Bruce Fowler
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1947-07-10
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Biography
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.
Known for
Cheepnis
2014HimselfFrank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
2000SelfFrank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
2002Self
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016Self (archive footage)
Zappa
2020Self (archive footage)
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
1997Himself
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
2002Himself
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
1973