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