Biography
Bruce Fowler is an American composer, orchestrator and trombonist. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he is the son of jazz educator William L. Fowler and brother of musicians including Walt Fowler and Tom Fowler. He played trombone on numerous Frank Zappa recordings and with Captain Beefheart.
Fowler has composed and arranged music for film and television. He contributed original music to The Good Shepherd (2006) alongside Marcelo Zarvos. He has worked extensively as an orchestrator on films including Shrek (2001), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). In 2007 he received Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score Conductor and Best Orchestrator.
