Isabella Summers
Born: 1980-10-31 in Hackney, London, England, UK
Known For: Sound
Biography
Isabella “The Machine” Summers is an English Emmy-nominated film Composer, songwriter/producer and musician. She is best known as the architect of the sound of the 6x Grammy nominated indie rock band Florence and the Machine and spent 14 years writing, producing, touring, and composing her cinematic sound before making the jump from pop music to composing for film and television. After her official introduction to scoring via Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation, Summers earned an Emmy nomination for her work on Liz Tigelaar’s Hulu Series Little Fires Everywhere and went on score 60+ episodes of television in three years including: Physical and Strange Planet for Apple TV+, the series Panic for Amazon Prime, Sex/Life for Netflix, and The Offer for Paramount +. Summers has scored studio-features and indies alike: from Lisa Frankenstein directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody for Universal/ Focus Features, to Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, and Call Jane which premiered at Sundance Film Festival (2021). Up next for Isa is Lionsgate’s thriller Dust Bunny starring Sigorney Weaver, the buzzy Jeff Goldblum Netflix series Kaos starring Debi Mazar, the bio-drama Queen of the Ring directed by Ash Avildsen, and the soon-to-be-released Aniventure animated feature HitPig. When not scoring for film and television, as a producer and remixer, Summers has collaborated with the likes of Beyonce, Judith Hill, Juliette Lewis and LP. She is also working on her debut solo album.
Filmography
2027
- Bad Fairies ... (Original Music Composer)
2026
- The Magic Faraway Tree ... (Original Music Composer)
- Erupcja ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Long Con ... (Music)
2025
- Dust Bunny ... (Original Music Composer)
- My Oxford Year ... (Original Music Composer)
- The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick ... (Music)
2024
- KAOS ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hitpig! as Opera Diva (voice)
- Lisa Frankenstein ... (Original Music Composer)
- Breathe ... (Original Music Composer)
2023
- Strange Planet ... (Original Music Composer)
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ... (Original Music Composer)
2022
- The Offer ... (Original Music Composer)
- Lady Chatterley's Lover ... (Original Music Composer)
- Call Jane ... (Original Music Composer)
2020
- Little Fires Everywhere ... (Original Music Composer)
2011
2010
- BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge as Self
- Radio 1's Big Weekend as Self
2009
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self - Performer
1992
- Later... with Jools Holland as Self - Performer
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest