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Australian composer (born 1942)

For the Fairport Convention drummer, seeBruce Rowland (drummer).

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Kenneth Bruce RowlandAM (born 9 May 1942 inMelbourne) is an Australian composer.

Biography

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Rowland received his education atCaulfield Grammar School in his hometown. He learned piano and was a keyboard player for Australian music groups and singers. He played drums onShawn Phillips'sSecond Contribution album, published in 1970.

Rowland is best known for having composed the soundtrack to the 1982 filmThe Man from Snowy River and its 1988 sequelThe Man from Snowy River II (which has theUnited States title ofReturn to Snowy River, and theUnited Kingdom title ofThe Untamed). Both films were based onBanjo Paterson's poemThe Man from Snowy River.^[1]

His other film scores includeNow and Forever (1983),Phar Lap (1983),Bushfire Moon (1987),Cheetah (1989),Weekend with Kate (1990),Gross Misconduct (1993),Andre (1994),Lightning Jack (1994),Zeus and Roxanne (1997) and the TV movieTidal Wave: No Escape (1997). He also composed the score for the TV miniseriesAll the Rivers Run (1983) and its sequel (1990). Rowland composed the music to theOscar-nominated animated short filmThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005).

Some of his early work was in television, where he was musical director for ATV0'sThe Go!! Show,Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go and theMagic Circle Club, thenAdventure Island for theABC.

He composed a special Olympics version of the main theme ofThe Man from Snowy River for the Opening Ceremony of the2000 Summer Olympics, as well as conducting the orchestra for the performance.^[1] He also composed special arrangements of some of his music for the 2002 musical theatre production "The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular", which twice toured Australian capital cities. Theoriginal cast album of the show won theARIA Award for Best Cast / Show Album. Rowland also composed new music for "The Australian Outback Arena Show" on Queensland's Gold Coast.^[2]

The Man From Snowy River soundtrack has featured four times inABC Classic FM's annualClassic 100 Countdown, peaking at 18 in the 2025 'Piano' countdown. This made it the highest-ranking entry by an Australian composer.

NBC Sports uses music fromThe Man from Snowy River soundtrack for their coverage ofThe Players Championship.

Discography

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Charting albums

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List of albums, with Australian chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[3]
Piano by Request	Released: March 1985 Format:LP Label: Hammard (HAM097)	51

Honours and awards

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In the2025 King's Birthday Honours, Rowland was appointed aMember of the Order of Australia, for significant service to music as a composer, arranger and conductor.^[4]

Awards won by Bruce Rowland:^[5]

1982

Won theAFI Award for Best Score forThe Man from Snowy River

1983

Won the AFI Award for Best Score forPhar Lap
Won thePenguin Award for Best Score forAll the Rivers Run

1984

Won theAustralasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score forThe Man from Snowy River

1985

Won the AFI Award for Best Score forRebel
Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score forThe Man from Snowy River
Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score forPhar Lap

1989

Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score forThe Man from Snowy River (Return to Snowy River)

2005

Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score forThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Awarded theAPRA/AGSC 'International Achievement Award'

ARIA Music Awards

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TheARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by theAustralian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1989	The Man from Snowy River II	Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album	Nominated	^[6]

References

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^^a ^b"Bruce Rowland - Australian composer, arranger and conductor".Bruce Rowland. Retrieved23 June 2025.
^"And the winners are..." —The Sydney Morning Herald (published 2002-10-16) (accessdate 2007-09-14)
^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 260.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^"Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division"(PDF). Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 9 June 2025. p. 113. Retrieved9 June 2025.
^Bruce Rowland Awards Archived September 18, 2007, at theWayback Machine — Bruce Rowland's official website
^ARIA Award previous winners."History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved12 July 2022.

External links

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Bruce Rowland Official Website
Bruce Rowland atIMDb
Bruce Rowland Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2017)

v t e AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
1975–2000	The Cars That Ate Paris /The Great McCarthy –Bruce Smeaton (1975) No Award (1976) The Picture Show Man –Peter Best (1977) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith –Bruce Smeaton (1978) Mad Max –Brian May (1979) Manganinnie –Peter Sculthorpe (1980) Fatty Finn –Rory O'Donoghue andGrahame Bond (1981) The Man from Snowy River –Bruce Rowland (1982) Phar Lap –Bruce Rowland (1983) Street Hero –Garth Porter andBruce Smeaton (1984) Rebel – Ray Cook,Chris Neal,Peter Best, Billy Byers,Bruce Rowland (1985) Young Einstein –William Motzing andMartin Armiger (1986) The Tale of Ruby Rose –Paul Schütze (1987) The Lighthorsemen –Mario Millo (1988) Dead Calm –Graeme Revell (1989) The Big Steal –Phil Judd (1990) Dingo –Michel Legrand andMiles Davis (1991) Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992) The Piano –Michael Nyman (1993) Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994) Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995) Shine –David Hirschfelder (1996) Doing Time for Patsy Cline –Peter Best (1997) Oscar and Lucinda –Thomas Newman (1998) In a Savage Land –David Bridie (1999) Bootmen –Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)
2001–present	The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001) Rabbit-Proof Fence –Peter Gabriel (2002) Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003) Somersault –Decoder Ring (2004) The Proposition –Nick Cave andWarren Ellis (2005) Suburban Mayhem –Mick Harvey (2006) The Home Song Stories –Antony Partos (2007) Unfinished Sky –Antony Partos (2008) Mao's Last Dancer –Christopher Gordon (2009) Animal Kingdom –Antony Partos andSam Petty (2010) The Hunter –Andrew Lancaster,Michael Lira andMatteo Zingales (2011) Not Suitable for Children –Matteo Zingales andJono Ma (2012) The Great Gatsby –Craig Armstrong (2013) The Railwayman –David Hirschfelder (2014) Mad Max: Fury Road –Tom Holkenborg (2015) Tanna –Antony Partos (2016) Lion –Volker Bertelmann andDustin O'Halloran (2017) Ladies in Black –Christopher Gordon (2018) Judy and Punch –François Tétaz (2019) Babyteeth –Amanda Brown (2020) June Again –Christopher Gordon (2021) Falling for Figaro –Cezary Skubiszewski (2022) Talk to Me – Cornel Wilczek (2023) Better Man – Batu Sener (2024)

