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
Martyn Auty Auty returned to shooting a new series of A Touch of Frost in 2009. Auty has also ventured into making motion pictures, having produced A Foreign Field (1993) and Heidi and most recently Ways to Live Forever (2010). He now lives in West London. Martyn Auty Martyn Auty (born July 1951 in Yorkshire) is an English film and television producer. He attended the University of Hull and graduated in 1972. He began his career as a film critic for "Time Out" and the "Monthly Film Bulletin". Auty is most famous for his series producing, having worked on "Heartbeat" and "A