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" (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. He also composed a special Olympics version of the main theme for the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics which were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , as well as for the 2002 musical theatre production "The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular" (which toured Australian capital cities — twice). NBC Sports also uses some of the music from The Man from Snowy River soundtrack for their coverage of The PLAYERS Championship. Some of Rowland's 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 (TV Series) for the ABC. Bruce Rowland was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He learned piano and was a keyboard player for Australian music groups, and singers.