Over Bruce’s career, he has been the proud recipient of many awards for Best Score, in addition to a 2005 APRA for Career Achievement.
Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI)
- Best Score – Rebel (1985)
- Best Score – Phar Lap (1983)
- Best Score – The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Australian Recording Industry Association Awards (ARIAs)
- Best Score – The Man from Snowy River – Arena Spectacular (2003)
Australasian Performing Rights Association Awards (APRAs)
- Best Score – The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
- The APRA International Achievement Award – Career Achievement (2005)
- Best Score – Return to Snowy River (1989)
- Best Score – Phar Lap (1985)
- Best Score – The Man from Snowy River (1984)
Television Society of Australia
- Penguin Award – All the Rivers Run (1984)
Other Awards
- Ampex Golden Reel Award – The Man from Snowy River Soundtrack (1982)
- Gold Album Sales – The Man from Snowy River Soundtrack (1982)
- Platinum Album Sales – The Man from Snowy River Soundtrack (1982)
- BMG/Sony Music Award – Music from The Games of the XXV11 Olympiad Album (2000)