The Snowman 16:9 widescreen. Channel 4 used this opening from 2002 until Mel Smith's death in 2013, when the Bowie introduction returned, returning the film to its original aspect ratio. The 30th anniversary DVD doesn't use any of the openings but includes all three openings as a bonus feature. The song "Walking in the Air" is sung in the film by chorister Peter Auty, who was not credited in the original version. He was given a credit on the 20th anniversary version. The song was covered three years later by Welsh chorister Aled Jones in a single which reached #5 in the
A Perfect Day (song) as well as Scotsman Sydney MacEwan. Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae recorded the song as a duet. On the screen accompanied by Barbara Stanwyck at the piano, Sterling Holloway sang "A Perfect Day" in the 1940 feature film "Remember the Night". In 1945 German-American opera soprano Helen Traubel recorded an andante interpretation. In the 1940s Alfredo Antonini and his orchestra collaborated with Victoria Cordova and John Serry Sr. to record the song for Muzak. In 1962 Norma Zimmer sang "A Perfect Day" in response to thousands of requests on the "Lawrence Welk Show". Danish journalist Otto Leisner (1917–2008) translated "A