Howard Blake English Composer of The Snowman, Lifecycle, Benedictus and many other musical works

'*THE SNOWMAN CONCERT VERSION (to be performed with optional projected film, or narration, or both), for boy soprano and orchestra' op.323 (October 1983)

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A concert version of the score for the animated film

'THE SNOWMAN STAGE SHOW (TWELVE-PLAYER VERSION)' op.459 (September 1993)

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A full-evening theatre show in two acts, based on the book by Raymond Briggs, the film by TVC and incorporating the music of the ballet (arranged here for 12 instruments)

'THE SNOWMAN PIANO SCORE' op.323a (November 1983)
The complete concert work based on the animated film, arranged for narrator, boy soprano and piano by the composer

'The Snowman Easy Piano Picture Book' op.364a (April 1986)
Highlights of 'The Snowman' arranged for young players

'THE SNOWMAN (DEMO)' op.309a (September 1981)
Pilot piano track

'*THE SNOWMAN (ANIMATED CHILDREN'S FILM)' op.310 (September 1982)
Channel 4 animated film directed by Diane Jackson, wordless except for the featured song, 'Walking in the Air', music and lyrics by Howard Blake who also composed, orchestrated and conducted the score. Oscar nomination, best short film; BAFTA best children's programme; Bafta TV nomination - best graphics; Grand Prix Tampere International Short Film Festival etc

'THE KEEP' op.319a (February 1983)
'The Theme from The Snowman' used in the 'Tangerine Dream' soundtrack

'*WALKING IN THE AIR' op.323b (September 1983)
The song from the animated film of 'The Snowman' extracted from the complete score arranged for piano by the composer

'SNOWMAN FOR NARRATOR OR FILM, BOY SOPRANO AND WIND ORCHESTRA' op.323c (November 2013)
Snowman for wind band (see also 653)

'WALKING IN THE AIR' op.335A (May 1984)
(arranged for chorus and orchestra)

'WALKING IN THE AIR - EASY PIANO VERSION' op.335b (January 1984)
Easy piano version of the Snowman song with lyrics and guitar chords (Publisher's arrangement)

'LE BONHOMME DE NEIGE (for narrator , treble and orchestra)' op.342 (January 1985)
A French version of 'The Snowman'

'WE'RE WALKING IN THE AIR - A CAPPELLA VERSION' op.343 (January 1985)
A version for a cappella voices

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR ORGAN' op.364b (1986)
An arrangement of the theme song from The Snowman

'Walking in the Air-Instrumental Versions' op.364c (January 1986)
Walking in the air for flute and piano

'Walking In The Air - Instrumental Versions' op.364d (January 1986)
Walking in the Air for Easy Piano

'Walking In The Air - Instrumental Versions' op.364e (January 1986)
Walking in the Air for trumpet and piano

'Walking In The Air - Instrumental Versions' op.364f (January 1986)
Walking in the air for clarinet and piano

'Walking In The Air - Instrumental Versions' op.364g (January 1986)
Walking in the air for recorder and piano

'THE SNOWMAN SCHOOLS VERSION' op.369 (1986)
The complete score of The Snowman concert version for narrator, boy soprano (amplified) or SATB chorus in an easy-to-play version for schools

'THE SNOWMAN SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO' op.371a (January 1986)
One of a series of Snowman Instrumental Suites

'The Snowman Easy Piano Suite' op.371b (January 1986)
One of a series of Snowman Instrumental Suites

'The Snowman Suite for trumpet and piano' op.371c (January 1986)
One of a series of Snowman Instrumental Suites

'Snowman Suite for flute and piano' op.371d (January 1986)
One of a series of Snowman Instrumental Suites

'The Snowman Suite for cello and piano' op.371e (January 1986)
One of a series of Snowman Instrumental Suites

'WALKING IN THE AIR (catalan & castllian versions)' op.371y (February 2009)
translations by miguel bota totxo

'Suite from The Snowman for 4 brass (2tr,hn,trb) and piano' op.371z (February 1987)
An arrangement by Roger Logan

''WALKING IN HIS CARE'' op.379 (May 1987)
A hymn derived from 'Walking in the Air'

'SNOWMAN SOUP' op.395 (May 1989)
Japan, music for a TV advertising film

''WALKING IN THE AIR' FOR GIRLS CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA' op.434 (December 1991)
An arrangement for the girls' choir 'Cantamus'

'THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE - FILM SCRIPT' op.451A (July 1994)
A script created for an animated film of the song-cycle (op. 451)

'THE SNOWMAN BALLET (ORCHESTRAL VERSION IN ONE ACT)' op.452 (July 1993)
A ballet with choreography by Robert North and music by Howard Blake

''WALKING IN THE AIR' FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO' op.455 (1993)
Arranged by the composer for Christiane Edinger

'SNOWMAN SUITE FOR STRING QUARTET' op.457 (August 1993)

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Concert suite in one movement

'THE SNOWMAN FULL LENGTH THEATRE ARRANGED FOR SMALL GROUP' op.479 (1995)
A version specially made for The Lyric Theatre, Belfast

'Walking in the Air (extract Lifecycle)' op.489u (1996)

'*THE SNOWMAN SHOW (NINE-INSTRUMENT VERSION)' op.497 (May 1997)
A revised version of the Birmingham Rep 1993 Production

'*THE SNOWMAN STAGE SHOW IN TWO ACTS, 5-INSTRUMENT VERSION' op.522 (December 2000)
The definitive stage version of The Snowman as produced at The Peacock Theatre, London 2000-2018 by Sadler's Wells/Birmingham Rep, based on the book by Raymond Briggs and the Channel 4 animated film

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR PIANO QUARTET' op.526 (February 2001)

'ABBAS KIAROSTAMI'S 'TEN'' op.530A (January 2002)
'Walking in the Air' effectively used as end-title music for this feature film

'THEME FROM THE SNOWMAN FOR BRASS' op.554 (2005)
Arrangement by Philip Sparke

'LE BONHOMME DE NEIGE' op.556 (January 1985)
French narration of "The Snowman" (see op.342)

'THE ICE PRINCESS AND THE SNOWMAN - PAS DE DEUX FOR PIANO TRIO' op.557 (2005)
Arrangement of the dance duet for The Ice Princess and The Snowman from 'The Snowman Stage Show'

''WALKING IN THE AIR' ADAPTED FOR THE BBC' op.558 (September 2005)
A new orchestration by the composer

'SUITE FROM THE BALLET 'THE SNOWMAN' (FOR SATB CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA)' op.575 (November 2009)
Concert work for SATB and orchestra (optional solo treble in Walking in the Air) in 6 movements

'REINDEER DANCE' op.575A (December 2006)
Orchestral concert piece

'DANCE OF THE ICE-PRINCESS' op.575B (December 2006)
Orchestral concert piece

'JACK FROST'S STORM DANCE' op.575C (December 2006)
Orchestral concert piece

'WALKING IN THE AIR (a duet version for treble, tenor & orchestra)' op.576 (August 2006)
A new version of the song from The Snowman composed for Aled Jones

''WALKING IN THE AIR' FOR WIND BAND' op.582A (January 1996)
The theme from The Snowman arranged by Stephen Barnwell

'THEMES FROM THE SNOWMAN FOR WIND BAND' op.582B (January 1996)
Arranged by Stephen Barnwell

'SNOWMAN STAGE SHOW (SHORTENED VERSION)' op.584 (May 2007)
Specially adapted for performance in Tampere Finland

'WALKING IN THE AIR (a cappella version for S.A.T, 2 Bar., Bass)' op.585 (July 2007)
Specially arranged for The Stockholm Boys Choir

'*SYMPHONY NO.3 - 'THE SNOWMAN'' op.595 (January 2010)
A work combining the music of 'The Snowman' (both the film and the ballet) into a symphony for choir and orch.

'THE SNOWMAN FOR BRASS' op.596 (September 2008)
Arranged by Alfred Tubb

'WALKING IN THE AIR IN D MINOR' op.609 (October 2009)
Concert piece for solo piano as in 'Lifecycle' but transposed to simpler key of D minor

'THE SNOWMAN FULL CONCERT VERSION FOR STRING QUARTET (WITH NARRATION OR FILM)' op.612 (March 2010)

'SNOWMAN FULL LENGTH STRING QUARTET (with Catalan narration)' op.612a (December 2015)
THE SNOWMAN CONCERT VERSION ARRANGED FOR STRING QUARTET

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR STRING QUARTET' op.615 (August 2010)
A version of the Snowman song for string quartet, extracted from the Suite for String Quartet

