Walking in the Air - The Snowman (Piano Solo)
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2015
- This is my own arrangement of the song Walking in the Air from the 1982 animated short film The Snowman.
I first watched The Snowman when I was 5 years old and the ending scarred me for life. Why oh why did he have to melt!
Piano vst - The Giant by Native Instruments.
Reverb plug-in - Redline Reverb.
Recorded with Cubase.
Sheet music available - www.mediafire.com/?tiecnvvpky...
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“Sometimes you don’t realize the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”
Bruh
@iceteasahne honestly
Remove the sometimes, we just don't do we until it's gone x
@@rachael3019 So true!
Well said
My dad wanted us to watch this as kids...we lost him years later. This music reminds me of him and always makes me cry.
Last Christmas my siblings were sitting around visiting with each other, i played this and it stopped them all and we sat there together sharing something only us could understand ❤
It is strange how the animation triggers such a deep level of emotional relation. I watched this animation only once when I was in grade schooland am now 36 but every time I hear it I feel like I have a deep subconscious connection to it. It's beautiful ominous tone reminds me that life isn't timeless and I get depressed thinking about how my childhood has inevitably passed as will the rest of my life. Nostalgia
you too huh? ? you pretty much just explained the same way I feel exact it's crazy.
I've been watching this every year at Christmas since it came out. I'm now 40 and share your sentiments exactly. Can't watch it without crying but it's not because of the ending, rather it's the death of my own innocence of childhood.
Martin well im 10 and i also watch it every christmas
couldn't of put this into better words ... and so true
@@Martin-tn9pu well said ..
The snowman had to melt like all humans are bound to die. That s why this song is intrinsically sad. It reminds us of death as an inevitable end to life.
The creator said that the commom misconception is that this stooy was about Christmas. It never was, and was about death.
Missar Abderrahim
you nailed it in 1 bro well done👍🏼
Now I understand why this song sounded so sad when I heard it for the first time , maybe it was many decades ago. I am sixty -one years old and came to age to know true meaning of death.
Thank you for input, really..
The end is closer than we would like to believe. However,
It is the mortality and finite part of life, that makes it worth living and gives it great value.
we each only get one life; to live it well is good, but to use it to help others live well is better.
@@taflukta Christ was born to die, the only one who had a choice about both. And to rise again.
My grandma showed this to me when I was very young. This reminds me of the times when I was young and happy. The good times. Before grandma got cancer. Before she lost her memory. Before my family was split apart. Before all of it. I try to not think about the good times because it makes me sad.
Yeah, it’s gonna sting to remember. But keep in mind, they are good memories like you said. Treasure those no matter how much it hurts to think about.
Right with you Fren...
I get it. 🥹🥹
It's now down to you to make the new good times and memories. When you do then you've truly grown up. Good luck 🙏
There is tragedy in that good times are finite. When we don't look because of that tragedy, we take the impact further. It's okay to feel sad, best to honour your memories.
I think the older you get, the more depressing the ending to this film gets.
its true
Yeah, where's the snowman taking that kid?!
@@DancingSketches
To the North Pole. :)
I think its because you realise the innocence and sentimentality of being a child dies with that snowman and you only see that as an adult after the world has scorned you off all your dreams and beliefs.
I disagree, I was utterly shattered by it as a kid. Now I am still saddened, but the greater understanding of maturity comforts me somewhat.
My late wife and I would watch this every Xmas eve as part of our Xmas viewing. (We'd watch this then The Muppets Christmas Carol). She passed away just under 4 and a half years ago. It's now Xmas eve again. Guess what I'm just about to watch?
I always found the Snowman so tragic because it hides very carefully that it is about childhood and how it melts away with little trace in almost no time. Innocent, rapid, bleak, & cold. Be even more weary of adulthood. 😔
The first major notes almost immediately puts people to tears, for they know what is to come
i was 6 when i saw this movie and i have never forgotten the song
Same
bro i can't even remember the movie. All i remember is the snowman's face (very slightly) and this song (perfectly). The song, holy hell it's stuck with me for more than 10 years while not hearing it anywhere during the 10 years...
I was 3 after that history
it's not a movie
Wie ich, Sandra aus Germany
I remember that winter, because it had brought the heaviest snows that I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning, I awoke in a room filled with light and silence. The whole world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day and it was on that day, I made The Snowman. ☃️
❤️❤️❤️❤️
LOL dramatic much?
@@rav9681 It’s a line from the beginning of the film.
@@nmulae I'm sorry
this gave me goosebumps.
Best version of the song
‘I died when I was 20 years old, but I’ll be buried when I’m an old man’ some will understand
RIP Raymond Briggs. Thanks for the magical memories your works brought.
