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 | |
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| 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".
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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: BBC pulls Christmas radio special after composer's complaint
The Bbc has cancelled plans for a new radio version of Christmas favourite The Snowman after its composer complained that it would " sound silly".
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 Music was to have been sung rather than played by instruments, a treatment that Blake said was " a bad idea".
The Bbc said it was " a great shame" to remove it from the festive schedules.
" We were saddened and surprised to hear of Mr Blake's concerns as we sought permission from him and his publishers and he has been consulted and has contributed throughout, " a BBC spokesperson said.
" A distinguished team has been skilfully developing plans to bring this production to millions of listeners This Christmas , so it's a great shame we have to remove this from our festive schedule, In Line with Mr Blake's wishes. "
Blake composed The Music for the original 1982 animated film and said he was " absolutely delighted" with the decision.
'Mocks it'Before the broadcaster withdrew its plans, the composer told BBC Radio 4 's PM programme: " I care a great deal about The Snowman . It's worldwide. It is absolutely loved by people.
" What scares me is that if we have an arrangement that mocks it and makes it sound silly, it will take a great deal of pleasure away from The World , and I don't approve of this arrangement. "
He Said he gives permission to " pretty well every arrangement" adding: " I licence pretty well thousands of arrangements, but this particular one, I just actually think is not a good idea. "
The new arrangement was to have been performed without instrumental accompaniment by a choir who would have vocalised The Tune , a style of singing often using vowel sounds but not full words.
Blake said it was not possible to perform parts of The Snowman such as the motorbike ride in that way.
Classical Music often uses vocalisation, He Said . " But if you notice, they are all from melodic lines and they move in intervals that can be taken by sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, and this is not possible to do like that. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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