Howard Blake Film & TV Scores - English Composer of The Snowman, Lifecycle, Benedictus and many other musical works

'THE SNOWMAN FILM (with the original version of 'Walking in the Air')' op.317 (July 1982)
Score, song and lyrics for an animated film

'The Prince and Me' op.545A (January 2004)
song used for a feature film

'The Duellists (Special Collectors Edition)' op.530B (May 2002)
DVD of the feature film, with commentary by Director Ridley Scott and commentary and isolated score by Howard Blake

'10' op.530A (January 2002)
A feature film by Abbas Kiarostami

'MY LIFE SO FAR' op.508 (June 1999)
Score for a feature film

'THE BEAR (an animated film)' op.496 (March 1998)
Songs and score for another Raymond Briggs story

'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' op.487 (November 1995)
Songs and score for a film

'A Magical Musical Journey' op.465 (May 1994)
Music for a film

'The Naked Animal' op.464 (1994)
Title music for a BBC TV series by Desmond Morris

'Paralympics (Dare All)' op.425 (April 1991)
A miniature cantata for chorus and orchestra created overnight for 'Challenge Anneka'

'A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY' op.374 (November 1986)
Score for feature film BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD FOR MUSICAL EXCELLENCE 1988

'THE CANTERVILLE GHOST' op.365 (June 1986)
Score for a TV feature film

'GRANPA (an animated film)' op.360 (February 1986) Listen to this Work
Songs, script and music for an animated children's opera (awarded the Prix Jeunesse International)

'The Wreck Of The Julie Plante' op.344 (January 1984)
Song used as the complete music for an animated film

'AMITYVILLE 3-D' op.324 (July 1983) Listen to this Work
Score for a feature film

'Beatrix Potter' op.321 (February 1983)
A theme created as a demo

'THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE (USA version)' op.320A (January 1983)
Score for a feature film

'Uncle Lubin' op.322 (1983)
A theme created as a demo for Tony White/Animus

'THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE(UK VERSION)' op.320 (November 1982)
Score for a feature film

'THE HUNGER' op.314 (October 1982) Listen to this Work
Music supervised and arranged for the feature film

'Dolphin Square Blues' op.314A (October 1982)
A piano cue for 'The Hunger'

'Down At The Hydro' op.318 (July 1982)
Score for a TV film

'The Snowman (demo)' op.310 (September 1981)
Pilot piano track

'Mrs Reinhardt' op.312 (September 1981)
Score for a TV film

'VICTOR/VICTORIA' op.298 (February 1981)
Production orchestrations for the film musical

'FLASH GORDON' op.293 (September 1980) Listen to this Work
Feature film score BRITISH ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION

'Our John Willie' op.289 (November 1979)
Score for a children's TV Series

'GENTLEFOLK' op.288 (October 1979)
Score for a film

'S.O.S.TITANIC' op.284 (August 1979)
Score for the feature film

'The Changeling - Music Box Lullaby' op.274 (January 1979)
A piano piece composed as theme for the feature film

'THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS' op.271 (December 1978) Listen to this Work
The score for the feature film of Erskine Childers' novel

'THE MOON STALLION' op.272 (October 1978)
Score for a TV Series

'THE ODD JOB' op.269 (June 1978)
Score for the feature film

'Agatha' op.265 (April 1978)
Score for the feature film

'BLOOD RELATIVES' op.264 (April 1978)
Score for the cinema feature film directed by Claude Chabrol

'Agatha (Pre-recording)' op.257 (October 1977)
HB acted as musical director for this film with Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave and scored and recorded all the set-piece music prior to shooting. See 265 for full score

'STRONGER THAN THE SUN' op.254 (October 1977)
The score for the TV film written by Stephen Poliakoff

'THE DUELLISTS' op.247 (March 1977) Listen to this Work
Score for feature film. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE CANNES FESTIVAL 1977: IVOR NOVELLO BEST SCORE NOMINATION 1977.

'Write On' op.229 (August 1976)
A BBC Signature Tune for TV

'Leaving Lily' op.198 (March 1975)
Musical direction for a 16mm film

'Hokusai' op.211 (1975)
Music for a film about the artist, BRITISH ACADEMY AWARD FOR A SHORT FACTUAL FILM

'Pink Panther Strikes Again' op.220 (1975)
A guide track created for Henry Mancini for the title sequences of the best of the Clouzot films. The brief was to include and satirise famous film moments and was animated by Tony White at the Richard Williams Studio

'THE REMARKABLE ROCKET' op.189 (August 1974)
The score for an animated film narrated by David Niven

'The Happy Prince' op.165 (June 1973)
A film project that vanished

'THE RAINBOW BOYS' op.163 (February 1973)
Score for a feature film

'The Up And Down Man' op.156 (1972)
13 episodes of a mime series for tv

'Dome' op.136 (September 1971)
Music for an architectural project

'Trail To Survival' op.105 (January 1971)
Score for a TV documentary film

'ALL THE WAY UP' op.82 (1970)
Score and song for a cinema feature film

'Who Was That Man I Saw You With' op.58 (January 1969)
Film score for 'The Avengers' TV series

'SOME WILL, SOME WON'T' op.71 (1969)
Score for an English comedy film

'AN ELEPHANT CALLED SLOWLY' op.70 (1969) Listen to this Work
Score for a feature film

'Take Me To Your Leader' op.57 (December 1968)
Film score for 'The Avengers' TV series

'The Interrogators' op.56 (October 1968)
Film score for "The Avengers"

'Prisoner' op.55 (September 1968)
Film score for "The Avengers" TV series

'Momako' op.43 (September 1968)
A score for a 16mm film by a mime artist

'Noon Doomsday' op.54 (August 1968)
Film score starting the 4th series of 'The Avengers'

'Game' op.53 (July 1968)
Film score for "The Avengers" TV Series

'Whatever Happened To Yesterday (Secret Cipher File)' op.52 (July 1968)
Film score for "The Avengers" TV Series

'A Twisted Nerve' op.47 (July 1968)
An arrangement of a theme for composer Bernard Hermann for a feature film

'A Job In Coal' op.34 (June 1968)
Score for a documentary film, commissioned by Dateline Films

'Exhibition In Piccadilly' op.35 (June 1968)
Music for a slide exhibition

'All Done With Mirrors' op.51 (June 1968)
Film score for "The Avengers" TV Series

'Mon Bagage - Mon Amour' op.33 (May 1968)
Score for a short film, commissioned by Stuart Cooper/Sawbuck productions

'My Wildest Dream (The Avengers)' op.49 (May 1968)
Film score for "The Avengers" TV Series

'Whoever Shot Poor George (Title Music Only)' op.50 (May 1968)
Film score section for "The Avengers" TV Series

'The Lost Continent' op.36 (April 1968)
Four cues composed and performed for a feature film

'Contact' op.32 (1968)
Score for a short film, commissioned by Stuart Cooper/Sawbuck productions

'The Sporting British' op.31 (December 1967)
Score for a documentary film, commissioned by Dateline Films

'Fishmarket' op.30 (June 1967)
Score for a documentary film about Billingsgate Market, commissioned by Dateline Films

'Dairy At Park Street' op.29 (June 1967)
Score for a documentary film, commissioned by Dateline Films

'Ride Of The Valkyrie' op.28 (May 1967)
A film score for the third part of 'Red,White and Zero', commissioned by Peter Brook for United Artists

'Ill Never Forget What's-is-Name' op.26 (1967)
Arrangements for a feature film

'A FEW DAYS' op.6 (November 1962)
The score for Howard Blake's film 'A Few Days', which he also wrote and directed

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