Bruce Fowler

Known for: Acting
Born: July 10, 1947, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Movies: 11

Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films.

He is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler and the brother of multi-instrumentalist Walt Fowler and bassist Tom Fowler. Bruce Fowler is participating in the Band from Utopia, the Mar Vista Philharmonic, and Jon Larsen's Strange News from Mars, featuring Zappa alumni Tommy Mars and Arthur Barrow. He also recorded albums with Air Pocket, a band including his siblings.

Fowler is the recipient of the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.

Best-Known Movies

7.2

Zappa

2020

7.3

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

2016

6.5

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

2007

7.3

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1988

Cheepnis

2014

The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart

1997

Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa

2002

Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden

1973

Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973

2007

Filmography

2020	Zappa	Self (archive footage)
2016	Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words	Self (archive footage)
2014	Cheepnis	Himself
2007	Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation	Self
2007	Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
2002	Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note	Self
2002	Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa	Himself
2000	Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die	Self
1997	The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart	Himself
1988	The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels	Self (archive footage)
1973	Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden

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