Fraser Bowles is a freelance cellist based in London, UK. He has worked with a number of major artists and composers including Adekunle Gold, Blue, Burna Boy, Laura Marling, Lorne Balfe, Roo Panes, Submotion Orchestra and The Last Dinner Party. He has worked with London Sinfonietta and Isobel Griffiths, and through Parallax Orchestra has performed and recorded with Alter Bridge, Ardyn, Astræa, Bethesda Game Studios, Bring Me The Horizon, dodie, Eminem, Esoterica, Half Moon Run, Lockie Chapman, Marie White, Phoria, Toh Kay and Sweet Billy Pilgrim.
For several years, he has been a member of The Rock Orchestra, regularly touring round the UK and Europe. In 2025, they released their debut album “Classics Vol. 1” which reached No.1 in the UK Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart and the Official Record Store Chart. In 2026, Fraser will be touring with them to Australia and New Zealand between January-March.
Through The Music Agency, Fraser has worked with English Symphony Orchestra, Senbla Concert Orchestra (Britpop Classical, The Holiday, Hook), The Novello Orchestra (Frozen, Marvel Studios: Infinity Saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Muppet Christmas Carol) and for Troy Miller’s Kingdom Orchestra (Gregory Porter).
Fraser enjoys a wide variety of remote session work; previous projects include Lorne Balfe/14th Street Music‘s soundtracks to the Amazon Prime series “The Wheel of Time”, BBC’s “Sherwood”, Britbox’s “Crime”, HBO’s “Pennyworth”, Netflix’s “Man vs. Bee”, “Luther: The Fallen Sun” and appears as a featured soloist on “Life On Our Planet”, directed by Steven Spielberg and narrated by Morgan Freeman. He also appears on Taran Mitchell’s soundtrack to Netflix’s “Alexander: The Making of a God”, Michael Frankenberger’s soundtracks to Solidshot’s “Wege Der Kunst” and “Meine Tiroler Welt”, and on Michael Stroudinsky & Lola Bastard’s soundtrack to North Face’s film “Of a Lifetime”. Fraser also recorded on Jon Ong’s soundtrack to “The Accidental Getaway Driver” which won the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
He has also recorded on a number of Vince Pope’s scores including his Ivor Novello award-winning soundtrack to HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country” and ITV’s “Mr Bates vs. The Post Office” and on Alexandra Hamilton-Ayers’ score to the documentary film “TISH”. He also recorded on Thom Robson’s soundtracks to the film “LOBO” and to the “Walking with Ghosts” installation for the Imperial War museum; the track “Remembering” from this features in the final season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things”.
In 2023, Fraser founded the Prism String Ensemble to accompany Submotion Orchestra on their “Unplugged” UK tour celebrating the release of the band’s Unplugged Vol. II EP. In 2024, Prism accompanied London Contemporary Voices as part of Report Presentation of the Infected Blood Inquiry at Westminster Hall, recorded for Michael Stroudinsky and Lola Bastard’s score to North Face’s documentary “Of A Lifetime” and performed with Pip Millet for her sold-out performance at Somerset House as part of their Summer Series, with Fraser also writing the string arrangements. In 2025, Prism toured with Taz Modi, celebrating the release of his album “Involuntary Memories”.
He has worked extensively with the Guildhall Session Orchestra as principal cello since its formation in 2018, performing and recording for numerous projects including a concert of Zbigniew Preisner’s music, OrchestRAM & OrchestRAVE, Illuminated River, Beasts of London, Ah, Ludwig! and silent film accompaniment at the Barbican Cinema.
Fraser completed his MMus at Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Tim Gill after finishing his BMus (Hons) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Joely Koos. He plays a c.1850 Mittenwald cello, a c.1890 Neuner and Hornsteiner cello, and a Yamaha SVC-110 electric cello.
