The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (Original Cast Recording)

Arena Spectacular is a musical by David Atkins and Ignatius Jones, based on the poem The Man from Snowy River, written by Banjo Paterson.

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. Rowland won the ARIA Award for his score for The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (Original Cast Recording) in 2002

Lee Kernaghan and Garth Porter wrote the music and lyrics for the country songs. Lee Kernaghan also sang some of the country songs which he had already recorded on some of his albums, during the concert scene.

The CD, which was released by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2002, won the 2002 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA Music Award) for Best Cast / Show Album.

Track listing

1. "Waltzing Matilda" — (Traditional version) — Instrumental — music composed by M. Cowan, poem (lyrics) written by Banjo Paterson
2. "Prelude" — poem written by Banjo Paterson —......
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