Zelman Symphony capacity audiences of Mahler's epic Eighth Symphony - the "Symphony of a Thousand" - at the Melbourne Town Hall. In what was believed to be "a first" for an Australian Community Orchestra, the performances involved over 580 performers including an augmented Zelman Symphony of some 125 players led by Guest Concertmaster, Wilma Smith, Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), and featuring many guest principal players from the MSO and other top orchestras and music institutions. David Macfarlane played the magnificent organ, a 370 voice choir was formed from nine community choirs, and an 80 voice children's choir involved students
The Hero with a Thousand Faces and film-making. Jenova Chen, lead designer at thatgamecompany, also cites "The Hero's Journey" as the primary inspiration for the PlayStation 3 game "Journey" (2012). Mark Rosewater, head designer of the "" trading card game, cites "The Hero's Journey" as a major inspiration for , an epic story arc that went from 1997 to 2001, and spanned multiple card sets, comic books, and novels. Christopher Vogler, a Hollywood film producer and writer, wrote a memo for Disney Studios on the use of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" as a guide for scriptwriters; this memo influenced the creation of such films