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

1975–2000

The Cars That Ate Paris /The Great McCarthy –Bruce Smeaton (1975)
No Award (1976)
The Picture Show Man –Peter Best (1977)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith –Bruce Smeaton (1978)
Mad Max –Brian May (1979)
Manganinnie –Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
Fatty Finn –Rory O'Donoghue andGrahame Bond (1981)
The Man from Snowy River –Bruce Rowland (1982)
Phar Lap –Bruce Rowland (1983)
Street Hero –Garth Porter andBruce Smeaton (1984)
Rebel – Ray Cook,Chris Neal,Peter Best, Billy Byers,Bruce Rowland (1985)
Young Einstein –William Motzing andMartin Armiger (1986)
The Tale of Ruby Rose –Paul Schütze (1987)
The Lighthorsemen –Mario Millo (1988)
Dead Calm –Graeme Revell (1989)
The Big Steal –Phil Judd (1990)
Dingo –Michel Legrand andMiles Davis (1991)
Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
The Piano –Michael Nyman (1993)
Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
Shine –David Hirschfelder (1996)
Doing Time for Patsy Cline –Peter Best (1997)
Oscar and Lucinda –Thomas Newman (1998)
In a Savage Land –David Bridie (1999)
Bootmen –Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)

2001–present

The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence –Peter Gabriel (2002)
Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
Somersault –Decoder Ring (2004)
The Proposition –Nick Cave andWarren Ellis (2005)
Suburban Mayhem –Mick Harvey (2006)
The Home Song Stories –Antony Partos (2007)
Unfinished Sky –Antony Partos (2008)
Mao's Last Dancer –Christopher Gordon (2009)
Animal Kingdom –Antony Partos andSam Petty (2010)
The Hunter –Andrew Lancaster,Michael Lira andMatteo Zingales (2011)
Not Suitable for Children –Matteo Zingales andJono Ma (2012)
The Great Gatsby –Craig Armstrong (2013)
The Railwayman –David Hirschfelder (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road –Tom Holkenborg (2015)
Tanna –Antony Partos (2016)
Lion –Volker Bertelmann andDustin O'Halloran (2017)
Ladies in Black –Christopher Gordon (2018)
Judy and Punch –François Tétaz (2019)
Babyteeth –Amanda Brown (2020)
June Again –Christopher Gordon (2021)
Falling for Figaro –Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)
Talk to Me – Cornel Wilczek (2023)
Better Man – Batu Sener (2024)

v t e Bruce Rowland
The Man from Snowy River (soundtracks and music)	The Man from Snowy River (soundtrack of the 1982 film) Return to Snowy River (soundtrack of the 1988 sequel filmThe Man from Snowy River II) Special Olympics version of the main theme fromThe Man from Snowy River (1982 film) for the2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (soundtrack of the 2002 stage musical)
Other soundtracks	Phar Lap (soundtrack) All the Rivers Run (soundtrack) The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (soundtrack)

Other events

Phoenix Open (CBS Super Bowl years 2007, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021) The Honda Classic (1987–present, except Winter Olympic years in 2018 and 2022) WGC-Mexico Championship (2017–present) Valspar Championship (2007–present) Arnold Palmer Invitational (1987–present) Shell Houston Open (2007–present) Valero Texas Open (2012–present) WGC-Cadillac Match Play (2007–present, except Winter Olympic years 2010 and 2014) The Players Championship (1988–present) Deutsche Bank Championship (2007–present) The Northern Trust (alternates with CBS, 2022-) BMW Championship (2007–present, alternates with CBS, 2022-) The Tour Championship (2007–present, alternates with CBS, 2022-) Mayakoba Golf Classic (2020-present) Hero World Challenge (2007–present) QBE Shootout (2007–2013, 2017–present)
Majors and special events	Senior PGA Championship (1990–2019, 2021–) Women's PGA Championship (2015-present) Evian Championship (2013–2019, 2021-) Women's British Open (2016–present) Senior Open Championship (2016–present) The Solheim Cup (1994–2002, 2017–present) International Crown (2016–present) U.S. Women's Open (1995–2014, 2020–) U.S. Senior Open (1995–2014, 2021–) U.S. Senior Women's Open (2021–)
Former events	Sentry Tournament of Champions (2012–2017) Bob Hope Classic (mid 1960s–1998) Northern Trust Open (2010, CBS Super Bowl year) BellSouth Classic (1999–2006) Zurich Classic of New Orleans (2007–2008) The Tradition (2007–2010) Senior Players Championship (2007–2009) Skins Game (1983–1990)

Key figures

Dan Hicks (play-by-play) Mike Tirico (play-by-play) Steve Sands (play-by-play) Kevin Kisner (analyst) Brad Faxon (analyst) Jim "Bones" Mackay (on-course reporter) Smylie Kaufman (on-course reporter) John Wood (on-course reporter) Curt Byrum (on-course reporter) Notah Begay III (on-course reporter)
By event	Open Championship Ryder Cup U.S. Open
Music composers	Bruce Rowland (The Man from Snowy River "Main Title") Yanni ("In Celebration of Man")

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