Howard Blake
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 85 |
| Web site | www.howardblake.com |
| Date of birth | October 28,1938 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Genres | Soundtracks |
| Albums | The Snowman: The Stage Show |
| The Changeling | |
| The Snowman | |
| Job | Conductor |
| Film Score Composer | |
| Education | Royal Academy of Music |
| Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College | |
| Nationality | British |
| English | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 430610 |
Howard Blake: Walking In The Air (The Snowman) Voice/Piano
The Snowman: For String Quartet
Howard Blake: The Snowman Suite - Cello/Piano
Kal 09 Theme from the Snowman
The Snowman Suite: Parts
Howard Blake: The Snowman Suite (B Flat Clarinet
Prelude from Benedictus
Benedictus, Oratorio
Grandpa
Jubilate Deo: Motette
Walking in the Air
The island self: poems
The Duellists
Amityville 3-D
Granpa
The Hunger
S. O. S. Titanic
The Bear
A Month in the Country
The Riddle of the Sands
An Elephant Called Slowly
The Lords of Discipline
My Life So Far
The Canterville Ghost
Ten
The Odd Job
Some Will, Some Won't
All the Way Up
The Wreck of the Julie Plante
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
Leaving Lily
The Snowman
Howard Blake Life story
Howard David Blake OBE FRAM is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman, which includes the song "Walking in the Air".
The Snowman 50p coin unveiled by Royal Mint for Christmas
... The film is dialogue free, the only words featuring in the hit song taken from it, Howard Blake s Walking in the Air...
The Snowman: BBC pulls Christmas radio special after composer's complaint
... BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 had been due to broadcast the new arrangement of Howard Blake s famous score, narrated by Stephen Fry, this Christmas...
The Snowman 50p coin unveiled by Royal Mint for Christmas
A new collectable coin celebrating The Snowman has been launched by the Royal Mint .
The design retells about James, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life.
It is The First of The Mint 's 50p Christmas coins to feature the official coinage portrait of King Charles .
First published in 1978, The Snowman has sold More Than 5. 5 million copies around The World .
The 2023 coin design is The Sixth Snowman edition to be added to the Royal Mint 's Christmas series.
Rebecca Morgan, director of collector services at the Royal Mint , said: " Continuing Our Partnership with award-winning illustrator Robin Shaw , We Are excited to release another original festive coin that brings Raymond Briggs 's story to life in a new way.
" This year's edition of The Snowman coin is particularly special, being The First of our Christmas coins with King Charles III's effigy on its obverse.
" We hope that people love the coin's design and look to collect a piece of British Christmas history. "
Author-illustrator Briggs died last August at the Age Of 88.
The Snowman was turned into a Bafta TV award-winning animated TV film in 1982.
It also received an Oscar nomination for best animated short film.
It was first broadcast on Boxing Day 1982 and has been shown almost every Christmas since.
The Film is dialogue free, the Only Words featuring in The Hit song taken from it, Howard Blake 's Walking in the Air.
Sung on screen by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty , the recorded version was performed by Bangor-born Aled Jones - who was then 14-years-old - and it reached the UK Top Five in 1985.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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