There was a tribute to the Australian Stock Horse during the 2000 Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony when an Australian Stock Horse reared and then a further 120 Stock Horses were ridden into the Stadium and performed intricate maneuvers to the music of the specially-written Olympics version of the main theme of the film The Man from Snowy River by Australian composer Bruce Rowland.
NBC Sports also uses some of the music from The Man from Snowy River soundtrack for their coverage of The Players Championship.
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Some of his 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 for the ABC.
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Both films were based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River.
Bruce Rowland was the musical director and wrote the theme tune.
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