s got the seriousness and the trauma of all the lives that she’s lost — her kids, as well — and all of this is being brought up while she has to face all of the world. But she’s also smashing back the drinks, smashing back the pills, because she’s trying to keep level somehow." Levi referenced the music of classical films from the 1970s to influence it in her score as well as John Coltrane and Morton Feldman's works. The scoring process was very quick, with "In terms of the first bits, it felt really quick, then there was a gap in the middle and then another bit afterward". Even before the post-production, Levi started sending music that matched appropriately to the character and the film and while editing, he got the piece to editor Sebastian to include in the final edit of the film. Hence, the soundtrack begins with a downward note as per Larraín's suggestion.