It is easy to conjure a mental picture of the composer seeing that image and immediately being inspired to write the tune, but Howard Blake ... is a new version of “Walking in the Air” for ...

Howard Blake loves to tell the story of the time he caught a taxi to the airport. His composition, Walking In The Air, from the animated TV film The Snowman, which was sung by Aled Jones ...

Howard Blake, the composer of the famous festive song “Walking in the Air”, has said he was on the brink of “collapse” when he wrote the tune. The song is best known as the soundtrack to ...

The composer of ‘Walking In The Air’ from Raymond Briggs’ classic Christmas animation The Snowman says he was left out in the cold when he offered to score its sequel. Howard Blake says he ...

Howard Blake tells Roisin O’Connor why he didn’t want Aled Jones singing in the 1982 animation of ‘The Snowman’, and how ‘Walking in the Air’ almost never made the cut ...

And following the recording of Adolphe Adam’s beloved carol, Aled could not resist asking for Malakai to join him for a little ‘Walking in the Air’. Howard Blake’s evocative music to The Snowman was ...

composer Howard Blake relishes the sound of silence. Here he finds the solitude he needs to write musical scores like The Snowman, which includes Walking In The Air - one of the best-known ...