Christmas Songs - Walking in the Air

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Walking in the Air /Материал из Википедии - свободной энциклопедии

Walking in the Air (англ. Идущие по воздуху) - песня к мультфильму Рэймонда Бриггса The Snowman 1982 года (снятому по детской книге 1976 года), традиционно демонстрируемому по телевидению на Рождество.

Лирика и музыка написаны Говардом Блейком (en:Howard Blake). В мультфильме песню исполнял мальчик-певчий хора Собора Святого Павла Питер Оти (en:Peter Auty). В следующем выпуске сингла, достигшем 5-го места в поп чарте Великобритании 1985 года, песню исполнял Алед Джонс (en:Aled Jones) из Уэльского Хора, ставший популярным благодаря силе своего исполнения.

Мультфильм повествует о мальчике и ожившем снеговике, полетевших на Северный Полюс. Walking in the Air - музыкальная тема этого путешествия.

В дальнейшем эту песню исполняли многие артисты в самых разнообразных стилях - такие, как Celtic Woman, Rainbow, Nightwish (Сингл Walking in the Air), Angelis, Libera, Connie Talbot, Chloё, Joseph McManners, Coil и др.

Walking In The Air (оригинал Nightwish*)
* - это кавер-версия композиции, первоначально исполненной Howard Blake'ом

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
I'm 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 trees
The rivers and the hills
The forests and the streams
Children gaze open mouth
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
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly
I'm holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Walking in the Air

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
I'm 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 trees
The rivers and the hills
The forests and the streams
Children gaze open mouth
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
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly
I'm holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Walking in the Air

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below
Are sleeping as we fly

I'm 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 trees
the rivers and the hills
The forest and the streams

Children gaze open mouth
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
Arousing of a mighty monster
From its sleep

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us
Greets us as we fly

I'm holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly
So high above with you

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Aled Jones sings Walking in the Air with a Young Aled