The Snowman Thread:
Howard Blake - The Snowman
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Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - The Snowman and the Snowdog
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Howard Blake - The Snowman
Artist: Howar Blake
Album: The Snowman (25th Anniversary Edition) (2007)
Quality: M4A 256 Kbps
Genres: Soundtrack, Music

Link: MirrorUpload.net - Download - Howard Blake - TS (25th Anniversary Edition) (2007) (M4A iTunes).rar (http://urlz.so/l/mu-ztj3n1d7/)

Tracklist:
[I]1 Howard Blake - The Story Of The Snowman 15:28
2 Howard Blake;Declan Galbraith - Walking In The Air 3:31
3 Howard Blake - The Story Of The Snowman (Continued) 6:38
4 Howard Blake - The Snowman Soundtrack 15:26
5 Peter Auty - Walking in the Air 3:29
6 Howard Blake - The Snowman Soundtrack (Continued) 6:39


Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - The Snowman and the Snowdog
Artist: Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows
Album: The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012)
Quality: M4A 256 Kbps
Genres: Soundtrack, Music


Link: MirrorUpload.net - Download - Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - Ts and ts - Score (2012) (M4A iTunes).rar (http://urlz.so/l/mu-mmjxcfwb/)

Tracklist:
[I]1 A New Beginning 2:06
2 Christmas 1:48
3 Building The Snowman 3:36
4 The Snowman & The Snowdog 4:22
5 Light The Night 3:34
6 Snowman Carnival 1:46
7 Downhill Race 1:54
8 Flying Home 4:22
9 Goodbye 1:42
10 Light The Night (Single Mix) 3:50
11 Hometown (Flying Home) 3:58
12 The Snowman & The Snowdog (Full Score) 23:48


If link have problem, please contact me.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Thanks!!

thanks bach

Thanks.

I have the Promotional CD of the second album you posted. What a great score by Eshkeri & Burrows :)

Oh. Great. Hope you share it....

Thanks!!! :)

I already posted this alternative recording of The Snowman in a
"Christmas thread" last year, but that link has long since died.
So here we go again:






Paul Patterson: Little Red Riding Hood
Paul Patterson: The Three Little Pigs
Howard Blake: The Snowman

Chris Jarvis (narrator)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by David Parry

"Peter and the Wolf is the gold standard by which any narrative music for children featuring a speaker and orchestra
is inevitably going to be judged. Prokofiev's ability to capture the essence of his characters with such economy and simplicity
might not seem like such a monumental achievement if it were not for the fact that no subsequent piece in that genre has
come close to matching its integrity and charm, much less the level of its musical inspiration.

The fact, though, that composers, writers, and orchestras continue to create narrated pieces for children is a very good
thing for a number of reasons.The music brings children (or encourages parents to bring their children) into a concert
environment, where the story line, ideally accompanied by music, will awaken them to the magic of the symphony orchestra.
Also, the continuing creation of children's pieces may one day lead to the creation of a worthy successor to Prokofiev's
masterpiece. None of the works recorded here are that piece (although The Snowman comes closer than many others),
but each has value and the potential to amuse and entertain young audiences.

Two of the pieces recorded here have the strong advantage of a text by, or adapted from, the sly and subversive children's
author Roald Dahl, whose take on the stories of "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Three Little Pigs" is considerably more naughty
and gruesome than the traditional versions. Composer Paul Patterson has essentially written incidental music, which is continuous
under the narration, making it necessary for the speaker to be amplified. The music mostly illustrates the situations described,
sometimes with delicacy and wit, but more often with exaggeration and bombast. The result is likely to be fun for children
under a certain age, but less so for adults.

In contrast, Howard Blake's The Snowman, adapted from the picture book by Raymond Briggs, is a model of understatement
and musical consistency. The level of musical intensity always matches the dramatic intensity of the story, clearly the result
of Blake's extensive experience as a film composer. The orchestration is appropriately light and shimmery, and the music
has continuity and stylistic integrity, making this a piece that's likely to appeal to a broad audience. Its single song, "Walking
in the Air," performed winsomely by treble Sam Oliver, is genuinely haunting.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra, which frequently performs these pieces at its children's concerts, plays with verve under
conductor David Parry. British children's television host Chris Jarvis is an expert narrator, performing The Snowman with the
reserve it requires, and hamming up the Dahl stories with nasty gusto."
Stephen Eddins, Rovi

mp3, 320k/s (CBR), 179 MB (incl. artwork, booklet)

Download Link - https://mega.co.nz/#!I1kGVbpT!FAQmiQ2F8Ot-kHtBZ3q9iSFHRAwhldzBBxozkQiza-M

Enjoy! - And please by the original if you like this! :)

Lovely. I was just going to re-up my DVD rip of the Snowman. One of my favorite childhood videos. :)

Thank you, Wimpel, for the alternative snowman...

