''The Man from Snowy River'' is the original motion picture
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
from the 1982 film ''
The Man from Snowy River''.
Bruce Rowland
Bruce Rowland (born 9 May 1942 in Melbourne) is an Australian composer.
Biography
Rowland composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie ''The Man from Snowy River (1982 film), The Man from Snowy River'', as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 s ...
composed the music for the film, and also conducted the orchestra during the recording of the album. The sound engineer for the recording was
Roger Savage
Roger Savage is an Australian sound engineer who was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film ''Moulin Rouge!''.
After moving from England to Australia in 1964, he engineered some of the most important Australian ...
.
Later, Bruce Rowland composed a special Olympics version of the "Main Title" theme for the
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 15 September 2000 in Stadium Australia, Sydney, during which the Games were formally opened by Governor-General Sir William Deane. As mandated by the Olympic C ...
.
Also, both the "Main Title" and "Jessica's Theme", from the film's soundtrack were reprised as part of the cast album soundtrack of the 2002 musical ''
The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular''.
A pastiche of the "Main Title" appeared in the post-credits scene of ''
Napoleon Dynamite''.
Australian soundtrack
Track listing
# "Main Title"
# "Clancy's Theme"
# "Henry Dies / Farewell To Frew"
# "Harrison's Homestead / Jim Gets His Horse"
# "Mountain Theme"
# "The Brumbies"
# "Jessica's Sonata"
# "Tom Fool's Knot"
# "Searching for Jessica"
# "Jessica's Theme" — (Breaking in the Colt)
# "The Chase"
# "Rosemary Recalls"
# "Jim's Ride"
# "Jim Brings in the Brumbies"
# "Closing Titles"
United States soundtrack
Track listing
The American album of the film soundtrack has the track listing in a different order to the Australian track listing.
The American track listing of the soundtrack is as follows:
# "Main Title"
# "Jim's Ride"
# "The Chase"
# "Jessica's Theme (Breaking in the Colt)"
# "Henry Dies (Farewell To Frew)"
# "Rosemary Recalls"
# "Mountain Theme"
# "Jessica's Sonata"
# "Jim Brings in the Brumbies"
# "Clancy's Theme"
# "Harrison's Homestead (Jim Gets His Horse)"
# "The Brumbies"
# "Searching for Jessica"
# "End Titles"
Charts
Awards
* Winner:
AFI award for
Bruce Rowland
Bruce Rowland (born 9 May 1942 in Melbourne) is an Australian composer.
Biography
Rowland composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie ''The Man from Snowy River (1982 film), The Man from Snowy River'', as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 s ...
for Best Score — ''The Man from Snowy River'' (1982)
* Winner:
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award for
Bruce Rowland
Bruce Rowland (born 9 May 1942 in Melbourne) is an Australian composer.
Biography
Rowland composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie ''The Man from Snowy River (1982 film), The Man from Snowy River'', as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 s ...
for Best Score — ''The Man from Snowy River'' (1984)
Bruce Rowland Awards
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References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Man from Snowy River (1982 film) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, The
The Man from Snowy River
1982 soundtrack albums
Festival Records soundtracks
Varèse Sarabande soundtracks
Drama film soundtracks