howard blake wrote the song walking in the air.
howard blake wrote the song walking in the air.
who wrote the song walking in the air?
howard blake
"walking in the air" is a song written by howard blake for the 1982 animated film of raymond briggs' 1978 children's book "the snowman". the song forms the centrepiece of "the snowman", which has become a seasonal favourite on british and finnish television. the story relates the fleeting adventures of a young boy and a snowman who has come to life. in the second part of the story, the boy and the snowman fly to the north pole. "walking in the air" is the theme for the journey. they attend a party of snowmen, at which the boy seems to be the only human until they meet father christmas with his reindeer, and the boy is given a scarf with a snowman pattern. in the film, the song was performed by st paul's cathedral choirboy peter auty, and reissued in 1985 (on stiff records) and 1987.
walking in the air
bullet::::2. "walking through walls" (12" version) – 5:55









































bullet::::3. "time lapse at milton keynes" – 3:52









































section::::alternate us lp track listing.









































the us lp version of the album had a different track order than that found on other versions of the album. the lp's version of the song walking through walls is also different.









































side one









































bullet::::1. "cell 151" (6:26 version)









































bullet::::2. "give it away"









































bullet::::3. "camino royale"









































bullet::::4. "always somewhere else"









































side two









































bullet::::1. "walking through walls" (12" version)









































bullet::::2. "weightless"









































bullet::::3. "group therapy"









































bullet::::4. "india rubber man"









































bullet::::5. "hackett to pieces"









































section::::single releases.









































"cell 151"
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