Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) has signed on to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Physical. The show is created by Annie Weisman and stars Rose Byrne, Rory Scovel, Dierdre Friel, Della Saba, Lou Taylor Pucci, Paul Sparks and Ashley Liao. The dramedy is set in the idyllic but fragile beach paradise of sunny 1980s San Diego and follows Sheila Rubin, a quietly tortured, seemingly dutiful housewife supporting her smart but controversial husband’s bid for state assembly as she finds an unconventional path to power through the world of aerobics. Weisman and Byrne are also executive producing the Tomorrow Studios production with Alex Cunningham (Dirty John, Desperate Housewifes), Marty Adelstein & Becky Clements (Snowpiercer, Last Man Standing), as well as series directors Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya, Cruella), Liza Johnson (Elvis & Nixon, Hateship Loveship) and Stephanie Laing (Dollface, Irreplaceable You). Physical will premiere this summer on Apple TV+.
Summers whose previous scoring credits include Little Fires Everywhere and Paradise City also has the Netflix series Sex/Life (co-scored with Mark Isham) and Amazon’s Panic (co-scored with Brian H. Kim) coming up).
