Bruce Rowland is a well-known Australian composer. He 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". Both films were based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River. 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. He also composed special arrangements of some of his music for the 2002 musical theatre production "The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular". The original cast album of the show won the ARIA Award for Best Cast / Show Album. In 2003, Bruce Rowland won the ARIA Award for his score for the musical Rowland composed the music to the Oscar nominated animation "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello". NBC Sports also uses some of the music from The Man from Snowy River soundtrack for their coverage of The Players Championship. 

May 9th, 1942 in Melbourne (Age 81)