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TAGGED: The Man From Snowy River
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The Man From Snowy River Soundtrack by Bruce Rowland: Main Theme

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

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The Man From Snowy River Soundtrack by Bruce Rowland: Jessica's Theme

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

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Sounds of Australia 2021

Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2021. 

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The Man from Snowy River: Bruce Rowland’s orchestral score

One of the most widely recognised examples of Australian film music is Bruce Rowland’s orchestral score for The Man from Snowy River (George Miller, 1982).

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The Man From Snowy River: 'He's a pretty thing'

While her father is away mustering cattle, Jessica Harrison (Sigrid Thornton) goads new stock hand Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) into breaking her father’s prized colt.

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The Man From Snowy River

'There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around | That the colt from old Regret had got away...'

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The lost film

An earlier cinematic interpretation of Banjo Paterson's poem was filmed in 1920, directed by Beaumont Smith.

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The Wild Black Stallion

The majestic black stallion that leads the herd of wild brumbies in The Man from Snowy River (1982).

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'You can bid the mob good day'

Perhaps the most iconic image from the movie, as Jim (Tom Burlinson) rides his horse down a sheer cliff in pursuit of the mob of brumbies.

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Jack Thompson with Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas plays two characters in The Man from Snowy River (1982). Harrison is the tetchy farm owner and father of Jessica (Sigrid Thornton), while Spur (pictured here) is his one-legge