I don't think I'm a great fan of Chris Jarvis' delivery of the narration, though... I had the pleasure of hearing Bernard Cribbins narrate a live performance in the Barbican a few years ago... there's a real actor for you; a real sense of theatrical projection, and a performance that was at all times informed by the music... One of my favourite musical moments of the Snowman is at 3:20 on the final track of your upload; Jarvis completely wrecks, however, with the most amazingly wooden "And once again, they started to run, faster and faster, bounding and jumping, until they were flying!"... Cribbins delivers it with a sense of pulpable magic and wonder, giving a nice dramatic pause after "until" and drawing out "they were" over the crescendo. He speaks "flying" bang on that gorgeous modulation to C Major. Jarvis blunders through it as if he's just reading the book to his kids of an evening.

Ah, Howard Blake... What a genius...

Oh. Great. Hope you share it....
It's the same thing just on a CD.

For those who want it, you can download the original 1982 telecast(?) here, and in 720p, too:

Download The Snowman 1982 720p BRRip x264 x0r mkv (http://www.kingfiles.net/lhlamznf6snk)

Not my upload, obviously.

thank you for the snowman shares!

Thank wimpel69 so much...

Thank you!

thank You very much! awesome music.

What a wonderful 'Snowman' collection in this thread!

Thank You to bach94 and wimpel69 - I greedily snatched up all your offerings :)

Merry Christmas

Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - The Snowman and the Snowdog (Original Soundtrack, Flac)
Artist: Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows
Album: The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012)
Quality: FLAC
Genres: Soundtrack, Music


Tracklist:
1 A New Beginning 2:06
2 Christmas 1:48
3 Building The Snowman 3:36
4 The Snowman & The Snowdog 4:22
5 Light The Night 3:34
6 Snowman Carnival 1:46
7 Downhill Race 1:54
8 Flying Home 4:22
9 Goodbye 1:42
10 Light The Night (Single Mix) 3:50
11 Hometown (Flying Home) 3:58
12 The Snowman & The Snowdog (Full Score) 23:48
Download multiple files from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way (http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/jXueh%2BQFS2Gj094gkqLkVg)

Many Thanks for the FLAC, Lockdown! :)

Thanks

The Snowman (25th Anniversary Edition) (2007)
Quality: FLAC, Tracks+CUE

https://mega.co.nz/#!pUF3iZjD!WNopuEQjja9lBlXpX_6L7A5wpVBhGUWyKxt1IR9 BoBM

Thanks for the flac versions!

This will replace the VBR copy that I have, now, very nicely ;-)

Thank You so much, igoryek :)

The Snowman (25th Anniversary Edition) (2007)
Quality: FLAC, Tracks+CUE

https://mega.co.nz/#!pUF3iZjD!WNopuEQjja9lBlXpX_6L7A5wpVBhGUWyKxt1IR9 BoBM

Thanks

Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - The Snowman and the Snowdog (Original Soundtrack, Flac)
Artist: Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows
Album: The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012)
Quality: FLAC
Genres: Soundtrack, Music


Tracklist:
1 A New Beginning 2:06
2 Christmas 1:48
3 Building The Snowman 3:36
4 The Snowman & The Snowdog 4:22
5 Light The Night 3:34
6 Snowman Carnival 1:46
7 Downhill Race 1:54
8 Flying Home 4:22
9 Goodbye 1:42
10 Light The Night (Single Mix) 3:50
11 Hometown (Flying Home) 3:58
12 The Snowman & The Snowdog (Full Score) 23:48
Download multiple files from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way (http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/jXueh%2BQFS2Gj094gkqLkVg)
can someone re-up, please?

can someone re-up, please?

It's the least I can do - Belated Merry Christmas :)

Here it is at Uloz.to - The link should last for a while:

IEaAB-TSatS-OS2012F.rar | Uloz.to (http://ulozto.net/xfrTipdf/ieaab-tsats-os2012f-rar)

I just have a m4a file.
Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - Ts and ts - Score (2012) (M4A iTunes).rar (117.49 Mb)
MirrorUpload.net - Download - Ilan Eshkeri and Andy Burrows - Ts and ts - Score (2012) (M4A iTunes).rar (http://urlz.so/l/mu-mmjxcfwb/)
Howard Blake - TS (25th Anniversary Edition) (2007) (M4A iTunes).rar (97.83 Mb)
MirrorUpload.net - Download - Howard Blake - TS (25th Anniversary Edition) (2007) (M4A iTunes).rar (http://urlz.so/l/mu-ztj3n1d7/)

and Howard Blake - TS (1996) (MP3).rar (82.19 Mb) MP3 320kpbs
MirrorUpload.net - Download - Howard Blake - TS (1996) (MP3).rar (http://urlz.so/l/mu-0iga4oie/)

Hi.
If someone has the version of The Snowman 1983/1987 (with narration by Bernard Cribbins), could he post it, please?

voitura

https://mega.nz/#!IQVTXaQD!r-m1W8rKWddPAEyNz1xTcC7eNsiqdNAKfVA5FK5LftU