He has composed the music for feature films, including collaborating on The Hunter (2011), which stars Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill; and for short films, such as Blue Poles (2004), starring Sam Worthington.

In 1973, Blue Poles (Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952), was purchased by the Australian Whitlam Government for the National Gallery of Australia for US $2 million (A$1.3 million at the time of payment).

It is flanked on one side by a fan-shaped structure - originally a gallery for displaying Olsen's collections, including Jackson Pollock's legendary 1952 "Blue Poles" - that now contains the living room, kitchen and dining area.

Treasures range from traditional Aboriginal art to the controversial Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock.

He felt he could best do this by getting Pollock to paint, which led to their beginning the painting that later became "Blue Poles."

In 1973, the National Gallery of Australia, then called the Australian National Gallery, bought the painting Blue Poles by contemporary artist Jackson Pollock for US$2 million (A$1.3 million at the time of payment)-about a third of its annual budget.

Viewing Blue Poles (2000)

That was the total of the joint effort, the total of their contribution to the very beginning of the underpainting of a canvas that, ultimately, layers later, became "Blue Poles."