Bruce Fowler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Birthplace
- Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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.
Filmography
Zappa 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Cheepnis 2014
as Himself
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation 2007
as Self
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973 2007
Actor
- Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note 2002
as Self
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa 2002
as Himself
- Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die 2000
as Self
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart 1997
as Himself
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels 1988
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden 1973
Actor
Credits from TMDB.