I needed something special this morning dec.24, 2019..and this find was it. Beautiful, thank you so very much.
Thank you very much :) Merry Christmas.
Such a lovey song to listen to on December 24, 2020
Me too
Im 34 weeks pregnant and my due date is Christmas Eve. 🎄I’ve been playing this song for the baby in my belly at least once a day since a few weeks after I got pregnant.
It’s such a beautiful piece, and I am exited to play it to my baby girl after she is born, and see if she remembers it and if it will calm her or not. ( studies showed that babies can remember melodies played during their time in the womb, and it can be calming and soothing for them. )
I felt that this piece in particular was perfect to play for her everyday, both because it’s such a beautiful melody, and that she will be born around Christmas ❤️
D'aww, that's so nice, thank you. I sincerely hope everything goes smoothly for you this Christmas and I wish you, your family and your new baby girl good health and good fortune for the new year to come :)
Dave Peppiatt Thank you so much!
i am sure that your baby will be able to play this on piano when she is about 5 or 10 years old i absolutley love this annimation and love this peice of music this is the music i want to be played at my funneral or if i ever get married i can play this
💖🙏
This is such a beautiful post!
I never cry when listening to music but this one did it for me
makes me miss my childhood. full of fun and no jobs, kids, stress free summer days. Winter actually meant going out and playing with friends.
I believe the reason we're all here is for many motives...
We could be going thru a difficult time and need to a moment to reflect on things...
We could be reminiscing about our childhood and experiencing nostalgia...
We perhaps just need a moment of relaxation and release...
Whatever the case is we feel that powerful emotion that can bring tears to our eyes...
Every time I listen to the song or play it on the piano its difficult to not get emotional.
It is then I realize how far away childhood is...
Thank u for the music 🎵🎼🎶 such an awesome melody!
Very powerful theme that strikes the soul of dreams and childhood. Things were simpler back then. Beautiful film.
This is the most beautiful version what I have ever heard on RUclips!
We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
We're holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you
Far across the world
The villages go by like dreams
The rivers and the hills
The forests and the streams
Children gaze open mouthed taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes
We're surfing in the air
We're swimming in the frozen sky
We're drifting over icy mountains floating by
Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Rising up a mighty monster from its sleep
We're walking in the air
We're dancing in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly
Thank to you for the lyrics words.
Is is like if someone is having an astral voyage with an angel. Lovely!
Grazie del testo!!
I start to cry... So beautiful... and i am like the boy... Everytime what i loved, i lost... Lonesome...
@karita aho what does it mean
@Karita dito!
Love the snowman movie and it brings me to tears I feel it’s about the loss of a friend even if he’s made of snow so when the snowman melted it was like his death and we were left grieving for him along with the boy even the music is very emotional so in a way it teaches us about death.
I was stress crying about my assignments due tonight and for some reason, I kept playing the melody from The Snowman in my head and I looked up the piano version and this was perfect. It calmed me down for sure, and it's one of my favorite childhood movies. Thank you
"We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun."
Absolutely amazing disney, I first saw it last night and could not hold my tears in an inexplicably way. Full of meanings. Just no words. Childhood has been the most magic part of my life but ended as fast as this story, I am feeling immensely grateful though as it was a very happy period that i remember dearly.
OMG I finally found it this is the song I’ve been looking for 5 years this is a childhood song I’ve been obsessed with. Yess finally!!!
this comment makes me happyyyy :')
Curious as to where you grew up! If you grew up in one of a few countries where this film is iconic I wonder how you couldn’t find it. We used to sing this in school in England.
@@Codreanu110this was played when I was in Singapore and Switzerland as I grew up travelling the world and this song reminds of me my father and grandpa who are my loved ones
Childhood memory unlocked
私が小学6年の時に担任の先生がクラス皆に見せてくれた映画でした。毎年、冬になると聴きたくなる切なく、でも綺麗な曲で大好きです。聴きたいなと思っていたので、嬉しいです。ありがとうございます。
I'm absolutely broken. I've watched this movie countless times as a kid and heard walking in the air countless times, but this is just fantastic.
So many feelings and memories associated with this movie.
The way you played this is just fantastic, you've absolutely nailed it. I would have written a lot more but I can't find the words. Thank you for making this
Broken? LOL wtf man relax
@@rav9681 I hope that made your day better 😊
@@Kjeldsen8800 weirdo
@@rav9681 whatever makes you happy 😅
@@rav9681 some people just know how to let the music in. Others' hearts are as cold as snow ❄💙
This comes on tv every Christmas and I love watching this a lot..
