Howard Blake Videos

Howard performs at Downs Primary School, Brighton

Howard was invited to visit his first school where he was a pupil from 1944 to 1950. He talked about his music and played Walking In The Air for all the children.

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Persistence of Vision

Howard Blake worked with the great animator Dick Williams who is the subject of this feature length documentary. He appears in the film and talks about the creation of his script Tin Tack The Cobbler which later became The Cobbler and The Thief on which Dick was to work for a staggering twenty-seven years.

PERSISTENCE OF VISION - Trailer from Kevin Schreck on Vimeo.

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NASA and Walking in the Air

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Giuseppe Andaloro performs Howard Blake "Speech after long Silence"

The prize-winning performance by Giuseppe Andaloro at the Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2011.

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The Snowman

The original version of the animated film The Snowman was introduced by its author Raymond Briggs but in 1985 David Bowie agreed to film his own introduction. The music and lyrics are by Howard Blake.

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My Life So Far

A coming-of-age film set in Ayrshire in the 20s. Colin Firth plays a strict father obsessed with Beethoven. Producer David Puttnam and director Hugh Hudson initially invited Sir Simon Rattle to record an all-Beethoven score which did not really work. Howard Blake was asked two years later by Puttnam and distributor Harvey Weinstein to create a new score which begins with this seven and a half minute musical sequence.

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Composer Howard Blake (OBE) talks exclusively with C Music TV

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Flash Gordon - Duel on the Sky Platform

Almost all of the music for the sky platform fight sequence in Flash Gordon was deleted in the final film. Presented here is Howard Blake's score originally written for the scene. The deleted music starts just as the actual fight begins. In the final film, the score is brought back while Barin is strangling Flash with his whip.

A complete recording of Howard Blake's original music for the film was issued by Supertracks Music Group in 2001 for promotional use only.

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Walking In The Air

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The Duellists

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The Riddle of the Sands - Main Title

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Howard Blake and the British Airways music (Lakme)

Howard Blake describes how a 19th Century opearatic excerpt became a global hit.

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The Snowman 2007 programme note

Howard Blake reads his 2007 programme note describing the 25 years of The Snowman animated film and the 10 years of The Snowman Stage Show in London's West End.

He then plays "Walking in the Air". (starting at 7 minutes into the video).

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Amityville 3D

The first two Amityville Horror films were scored by Lalo Shifrin but Dino de Laurentiis asked Howard Blake to write the score for the third movie this time shot in 3D. The director was Richard Fleischer. Blake used a solo soprano, Elaine Barry doubled up with bass flutes, synthesizer and orchestra to create the eerie theme music.

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Rise Of The House Of Usher

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