# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-blake
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:54:19.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-blake"
name: "Howard Blake"
slug: "howard-blake"
description: "Howard David Blake is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman, which includes the song \"Walking in the Air\". He is increasingly recognised for his classical works including concertos, oratorios, ballets, operas and many instrumental pieces."
tagline: "Composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Wyngarde%2C_Howard_Blake%2C_Melody_Anderson_%E2%80%93_%22Flash_Gordon%22_(1980_film).jpg_(Cropped)_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.97818933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086574/"
    handle:    "nm0086574"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.howardblake.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هوارد بليك"
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    title: "هوارد بليك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Blake"
    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Blake"
    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاوارد بلیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Blake"
    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Blake"
    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჰოვარდ ბლეიკი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Howard Blake"
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    title: "ہاورڈ بلیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Howard Blake"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump