Bruce Rowland

For the Fairport Convention drummer, see Bruce Rowland (drummer).

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.
Find sources: "Bruce Rowland" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.
Find sources: "Bruce Rowland" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Bruce Rowland (born 9 May 1942 in Melbourne) is an Australian composer.

## Biography

[edit]

Rowland composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie The Man from Snowy River, as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II (which has the United States title of Return to Snowy River, and the United Kingdom title of The Untamed). Both films were based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River.[1]

His other film scores include Now 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 movie Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997). He also composed the score for the popular TV series All the Rivers Run (1983/1990).

He composed a special Olympics version of the main theme of The Man from Snowy River Suite, as well as conducting the orchestra, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics which were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[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. The original cast album of the show won the ARIA Award for Best Cast / Show Album). Rowland also composed new music for "The Australian Outback Arena Show" on Queensland's Gold Coast.[2]

Rowland composed the music to the Oscar nominated animation The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005).

NBC Sports also uses some of the music from The Man from Snowy River soundtrack for their coverage of The Players Championship.

Some of his early work was in television, where he was musical director for ATV0's The Go!! Show, Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go and the Magic Circle Club, then Adventure Island for the ABC.

Rowland received his education at Caulfield Grammar School in his hometown. He learned piano and was a keyboard player for Australian music groups, and singers.

He played drums on Shawn Phillips's Second Contribution album, published in 1970.

## Discography

[edit]

### Charting albums

[edit]

List of albums, with Australian chart positions  Title  | Album details  | Peak chart
positions

|
|

AUS
[3]
Piano by Request |

* Released: March 1985
* Format: LP
* Label: Hammard (HAM097)

| 51

## Awards

[edit]

Awards won by Bruce Rowland[4]

1982

* Won the AFI Award for Best Score for The Man from Snowy River

1983

* Won the AFI Award for Best Score for Phar Lap
* Won the Penguin Award for Best Score for All the Rivers Run

1984

* Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score for The Man from Snowy River

1985

* Won the AFI Award for Best Score for Rebel
* Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score for The Man from Snowy River
* Won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Best Score for Phar Lap

1989

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

2005

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

### ARIA Music Awards

[edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian 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  | [5]

## See also

[edit]

* List of Caulfield Grammar School people

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Bruce Rowland official website
2. ^ "And the winners are..." -- The Sydney Morning Herald (published 2002-10-16) (accessdate 2007-09-14)
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Bruce Rowland Awards Archived September 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine -- Bruce Rowland's official website
5. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.

## External links

[edit]

* Bruce Rowland Official Website
* Bruce Rowland at IMDb
* 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 and 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 and Grahame Bond (1981)
* The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982)
* Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983)
* Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984)
* Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985)
* Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin 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 and Miles 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 and Warren 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 and Sam Petty (2010)
* The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011)
* Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono 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 and Dustin 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)

* 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 film The Man from Snowy River II)
* Special Olympics version of the main theme from The Man from Snowy River (1982 film) for the 2000 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)

* v
* t
* e

Golf Channel (NBC)

U.S. Open|

* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Ryder Cup|

* 1959
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Presidents Cup|

* 2000
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2024

Open Championship|

* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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)
* Brad Faxon (analyst)
* John Wood (on-course reporter)
* Notah Begay III (on-course reporter)
* Smylie Kaufman (on-course reporter)
* Curt Byrum (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")

Related articles|

* Television contract history
* PGA Tour on television
* Golf Channel

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Israel

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

*[Ref.]: Reference
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template