Cartoon That Changed Christmas For Many Kids

I saw a documentary on Channel 4 about The Snowman recently as the animation celebrates its 40 year anniversary since it was first aired in 1982. In fact, I was awoken from a nap at my parents house after getting back from work and heard the iconic Walking In The Air music!

The music is so beautifully written by Howard Blake and the animation is based on the book by Raymond Briggs, who sadly passed away earlier this year in August 2022.

Anyone who watched the animated version as a kid, or even as an adult, would have been touched by the story and as I worked on this remix, I had to overcome a lot of tears.

Although the original book never meant to be a Christmas tale, it was adapted in to one and I would recommend anyone to watch the documentary on Channel 4 - catch it here

Remixing

Anyway, for this remix, I wanted to completely reinvent what I created many years ago - I was never happy with my first drum & bass remix so went for a more "dreamy" liquid drum & bass vibe here, adding my own elements in to it.

The ending from the original cartoon is so sad and I couldn't put you (or myself) through that again so I edited the original a lot to make it at least not be as sad. Trying to condense 25 minutes down into 5 and a half was a challenge but hopefully you enjoy this remake.

Enjoy those special moments in life, nothing is permanent.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Original cartoon where I took the clips from here

Incredible piano solo that I used in some sections of the track (the melody that mimics the vocal) here

Free download on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/nickyhavey/snowman-walking-in-the-air-nicky-havey-remix