'WALKING IN THE AIR (EXTRACT LIFECYCLE)' op.616 (September 2010)
a special arrangement for Chen Shocann and William Chen

''WALKING IN THE AIR' FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO' op.620 (December 2010)
Concert arrangement

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR CELLO & PIANO' op.620A (March 2011)

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR SATB CHORUS AND PIANO' op.624 (May 2011)
A re-arrangement of version for SATB and Orchestra opus.335a

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR SA CHOIR AND PIANO' op.624a (May 2011)
A re-arrangement of the version for SA and Orchestra opus.434 (1981)

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR UNISON CHILDREN'S CHOIR, SOLO TENOR OBBLIGATO AND ORCHESTRA' op.626 (June 2011)
The song from the animated film of The Snowman specially arranged for BBC 'Songs of Praise' Christmas Day 2011

'THE SNOWMAN - FILM OF THE LIVE STAGE SHOW' op.628 (November 2010)
DVD VIDEO FILM with additional narration spoken by Joanna Lumley. Made for Sony Music Entertainment UK. Executive producers Stuart Rogers and Howard Blake

''THE SNOWMAN' CONCERT VERSION FOR STRING ORCHESTRA' op.632 (June 2012)
A new version of the complete 26-minute classic animated film score made at the request of Sir Neville Marriner, with optional parts for treble and narrator and optional film projection)

'THE SNOWMAN CONCERT VERSION FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE' op.633 (December 2011)

'WALKING IN THE AIR - ONE PAGE' op.638 (January 2012)
Arrangement of Walking in the air extract Lifecycle (easy one-page arrangement for piano by the composer)

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR GUITAR' op.652 (October 2013)
An arrangement made for Craig Ogden

'THE SNOWMAN CONCERT VERSION FOR NARRATOR, TREBLE AND WIND ORCHESTRA' op.653 (November 2013)
THE SNOWMAN FOR WIND BAND (see also 323c)

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR BRASS ENSEMBLE' op.653a (December 2013)
published by Chester

'*THE SNOWMAN RHAPSODY FOR SOLO PIANO' op.663 (August 2014)
A 43-minute virtuoso concert arrangement of material from the animated film and the stage show

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR PIANO QUARTET' op.667 (November 2014)
Specially arranged for the Gloucester Music Society

'SNOWMAN FULL LENGTH STRING QUARTET (with Catalan narration)' op.678 (November 2015)
Concert work

'THE SNOWMAN CONCERT VERSION FOR NARRATOR, FILM, TREBLE AND BRASS BAND' op.679 (April 2016)

''WALKING IN THE AIR' DUET VERSION FOR TENOR, TREBLE, AND STRING ORCHESTRA' op.681 (August 2016)
An arrangement specially created for ONE VOICE AT CHRISTMAS a recording using the original treble voice recording of 1985 along with the tenor voice in the present

'CHRISTMAS LULLABY FOR TENOR AND PIANO' op.685 (December 2016)
An arrangement of op.413

'WALKING IN THE AIR FOR SOLO VIOLIN, SOLO CELLO AND STRING ORCHESTRA' op.691 (June 2017)

''WALKING IN THE AIR' SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR KATHERINE JENKINS' op.695 (November 2017)
'Walking in the air' specially arranged by the composer for soprano and orchestra

'Walking in the air for sop. and orch.' op.695 (December 2017)
arr. for Katherine Jenkins

'SNOWMAN INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT FOR NINE PLAYERS' op.696 (February 2018)
A Dutch re-arrangement of the complete film score

'*THE ICE-PRINCESS AND THE SNOWMAN FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO' op.699 (April 2018)
An arrangement for violin and piano of the pas de deux from the The Snowman Stage Show

'WALKING IN THE AIR A CAPPELLA' op.706 (April 2019)
THE SONG FROM 'THE SNOWMAN' AN A CAPPELLA ARRANGEMENT CREATED FOR TENOR PETER AUTY AND SATB CHOIR

'THE SNOWMAN A CAPPELLA' op.726 (November 2021)
A cappella choral arrangement of 'Walking in the Air' as arranged for Peter Auty and the St. Albans Cathedral Choir 2019

'FILM THEMES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO' op.729 (April 2022)

'WALKING IN THE AIR' op.730 (October 2020)
CONCERT VERSION FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA

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