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
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