The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (original soundtrack) The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (original soundtrack) All poetry narrated in the musical was written by Banjo Paterson, including ""Waltzing Matilda"" (for which the music was written by M. Cowan). Bruce Rowland, who composed the instrumental music for both the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River film and its sequel 1988 film The Man from Snowy River II (American title: "Return to Snowy River"), composed special arrangements of some of his music for the musical. Rowland was the musical arranger who also conducted the orchestra for the musical. Lee Kernaghan and Garth Porter wrote the music and
Botany Bay (song) find us in Botany Bay.</poem> The song "Toorali" on the 2008 album "Summerland" from Australian band The Herd uses an adapted excerpt from the song "Botany Bay" for its chorus and main verse. A verse and chorus of the song can also be heard sung by Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, and Glynis Johns in the 1960 film "The Sundowners". Kate Rusby covered the song for her 1999 album "Sleepless". Australian singer Mirusia with Dutch violinist André Rieu performed the song on their album "Waltzing Matilda" in 2008. The song can also be heard being sung by itinerant Australian