Isabella Summers facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Isabella Summers
Summers in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Isabella Janet Florentina Summers
Also known as	Isa Machine
Born	(1980-10-31) 31 October 1980 (age 44) Hackney, England
Genres	Indie rock indie pop art rock alternative rock experimental
Occupation(s)	Musician songwriter producer composer remixer
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Universal Publishing

Isabella Janet Florentina Summers (born October 31, 1980) is a talented English musician, songwriter, and producer. She's famous for helping create the unique sound of the band Florence and the Machine, which has been nominated for six Grammy Awards. Isabella spent 14 years writing, producing, touring, and composing music for the band. After that, she started focusing on creating music for movies and TV shows. She has even been nominated for an Emmy Award for her work as a film composer.

Isabella Summers' Early Life and Music Beginnings

Isabella Summers spent her first nine years in Hackney, London. When she was ten, her family moved to Aldeburgh, Suffolk. There, she went to Woodbridge School and started taking piano lessons. She became very interested in music. Her father's mixtapes, which included everything from Beethoven to Bob Dylan, also inspired her. She especially loved Hip-hop music.

Isabella Summers' Career Journey

Isabella later moved back to London, to East Dulwich, where she studied fine arts at Central Saint Martins. During this time, she bought DJ mixers to learn how to mix music. She also worked odd jobs, like being a courier for Top of the Pops. Soon, she started working on a radio show called 'All City Show' on XFM London. This experience led her to buy her first MPC, a machine used to make beats.

With a friend's help, she set up a music studio in an old factory. There, she began making hip hop tracks. She worked with many artists during this time. Isabella met Florence Welch through art school and DJ events.

Forming Florence + the Machine

Isabella was asked to remix songs for a band called Ludes. Florence Welch often visited Isabella's studio because she was dating the band's guitarist. Florence's singing really impressed Isabella. One day, Isabella felt stuck creatively and wanted to work with a female artist. She invited Florence to make songs with her.

They started writing demos together. Isabella created drum sounds by banging on walls and used string sounds from her keyboard. She also met a man named Tom Monger who played the harp. Isabella asked him to play on their demos, which included songs like 'Dog Days Are Over' and 'Between Two Lungs'.

At first, they performed as Florence Robot/Isa Machine, but later changed their name to Florence and the Machine. Isabella had planned to only produce and write songs for the project. However, she also became the group's keyboardist. Her second performance with the band was at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival.

Isabella helped write and produce songs on Florence and the Machine's first three albums: Lungs (2009), Ceremonials (2011), and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015). Their song 'Dog Days Are Over' has been very popular. It was even used in Marvel's 2023 movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

Composing for Film and TV

Isabella has also written, produced, and remixed songs for many other famous artists. These include Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, and Rita Ora.

Isabella started creating music for TV shows and movies. She wrote the main title song "Was It Love" for the TV series Riviera. She also gave her friend Sam Levinson the song "Rage" for his film Assassination Nation (2018).

After touring with Florence + the Machine, Isabella got her first big composing job. She teamed up with Mark Isham to score the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere. This work earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination!

Since then, Isabella has composed music for many other projects. She scored the Prime Video series Panic and Netflix's .../Life. Her first solo composing job was for the Apple TV show Physical. This show was set in the 1980s, so her music featured "crazy synths and over-the-top guitar solos."

Isabella has also scored her first movie, Call Jane (2022), and the Paramount+ show The Offer. In 2022, she scored the Netflix film Lady Chatterley's Lover. In 2023, she scored the animated series Strange Planet and the third season of Physical. She also scored the films Lisa Frankenstein (released February 2024) and Breathe (released April 2024). Her music can also be heard in the Netflix show KAOS and the animated comedy Hitpig!.

Art and Music Projects

In 2019, the Cy Twombly Foundation invited Isabella to create music inspired by Cy Twombly's sculptures. Her piece, 'To Neptune, Ruler of the Seas Profound,' included words from poems that inspired Twombly. She performed this piece several times, including at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.

In the summer of 2024, Isabella performed at The National Gallery. She created music and spoken word inspired by two paintings by Caravaggio. In Autumn 2024, Isabella wrote music for the soundtrack of the Vivienne Westwood Tunis Fashion Week 2024 show.

Discography

See also

In Spanish: Isabella Summers para niños