The Man from Snowy River soundtrack was composed and conducted by Bruce Rowland (born 1942) and released by Festival Records.

The Man from Snowy River soundtrack was composed and conducted by Bruce Rowland (born 1942) and released by Festival Records.

The sequence is partly about language, and the inadequacy of words as a tool of communication.

Listen to a Q&A with composer Paul Mac about writing a new score for the NFSA Restores digital restoration of The Sentimental Bloke.

Explore one of the more under-appreciated dimensions of cinema through our Australian Film Music curated collection.

From composed scores to pre-existing popular music, this collection focuses on examples of film music from a range of notable Australian features.

This theme from Peter Best’s score for Crocodile Dundee (Peter Faiman, 1985) fuses lush, spacious consonances, drawn-out reverberant flute gestures and bedding strings.

Composer David Hirschfelder talks about his work on the film Strictly Ballroom (1992), noting it was one of the most enjoyable professional experiences of his career. 

Kristy (Kestie Morassi) has escaped from the camp. She has been tortured and beaten, but she runs, without shoes, until she finds the road.

The influential minimalist composer Michael Nyman created the score for Jane Campion's Oscar-winning film, The Piano (1993).