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
Ringo (song) the front jacket, FEATURING THE BIG HIT "RINGO". A completely sung version of the song was recorded by Riders in the Sky. Their version is a remake of the version done years earlier by the Sons of the Pioneers in which member Tommy Doss sang the lead. In December 1964 the first parody of the song was issued; "Gringo", written by Marty Cooper and H.B. Barnum. Cooper himself would record it under the name "El Clod", a name he had used in 1962 to record a parody on the Challenge label for the song "Wolverton Mountain", which was called "Tiajuana