The Snowman through pictures, action and music, scored by Howard Blake. It is wordless, just like the book, except for the song "Walking in the Air". In addition to the orchestral score, performed in the film by the Sinfonia of London, Blake composed the music and lyrics of the song, performed by Peter Auty, a St Paul's Cathedral choirboy. The special ranks #71 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, based on a vote by industry professionals. It was voted #4 in UKTV Gold's "Greatest TV Christmas Moments". It came third
Pictures in the Dark Palmer does not; his vocals are mimed by Oldfield. The video includes a lot of computer graphics. The video was available on "The Wind Chimes" (VHS and Laserdisc) and is also on the DVD version of "Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield". Pictures in the Dark "Pictures in the Dark" is a song by Mike Oldfield released as a single mainly in Europe in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Singers on this single includes his girlfriend at the time, Anita Hegerland, Barry Palmer and well-known Welsh choirboy Aled Jones. Since the song was not connected to an album it