Isabella Summers
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.
Acting
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Performer
2007
Movie
Hitpig!
as Opera Diva (voice)
2024
TV
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
TV
Later... with Jools Holland
as Self - Performer
1992
Movie
Florence + The Machine: Live at the Wiltern
as Self
2011
Movie
Florence and the Machine: Live at the Rivoli Ballroom
as Herself
2009
Movie
Live Lounge: Florence + the Machine
as Self
2011
Movie
Florence + the Machine: Live at Apple Music Festival
2015
TV
Radio 1's Big Weekend
as Self
2010
TV
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
as Self
2010
Crew
Movie
My Oxford Year
Original Music Composer
2025
Movie
Lisa Frankenstein
Original Music Composer
2024
Movie
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Original Music Composer
2022
TV
Little Fires Everywhere
Original Music Composer
2020
TV
KAOS
Original Music Composer
2024
Movie
Dust Bunny
Original Music Composer
2025
Movie
Breathe
Original Music Composer
2024
TV
Panic
Original Music Composer
2021
TV
The Offer
Original Music Composer
2022
Movie
Call Jane
Original Music Composer
2022
TV
Physical
Original Music Composer
2021
Movie
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Original Music Composer
2023