One of the most beautiful stories and animations ever made. I still cry when I hear this even after all of these years.
We had the vhs tape in the 80's. My kids and I watched it several times. I was cleaning out old videos and donated it last week. I hope some other family will enjoy it as much as we did.
I lost my friend of 30 years a few days before Christmas last year. Growing up as kids in the 1980s this song will always a have a special place in my heart. Rest in peace mate.
A Magical piece of music and movie......
Its 2022 and this is still straight FIRE. Memories of music class in the 3rd grade. Distant times that feel like yesterday, now in my mid 30s. Gorgeous.
this is like the ending credit music and love this song xx
冬になると聞きたくなる曲です。
やさしい気分になれすね
Merry Christmas❄❄🎄🎄⛄⛄
NICE WINTER ❄❄✨✨⛄⛄
Was für eine traumhafte Musik. Wundervoll...🙏❤️
Have loved this movie and the music for many years. Had to get the DVD and the CD. ❤🤗⛄❄
This is perfection, and it's just beautiful. Never saw the TV show, but at age 71, it always makes me cry when performed with such restraint.
There is something so very captivating and magical about this lovely song and the film. ❤️
One of the greatest all time. No more words to say.
I used to play a little piano at the age when I loved to watch The Snowman, even if it'd get my heart broken every single time. Hearing you has connected me with the joy I would feel trying to decipher the keys to songs I loved.. and you re-sparked that long-lost love! After almost 30 years of not getting near a piano, I just downloaded a basic app, and I'm enjoying so much trying to play this.
But also, I want to say that I agree with you... the ending of The Snowman is wrong. The metaphorical Snowman melts in our lives because we let it melt, because that's what society around us teaches - that magic is just a creation of our imaginations. But magic does exist, in the form of synchronicities, miracles, messages from Nature and our own very scientifically-unexplained intuitions. If we find a way to be as open and as innocent as we were as children, Life has the most amazing ways of building back the Snowman of our lives.. And life becomes as exciting and alive as when we where little ones
I miss being a child because that was when we still had our innocence. We tend to become more narrow minded as we grow bc society has created that. It's sad isn't it. I believe that if we do what's in our power to keep that magic alive we would be happier than we could imagine... ❤
このピアノバージョンすごく⤴️⤴️いいです。癒されます☺️スノーマン好き😌
Nicely done. As sad as the ending is, I think the meaning is that nothing lasts forever...a hard lesson for a child, but a life lesson: an introduction to loss.
There is a great quote from the 2002 movie Nicholas Nickleby "In every life, no matter how full or empty one's purse, there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fulfills. Thus, happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it but to delight in it when it comes".
Beautiful walking in the air⛄❄💙
心に、しみじみ響いてきます。
温かな気持ちになります。
スノーマン、ありがとう。
Nice! Very controlled and just the right tempo! It’s like a gentle snowfall.
There is something special about this song, always reminds me of the magic of xmas when I was kid. Still listen to it now some 40 years later with my kids, funny how a single song can hold so many memories
So beautiful..❤💞💓..
im crying... i used to listen to this music when i was 7 all the time for months and months and daydream about the snow and the snowman. I was obsessed with this soundtrack.
it got annoying for my parents cause it was on repeat 24/7 so they stopped me from listening to it.
now im 14 and this music brings back nostalgia, emotions and happiness.
its been 7 years since i listened to this and im hearing this again.
thank you!
I WISH I COULD GIVE THIS VIDEO ONE MILLION LIKES.
i watched this when i was 5 too...
and now almost 30 years later i still remember this song so vividly...
great arrangement, btw :)
I've randomly looked for this cartoon every now and then for over 10 years but had no idea what it was called. Thank you for this piece, and for making it available. I know what I'm learning this Christmas.
I saw a comment with someone suggesting the film was based in Brighton. Can’t find the comment but the poster was correct - the pier is there and when Father Christmas gives him the gift at the party, the tag says ‘James - Brighton’. It is definitely a British classic and definitely based in Brighton.
WOW...💖💖💖
この空を飛ぶシーンが素晴らしいです、宮崎駿の空を飛ぶ映像も好きです双璧ですね。
Currently snowing outside my house and I just knew what to play. Bear the end of the song, tears were starting to fill my eyes because it brought back childhood memories.
Very nice always liked to watch that film every Christmas.
One of the most beautiful melodies I’ve ever heard in my life. Just watched this for the first time in about 10 years yesterday and forgot about this tune. Gorgeous
もう、堪らなく心に来る、必ず涙が自然に流れ、嗚咽する大好きな、心温まるNUMBERですね
Gets me Everytime this music I swear down so many memories of growing up and still makes me cry at 37
Sweet and simple.... we need more of these, these days! Loved the movie....and it’s music.
