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Bruce Fowler

Born: 1947-07-10 • 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 poster
Zappa
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words poster
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016 • Self (archive footage)
Cheepnis poster
Cheepnis
2014 • Himself
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation poster
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007 • Self
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973 poster
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
2007
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Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
2002 • Self
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa poster
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
2002 • Himself
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Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
2000 • Self
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart poster
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
1997 • Himself
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels poster
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988 • Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden poster
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
1973
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation poster
Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
1973