Samuel is an established creative cellist, composer and sound engineer based in London and Bristol.
Currently he is working across the sound production and music spheres as a sound assistant on high-end dramas & feature lengths for Netflix and Apple TV, whilst orchestrating and collaborating on pieces with composers Tom Kingston, Jasper Dent, Ré Olunuga and more.
Still Up
Assistant Sound & Playback Operator
Supported the sound team with facilitation and management of on-set voice over booths, TX relay station, lav. mic placement and 2nd & 3rd boom operation where required. Ensured sound isolation, signal clarity and comms across extensive remote recording set-ups and dialogue playback and music playback support where necessary.
Criminal Record
Episode 2 - ‘Two Calls’
Sound Trainee : 2nd Unit - Dailies
Supporting Production Sound Mixer & 1st AS with ambient plant mic placement, headphone & battery management and liaising with costume department and stunts team.
The Crown S5
Sound Trainee
Episode 1 - ‘Queen Victoria Syndrome’
3rd boom operation & general sound assist
Episode 4 - ‘The Way Ahead’
Playback operation for ‘Tampon-gate / Camilla-gate’ telephone conversation
Episode 5 - ‘Annus Horribilis’
Assistant playback, earwig operator, music supervisor and choreographer liaison for full band & over 150 cast & crew.
Squib
Sound Recordist and engineer
Bridgerton S2
Sound Trainee
Supporting production sound team with cover towards the end of shooting.
Persuasion
Sound Trainee
Supporting the sound team with comms, technical troubleshooting, atmos mics, 3rd boom operation, coffees, carpets and cables!
The Witcher S3
Sound Trainee - 2nd Unit
Supporting the sound team with comms, technical troubleshooting, v.o.g system, atmos mics, coffees, carpets and cables!
Watch the full series on Netflix
The World According To Football
Orchestration by Samuel Rowe, Composed by Tom Kingston 2023
Watch the full series on Paramount Plus
Samaritan
Cello Performance and Orchestration by Samuel Rowe, Composed by Jasper Dent 2020
Westworld & Spitfire Audio Scoring Competition Entry
Original Score by Samuel Rowe for Spitfire Audio Westworld Scoring Competition 2020
Castello - Feed Your Senses : ‘Soft’
Sound Recordist and Sound Assistant - working with Sound Recordist Ed Bulman
Castello - Feed Your Senses : ‘Crumbly’
Sound Recordist and Sound Assistant - working with Sound Recordist Ed Bulman
Castello - Feed Your Senses : ‘Sharp’
Sound Recordist and Sound Assistant - working with Sound Recordist Ed Bulman
Aria
Boom Operator - working with Sound Recordist Niall Nelson
Big Age
Boom Operator - working with Sound Recordist Ed Bulman - see the full show on Channel 4
As an orchestrator and composer, he has made his name working alongside numerous independent artists and composers. His drive for collaboration has brought him to deliver at the likes of Abbey Road Studios, Air, Spitfire Audio, The Barbican, The Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, Maida Vale and St. Pancras Old Church to name a few. He first discovered his passion for collaborating in the now memorialised studios; Brit Row (where he met Jasper Dent) and Neighbourhood (home to UK band 'Athlete'), sowing the seeds of his craft at the prestigious BRIT School, then growing roots at Goldsmiths University Of London, where he honed his skills in orchestration, arrangement and composition. His signature cello style frequently stretches the bounds of the instrument through the use of harmonics and extended techniques and acoustic effects while also tapping into digital effects and influences in minimalism & romantics.
In 2019 he stepped into the world of production sound on high-end tv dramas to stretch his horizons. Only a few years later, he holds some world-renowned projects under his belt and continues to be sought after for his expertise here. See some of these projects below.
