The first season of Apple TV’s Physical is set to premiere the week and to commemorate the event we are premiering a track from Isabella Summers’ original score for the series titled “Flake or Thief.”
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack digitally on June 18. The series is awash in a glorious synth score by Emmy-nominated Isabella Summers whose work includes Little Fires Everywhere, Panic, and the upcoming Sex/Life. The music provides both a high energy as well as a menacing backdrop to the dark comedy.
Check out the exclusive song from Physical below:
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“What a ride scoring Sheila’s headspace,” Summers said. “Out of control and spinning her inner monologue was just so delicious to compose — a mixture of 70s pots and pans and a journey of rock and roll and screeching synths. I channeled Vangelis as much as possible towards the end.”
Set in the idyllic but fragile beach paradise of sunny 1980s San Diego, Physical, created by Annie Weisman and starring Rose Byrne, is a half-hour dark comedy following Sheila Rubin, a quietly tortured, seemingly dutiful housewife supporting her smart but controversial husband’s bid for state assembly. But behind closed doors, Sheila has her own darkly funny take on life she rarely lets the world see. She’s also battling a complex set of personal demons relating to her self-image… that is, until she finds release through the unlikeliest source: the world of aerobics.
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At first hooked on the exercise itself, Sheila’s real road to empowerment comes when she discovers a way to merge this newfound passion with the burgeoning technology of videotape to start a revolutionary business. The series tracks her epic journey from a stifled, overlooked enabler to a powerful, confident economic force, as Sheila transforms into someone we take for granted today (but was entirely radical at the time) — the female lifestyle guru.
Track List
01. Video Camera
02. Flake or Thief
03. Surf Aerobics Fantasy
04. Bunny
05. Bank
06. Give Me My Tapes
07. Bunny Kicks a Perve
08. Sheila Bails
09. Aerobics Saved Me
10. Play It Cool
11. Sheila Leaves Early
12. Ballet Teacher
13. Another Binge
14. I’m Late
15. Not Expected
16. Vacant Space
17. Parental Extortion
18. If you ask Me
19. Cracked Me Open
20. Dr. No Nuts
21. Maya Throws a Tantrum
22. Videographer
23. Your Cut
24. Main Title