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
New Song (Howard Jones song) "Conditioning", which would be re-recorded for "Human's Lib". "New Song" itself was later re-recorded for "The 12" Album", in a version denoted "New Version". This featured a lot of multi-layered piano, in contrast to the austere synthesizer sound of the original seven and twelve-inch versions. On the UK seven-inch single, the song's lyric is printed in a spiral on the A-side label, with all the credits printed on the B-side. DJ Mike Read refused to play "New Song", suggesting it was too similar to the song "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel. The video opens at a food processing plant, where