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Hi DeathofMan100. I have just found on an old VHS of my mum's of the original version, complete with Raymond Briggs intro. I'm sure my brother can get hold of a machine to do a digital transfer. Would you like a copy if I can do this?

The film of The Snowman is sheer magic. This looks, well, bollocks.

You'd have to be a bit of a hardened old cynic not to cry at that.

All I can find is this one with the Bowie introduction. Does anyone know where you can get hold of the original film, which had a short intro with a man walking across the fields on a frosty morning, who was meant to be the boy grown up (perhaps it was Raymond Briggs himself), telling of when he ...

@bentricky I liked Aled Jones because he didn't roll his Rs like Auty, but I agree this is a really superb, beautiful voice.

Poor chap having to mime, he could have easily done it live.

Very touching to see this, on Top of the Pops no less.

@Rweavz Oh no. You're so right! Never going to hear it in the same way again.

If you were championed by Sir Adrian Boult, recorded by Decca, or used in a film you would probably be lucky enough to go down in history as a great British composer. If this didn't happen to you, you are assigned to the history books. Thank God for Hyperion and Chandos for showing us the reality!!

Tomas Dvorak who are you? Are you hiding away in some tiny studio in the Czech Republic? You should be taking over the world with your amazing music!!

I must admit I struggled to find convincing comparisons for Jerry Goldsmith, who for my money was genuinely an original composer, although Stravinsky's influence is very obvious in a lot of his work. Hmmm, even Elliot Goldenthall is all Mahler. But can we blame them? Can anyone be that original p...

Ferneyhough possesses the essential characteristics of any leading artist - he is a mould breaker and a risk taker. That takes tremendous guts and self-belief, and to reduce him to a self-indulgent, creatively vacuous, academic crawler is more than a little close-minded.

Sheer magic! A composer not performed enough.

Liam Howlett was only 20 years old when he sampled this for The Prodigy. He certainly had some awesome music in his collection.

@TheGabriel600 If a game is violent it will be more entertaining and sell more copies. There isn't really anything else to understand!

If John Williams was the soundtrack to my teens then Jerry Goldsmith was the soundtrack to my childhood. The amount of joy his music has given me is immeasurable.

Goodness, that's like missing out Ricky Gervais's dance from The Office!

@Thorneycroft37 Click on every opening sequence vid for a Bond film and someone invariably says it's the best Bond song ever, but in this instance I agree!

To be honest I always found this saxophone melody a bit cheesy and annoying. The crescendoing chords and percussion bit at 3:50 however is another matter - that is among the most powerful moments in movie music ever.

Those pianists make it sound so easy. But I've tried that bit and it's bleedin' impossible!

Ah, the things they used to do on grass.

Great stuff. Once again proving nothing is impossible in this life. :-)

Gorgeous. One of our great composers who doesn't get enough attention these days. Will have to look out for this CD.

5'49" he is facing the Monmouth Coffee shop in London Bridge, and he parks just beyond the German Deli. This is weird.

Have none of you ever seen Rebel Without a Cause??!!!!!!

They've been watching RHCP 'Give It Away' video!

I'm impressed, but they're still little small to take on John Connor

Rik Mayall's movements at 43 seconds are so funny!

@thecrow28dante 'I'm sorry I'm a twat!'

@TogetherInHeart I remember Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys fame saying he thought there were many great covers that improved the original record and I have to agree with him, although I agree with you this is not superior to the original.

Yes I liked Drive, but does anyone else think the major problem with that film was that, for all it's style, not a single frame was anywhere near as gripping as its opening sequence??

So simple and effective. Less is more tis true.

Robart Tear was a superb singer, and it's unfortunate that he was always in Pear's shadow because of the similarity in his voice. I prefer to see him as a worthy and natural successor to Pears and Aschenbach was perfectly suited to both of them.