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Isabella Summers
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Summers in 2024
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| Birth name | Isabella Janet Florentina Summers |
| Also known as | Isa Machine |
| Born | 31 October 1980 Hackney, England |
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| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Universal Publishing |
Isabella Janet Florentina Summers (born October 31, 1980) is an English musician, songwriter, producer, and film composer. She is famous for being a key member of the popular indie rock band Florence and the Machine.
As the keyboardist and a main songwriter for the band, she helped create their unique sound. After many years of writing and touring, she began composing music for movies and TV shows.
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Early Life and Musical Beginnings
Isabella Summers grew up in Hackney, a part of London, England. When she was ten, her family moved to the town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk. There, she took piano lessons and became very interested in music.
Her father made her mixtapes with many different kinds of music, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. She also loved hip-hop music. Her neighbors gave her tapes of American rap artists, which she listened to with her friends.
Career
Starting in the Music World
Summers later moved back to London to study art at Central Saint Martins. She bought DJ equipment and learned how to mix music. She also had jobs like working as a courier for the TV show Top of the Pops.
Soon, she was working on a radio show and bought her first MPC, a machine for making music beats. She set up a small studio in a former factory and started making hip-hop music.
Forming Florence and the Machine
Summers met Florence Welch while they were both in art school. Welch often visited Summers's studio. One day, Summers decided she wanted to write pop music with another woman. She invited Welch to write songs with her.
They started creating music together, with Summers making the beats and Welch writing the lyrics. To make drum sounds, they would even bang on the studio walls! One of their most famous songs, "Dog Days Are Over", was created during this time. They found their harp player, Tom Monger, after Summers saw him carrying his harp on the street.
At first, they called their band Florence Robot/Isa Machine. Later, it became Florence and the Machine. Summers planned to just be a songwriter and producer, but she also became the band's keyboard player.
Success with the Band
Summers co-wrote and produced songs on the first three Florence and the Machine albums: Lungs (2009), Ceremonials (2011), and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015).
The song "Dog Days Are Over" became a huge hit. It was famously used in the 2023 Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Composing for Film and TV
After touring with the band, Summers began a new career as a composer. She wrote the main title song for the TV series Riviera. Her first big composing job was for the TV series Little Fires Everywhere, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination.
She has since created the music for many other projects, including:
- The TV series Panic and .../Life
- The Apple TV+ show Physical, which had a 1980s-style score
- The movies Call Jane (2022) and Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)
- The animated series Strange Planet (2023)
- The movie Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Other Creative Projects
Summers also creates music inspired by art. In 2019, she was asked to create a musical piece based on the sculptures of artist Cy Twombly. She performed this music at art galleries in London and Beverly Hills.
In 2024, she performed at The National Gallery in London. She created music and spoken word pieces inspired by two paintings by the famous artist Caravaggio.
Images for kids
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Summers in her studio in 2011
See also
In Spanish: Isabella Summers para niños
