Walking in the Air Walking in the Air "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
Up in the Air (song) the song at number ten on the national record chart. "Up in the Air" also peaked in the top 50 on several national record charts, including Spain, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. On January 30, 2013, Thirty Seconds to Mars posted on their website a casting call for extras and off-road vehicles, announcing that they were preparing to shoot a short film for "Up in the Air". The shooting took place from February 7–9 in Long Beach, California at an aerospace manufacturing building. The video was directed by Jared Leto under his Dr. Seuss-inspired pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins. After filming, Leto