Absolutely magnificent work. Every Christmas I end up contemplating a piano arrangement for this piece but never seem to find the time to do it. This arrangement is almost exactly what I always imagined it would sound like. Thank you and Merry Christmas! :3
loved so much my own children bought it for me..
This music was stuck my brain for almost 20 years now I ever time I hear it just makes me think of this movie how magical and brilliant it is also made me feel so many emotions when I heard it for the first time.
Reminds me of my childhood.. Not everyone had a magical experience.. Just dreams really
This song is truly a master piece far beyond any other composition.
It carrys all of the emotions you could possibly feel, for me it was mainly a sad kind of hope. It truly does hold a legendary beauty, that I have never known of any other sound to posses.
Tbh it's so perfect that it's creepy
Voll mit Herz gemacht leider heute wir habe keine Cartoons genau wie diese😢
The mother in me just keeps thinking that little boy isn't properly dressed! Lol
... This is the best piano arrangement of this song of all the ones I've heard so far 😍Beautiful... I've been listening to this song over and over for a good 2 hours now ☺
This heart warming animation is a total delight,....the magical flying sequence is the highlight, ...and the music, and the song adds sou! and warmth to this classic festive favorite.
Meraviglioso!!come in un sogno!viva la fantasia!!l'arte!!la bellezza!!la calma e la pace soprattutto la natura!!grazie!!
初めてスノーマンを見たとき、灰色混じりに塗られた海はなんとも冷たそうで、遠い知らない北の彼方へ飛んでいった気分になったのを覚えています。子どもの頃、海を描く時には決まって小さな島にヤシの木を生やし、青いクレヨンを手にしていた私にとって、海を真っ青で描かない表現の豊かさに衝撃を受けました。
見れば見るほど、味わい深くなる大好きなお話です。
Have loved this for many years. Watched it with my children when they were young. ❤
Absolutely gorgeous arrangement, and equal performance. And even providing the sheet directly - sitting here with broken ankle and learning it, you made my Christmas man!
This is the best piano version of Walking in the Air in existence. It’s the most haunting, emotive and heartbreaking melody and you’ve arranged it so gorgeously to touch the soul so personally.
Thank you so much!
Your piano work is sublime and timeless. Brilliant!!!
Amazing song! My 8 years old daughter starts playing this song.. but only half of it !! Beautiful song! Wish I can play it xx
yes it shows in finnish television. i love this. nice play.
In every Christmas Eve from Yle TV2 channel :)
Btw the snow came here in Finland pretty early and it seems to not melt off before spring.
Total winter here, perfect! And assuming from your name puhut suomea.
I've playing it on piano for 2 weeks, and I thought I was pretty good. Brilliant pianist.
Cheers mate :) I'm actually really proud of this one, it came out way better than I thought it would.
I really love this music. So much nostalgia in topics such as this.
On October 28th 2021 my grandmother died.
I used to watch this film every year with her! We had so much fun together and always went places. Today the 1st of November I remembered this.
This film is so emotional for me right now but also back then.
I love you grandma🌠☃️✝️
This is helping for my exam very much
The memory that song brouth back... I watched that film as a young girl with my lil brother and i was only around 6 and i sang him that song so he fell asleep...
A beautiful memory that continues to live in me.so beautiful time
I'm from Michigan where it's snows just like this when I was little watching this with my brother it created some type of portal to nature I can only enter watching this the magic of Christmas the magic of peace and the comfort of the first house you lived in truly amazing there will be nothing else like this ever.
A gift of Magic.
Thanks a lot for your arrangment and the PDF!!!!!
This captured my heart several years ago when I first came across this beautiful piece, as a memory of my first ever Christmas in the USA in 1999, a year of my immigration to America. It captures the spirit of America how I knew it then - clean distinctive culture, good people, simple life. My heart breaks seeing America that I love is being destroyed now.
I remember they played this music on the plane while traveling from Honolulu with my husband and my two daughters to see family in the Far East. This was in Dec of 1996. It always brings back good Christmas memories.
It's May, and I'm still listening to this
One of my roomates would always play this song on the piano and I utterly fell in love with it. I don't think I can watch this movie, don't think I can take the ending people are alluding to.
When I saw this beautiful animation film I got light tears as clear as crystal, not to mention the piano piece which makes me float in silence just like the Snowman.
Beautiful
Here at 3am on the 1st of December, 2020. Feels so peaceful
I watched this dozens and dozens of times with my children while they were young. Mesmerizing and magical.
Im times when we were happier!
This song is getting me into the Christmas 2021 mood 💜💖💜💖