Projects
Assistant Composer / Orchestration
The World According To Football - Trevor Noah
Coyote - Dustin Murphy
Grey Man - Robyn Winfield Smith
Mabel - Nicholas Ma
Girl - Adura Onashile
Samaritan - Dustin Murphy
Boom Operator
Big Age - Channel 4
Aria - Radical Media
Moon Mountain - Inti Rowland
2nd Assistant Sound
‘Details TBC’ - Marvel - Disney
Still Up - Netflix
3rd Assistant Sound + 2nd Asst. 2nd Unit + Playback Operator
Sound Trainee
The Crown S5 - Netflix
The Witcher S3 - 2nd Unit - Netflix
Bridgerton S2 - (Dailies) - Netflix
Criminal Record - (Dailies) - Apple TV
Persuasion - Netflix
The Larkins - ITV
The Pembrokeshire Murders - ITV
Collaborations
A selection of tracks with artistic contribution from Samuel Rowe; here you'll hear his string arrangements, cello playing and production contibutions.
Discography
A library of works Samuel has been a part of…
String arrangements & cello performance written & recorded in isolation and socially distanced environments. Listen to 'Strange World', 'Take It As It Comes', and 'Shapeshifter'
Another Sky - Forget Yourself : Cello performance on "The Water Below".
Rose Betts - White Orchids : String arrangements and cello performance on "Think Of You", "Thank You" and "Bishops Avenue"
Jolé - String arrangements and cello performance on "Between The Cracks" and "Picture Perfect" with over 1 million plays on Spotify
Toby Johnson - Things I Should Have Said: String arrangements & cello performance on 'The Wild Atlantic Way' written and recorded in isolation
Live performance of 'Social Babies' and 'Lie To Me': Cello parts and performance by Samuel Rowe in collaboration with Barnabas Shaw and Rebekah Holden.
Lume - Tip Of Your Thumb : Production, String arrangements, assistant engineering and cello performance on opening track "Bite The Bullet".
JJ Draper - String arrangements & cello performance written & recorded in isolation & socially distanced environments. Listen to 'Oh Brother' and 'In Hell At Home'
The Spare Room - One Man Slumber Party : Cello parts on "One Man Slumber Party" written and performed by Samuel Rowe.
Zara Kershaw - Landslides : String arrangements, assistant engineering and cello performance by Samuel Rowe.
Recorded in an abandoned, stripped catering kitchen in somewhere in Ramsgate. Cello parts written and performed by Samuel Rowe.
String arrangements on "Rolling on You Romeo" in collaboration with Lisa Watchorn & Mike Chapman
Maxi Curnow - Transition : All string parts written and arranged in collaboration with Maxi Curnow: 'Sink or Swim', 'Transition', 'If We Make It', 'Shape Of You', 'If Only', 'Viaduct'
Someone - Shapeshifter: Cello and strings arrangements on 'Take It As It Comes' - recorded at Spitfire Audio Studios
Glass Eyes : All cello parts performed and arranged by Samuel Rowe - "It Will Never Be Over", "Liar", "Will You Let Go".
Zara Kershaw - Count The Days : Assistant engineering and backing vocals by Samuel Rowe.
String arrangements by Samuel Rowe. Cello performance on "The Stars Look Down" and "Make It Home"
Elikah - Ribbons: Cello parts on "Slur", "Springtime" and "Bethan's Song"
Inti Rowland - Eyes Of A Starling : All string parts written and arranged in collaboration with Inti Rowland, Megan Jenkins and Jackson-Dimiglio-Wood.
Inti Rowland - 17th Century Japanese Aviary : String parts, drums, backing vocals written and arranged by Samuel Rowe in collaboration with Inti Rowland. Also assistant engineering & production.
Whisper Anthem - This Great Nakedness : All string parts & cello written and arranged by Samuel Rowe - "Spain", "This Story", "For Broken" and "Last Things (For Ruth)"
Benjamin Longman - The Ghost Months Vol. 2 : All string parts written and arranged by Samuel Rowe. Cello performance by Samuel Rowe.
Slides - Dead Letter Box : Cello on "First Light, My Escapist" written and performed by Samuel Rowe
Compositions.
Original works in progress, developing ideas, compositional sketches and full pieces - this is a rough look into the creative process on Soundcloud.