
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Born
October 31, 1980 (age 45)
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Isabella Janet Florentina Summers
The Machine
Isabella Summers
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.
Known For

TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975

TV
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Performer
2007

TV
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984

TV
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
Self
2010

Film
Hitpig!
Opera Diva (voice)
2024

TV
Later... with Jools Holland
Self - Performer
1992

TV
Radio 1's Big Weekend
Self
2010

Film
Florence and the Machine: Live at the Rivoli Ballroom
Herself
2009

Film
Live Lounge: Florence + the Machine
Self
2011

Film
Florence + The Machine: Live at the Wiltern
Self
2011

Film
Florence + the Machine: Live at Apple Music Festival
2015
Filmography
2024FilmHitpig!as Opera Diva (voice)2015FilmFlorence + the Machine: Live at Apple Music Festival2011FilmLive Lounge: Florence + the Machineas Self2011FilmFlorence + The Machine: Live at the Wilternas Self2010TVRadio 1's Big Weekendas Self2010TVBBC Radio 1's Live Loungeas Self2009FilmFlorence and the Machine: Live at the Rivoli Ballroomas Herself2007TVThe Graham Norton Showas Self - Performer1992TVLater... with Jools Hollandas Self - Performer1984TVMTV Video Music Awardsas Self1975TVSaturday Night Liveas Self - Musical Guest