---
name: "Bruce Fowler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-fowler"
fi1m_id: "bruce-fowler"
imdb_id: "nm0288670"
tmdb_id: 932186
wikidata_id: "Q371119"
roles: ["Orchestrator"]
born: "10 July 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-09T19:32:50.086637+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruce Fowler

## Identity

Bruce Fowler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-fowler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-fowler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0288670
- **TMDB ID:** 932186
- **Wikidata ID:** Q371119
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Fowler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932186

Orchestrator. Born 10 July 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Orchestrator
- **Born:** 10 July 1947, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- **Active:** 1996–2010
- **Also known as:** Bruce L. Fowler
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 64 (1), 2000s 64 (13), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 60 across 15 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 9, Family 7, Animation 6, Adventure 5, Crime 5, Action 4
- **Screen time:** 27 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6,337m across 15 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Fowler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932186

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Despicable Me* (2010), Fi1m 74, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Fi1m 62, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *The Dark Knight* (2008), Fi1m 85, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md)
- *Ice Age: The Meltdown* (2006), Fi1m 61, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-the-meltdown.md)
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md)
- *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Fi1m 64, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *Fun with Dick and Jane* (2005), Fi1m 50, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/fun-with-dick-and-jane.md)
- *Madagascar* (2005), Fi1m 60, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Gigli* (2003), Fi1m 32, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/gigli.md)
- *The Bourne Identity* (2002), Fi1m 83, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-identity.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Chicken Run* (2000), Fi1m 84, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md)
- *Twister* (1996), Fi1m 64, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/twister.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Orchestrator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *A Kandahar Away* (2019), Music
- *When Elephants Were Young* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Franklin's lost ships - the ultimate discovery* (2015), Music
- *Interstellar* (2014), Orchestrator — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *NCR: Not Criminally Responsible* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Orchestrator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *The Raven* (2012), Orchestrator
- *The Rig* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Inception* (2010), Orchestrator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Despicable Me* (2010), Orchestrator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)
- *Seducing Charlie Barker* (2010), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Orchestrator — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Ghost Town* (2008), Conductor
- *The Dark Knight* (2008), Orchestrator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md)
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md)
- *Déjà Vu* (2006), Orchestrator
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), Orchestrator — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *Ice Age: The Meltdown* (2006), Orchestrator — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-the-meltdown.md)
- *Fun with Dick and Jane* (2005), Orchestrator — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/fun-with-dick-and-jane.md)
- *Doom* (2005), Orchestrator
- *The Island* (2005), Orchestrator
- *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Orchestrator — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *Madagascar* (2005), Orchestrator — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *The Amityville Horror* (2005), Conductor
- *The Ring Two* (2005), Orchestrator
- *Beyond Corner Gas: Tales from Dog River* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Spanglish* (2004), Orchestrator
- *Catwoman* (2004), Orchestrator — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *King Arthur* (2004), Orchestrator
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Orchestrator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Secret Window* (2004), Orchestrator
- *Along Came Polly* (2004), Sound Mixer
- *Paycheck* (2003), Orchestrator
- *Gigli* (2003), Orchestrator — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/gigli.md)
- *Tears of the Sun* (2003), Orchestrator, Conductor
- *The Ring* (2002), Orchestrator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Men in Black II* (2002), Orchestrator — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black-ii.md)
- *The Bourne Identity* (2002), Orchestrator — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-identity.md)
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), Orchestrator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *Shrek* (2001), Orchestrator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)
- *Exit Wounds* (2001), Orchestrator
- *Chicken Run* (2000), Orchestrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md)
- *Enemy of the State* (1998), Orchestrator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/enemy-of-the-state.md)
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), Orchestrator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)
- *Home Alone 3* (1997), Orchestrator
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), Orchestrator
- *Face/Off* (1997), Orchestrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Twister* (1996), Orchestrator — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twister.md)
- *First Degree* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Crimson Tide* (1995), Orchestrator
- *Bad Boys* (1995), Orchestrator
- *Regarding Henry* (1991), Orchestrator
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), Orchestrator
- *Betrayal of Silence* (1988), Original Music Composer

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