He also wrote The Little Match Girl, based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story, for the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, which contained the song "Mistletoe and Wine.
[5] Two years later, he received an Ivor Novello award for the song, when Cliff Richard released it as a single.
They requested that the pop song Pete Waterman had written be rearranged, but as Celador's brief required "something dramatic and full of tension", Strachan set about composing a new piece altogether.
[6] Working with his son Matthew, he took inspiration from a dissonant chord in "Mars" from Holst's The Planets suite.
[1] In 2002, Keith and Matthew Strachan were given an award by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?