When he heard that an animated feature was being produced, he wrote and submitted many songs to the director. Bright eyes from watership down sheet music in g major. Art garfunkel bright eyes 1978, solid center, vinyl. A version of bright eyes also appeared in the movie watership down. Watership down tells the tale of a very dark journey. The songwriter not art garfunkel mike batt was a big fan of the novel the movie is based on. Like a lot of classic books, watership down almost didnt make it to print.
Dec 10, 2018 the 1978 animated version of watership down holds a particular place in the cultural psyche of an entire generation. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film. The characters are so richly written that the viewer immediately empathizes and identifies with them. Watership down is a 1978 british adventure drama animated film writen, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the book by richard adams.
On this day in 1978 art garfunkel started a six week run at no. Also released with gema rights and different cover back art garfunkel bright eyes. It was written for the soundtrack of the 1978 british animated adventure drama film watership down. Richard adams, author of the original novel is reported to have hated the song. Is it a kind of dream floating out on the tide following the river of death downstream oh, is it a d. A cover of the song was later used in the television series of the. Ive put off reading richard adams watership down for a long while as a result of this.
Watched watership down from a very early age x3 my parents didnt know what its about they thought its all cute rabbits and stuff. In 1978 martin rosen wrote and directed an animated film adaptation of watership down. Rearranged as a pop song from its original form in the film, the track appears on british and european versions of garfunkel. When youre losing your way in the rain vocal art garfunkel 6. But as richard adamss watership down teaches us, rabbits are actually violent, adventurous creatures, with a complex culture and mythology. Check out bright eyes by art garfunkel on amazon music.
Watership down was a major box office hit in the uk and bright eyes followed suit in the pop charts, occupying the top spot for six weeks. A new version of the memorable song from the film watership down. In lapine language mythology, the world was created by the god frith. It is heard in the film in the scene where fiver goes to look for his brother hazel after he is shot. And thats pretty much all you need to know about a character who somehow manages to retain its innocence through the heartbreaking slog of watership down, through the savage dog attacks, environmental destruction and perilous journey, and somehow through art garfunkel s blinking bright eyes. Parents of bunnyobsessed children, while the author himself considered it quite acceptable to subject his young daughters to such nightmare fuel as bigwigs brush with death and his battle with general woundwort, general woundwort himself, the awfully long scene scored to art garfunkel s bright eyes where hazel is almost certainly dead and. A major television adaptation of the book was one of its flagship dramas for christmas 2018. Bright eyes is a song written by mike batt and performed by art garfunkel. Art garfunkel s hit song bright eyes was written by songwriter mike batt. It is referred to in watership down as the white blindness. The voice cast included john hurt, richard briers, harry andrews, simon cadell, nigel hawthorne, and roy kinnear. Kehaars theme taken from the original soundtrack album of the film watership down.
Jun 09, 2019 i told the producers that art garfunkel would be ideal for bright eyes and within a week, there he was, in my home in surbiton, routining the song. Its haunting melody made me want to cry but i sang the lyrics dutifully. Watership down is a 1978 british animated film directed by martin ros rand based on the novel watership down by richard adams. Bright eyes still burning after all these years boundless unbound. Bright eyes scene from watership down 1978 w english. Theres a high wind in the trees a cold sound in the air and nobody ever knows when you go and where do you start. Originally released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixth most popular film of 1979 at the british box office. In 1972 richard adams wrote a novel, watership down, which told the story of a small group of rabbits that were unhappy in the warren they lived in and decided to break out. Rearranged as a pop song from its original form in the film, the track appears on british and european versions of garfunkel s 1979 fate for breakfast and on the us. Dec 28, 2016 bright eyes is a key song in the movie watership down. Watership down, this songs themes are life and death. An allegorical tale of survival about a band of wild rabbits who leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles their adventures as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
Bright eyes is a reference to one of the earliest symptoms of the disease, runny and swollen eyes, progressing to lumps around the head and ears, and eventually causing death. Watership down bunny art bright eyes gremlins cute art book illustration concept art fairy tales moose art. Now i know this song originally came from the animated movie watership down which i have seen both the movie and read the book. See more ideas about watership down, rabbit art and plague dogs. Share watership down by richard adams 1972, book, illustrated watership down by richard adams 1972, book, illustrated 1 product rating. And thank you for allowing their expressions to reflect within the mirror of your own soul and in so doing allow life and death to become a little more conscious of each other. Art garfunkel recalled his thoughts after being sent the original demo, it knocked me out. It sold more than a million copies and was the uks. In the book, no blood, no delusional hazel, no stupid.
Back in 1979, when such a feat actually carried some weight, art garfunkel s song bright eyes spent six consecutive weeks at the top of the uk singles chart after featuring on the soundtrack to the movie adaptation of the novel watership down. Like orwells animal farm, this isnt only a film for children but equally important for adults. Bright eyes, written by british singer and songwriter mike batt and sung by art garfunkel, was included on the soundtrack. The 1978 animated version of watership down holds a particular place in the cultural psyche of an entire generation. Art garfunkel has a number one hit because of watership down. Watership down characters watership down fan art 38784668. Watership down is a terrific adaptation of richard adamss novel. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 british animated adventure drama film watership down and the later television series of the same name. Garfunkel later admitted that the incident left him in a deep depression for most of the 1980s, hence the lack of musical output during that time. Oct 30, 2009 back in 1979, when such a feat actually carried some weight, art garfunkel s song bright eyes spent six consecutive weeks at the top of the uk singles chart after featuring on the soundtrack to the movie adaptation of the novel watership down. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 british animated adventure drama film watership down. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions.
It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 british animated adventure drama film. Unten am fluss watership down german edition skip to main content. See more ideas about watership down, watership down movie and bunny art. Although this is an animated film featuring cute rabbits as the main characters, this is far from a childrens movie, and considering the. Everyone remembers the hopelessly sentimental art garfunkel. Watership down the beloved novel by richard adams tells the story of rabbits and. Is it a kind of a shadow reaching into the night wandering over the hills unseen or, is it a dream. Dec 27, 2016 some sold well, but none approached the success of watership down, which was adapted for a 1978 animated film with a song, bright eyes, sung by art garfunkel, an animated television. Fan art of watership down characters for fans of watership down 38784668. The soundtrack is captivating and i loved the way art garfunkel s song was used. When he heard that an animated feature was being produced, he wrote and submitted many songs to t. The film featured the song bright eyes, sung by art garfunkel. Richard adams, the author of watership down, has died aged 96. I dont like much of art garfunkles music, but this song i enjoy immensely.
The theme song to the film version of watership down. Is it a kind of dream floating out of the tide following the river of death downstream or is it a dream theres a fog along the horizon a strange glow in the sky and nobody seems to know where you go and what does it mean or is it a dream. Please note that the content of this book primarily. I actually got hooked on this song when it was used in the animated film watership down. Zijn bekendste boek is watership down, in het nederlands vertaald als. The song was written by the man behind the wombles, mike batt.
This hauntingly beautiful tune appears in an edited dream sequence in the middle of the film that represents hazels rescue after being dangerously hurt. All this time we thought rabbits were just cute, floppyeared carroteaters with a penchant for hopping. Theres a fog along the horizon, a strange glow in the sky and nobody seems to know where you go and what does it mean, oh, is it a dream. I told the producers that art garfunkel would be ideal for bright eyes and within a week, there he was, in my home in surbiton, routining the song. Its quite possible to enjoy this song on its own merits and not as a musical number from the film. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. Very similar to bright eyes, the difference being the position of the printing on the outer rim of the disc labels.
It scared me so much but that didnt keep me from watching it like 50 times and reading the book as an adult. Art garfunkels song bright eyes spent six consecutive weeks at the. The bbcs new adaptation of watership down photo by screengrab. Watership down and simongarfunkle, but especially art garfunkle who in her opinionand mine as a better voice than paul simon.
Watership down by richard adams 1972, book, illustrated. But i felt this song seem to fit better with wirt and greg, especially in this scene from episode ten. Vinyl 7 art garfunkel bright eyes 1979, vinyl discogs. In 1978, art garfunkel was tapped to sing bright eyes, written by. Bright eyes, burning like fire bright eyes, how can you close and fail. Bright eyes is a soothing song, with dreamlike lyrics and musical score, quite in contrast with the sometimes dark nature of the movie that introduced many to it. Feb 09, 2008 theres a fog along the horizon, a strange glow in the sky and nobody seems to know where you go and what does it mean, oh, is it a dream.
I was very eager to see it, because i loved the book. Richard adams, whose novel watership down became a. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. It was finached by a constortium of british financial institutions.
Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the 1972 novel by richard adams. A video about watership down by richard adams 5907 views 12 people liked it. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment bright eyes art garfunkel garfunkel. The other wonderful feature of watership down is the original song bright eyes, performed by art garfunkel. Bright eyes watership down art garfunkel mike batt on. The bright eyes sequence plus its introduction and outro from the original adaptation of richard adams watership down.
I loved the movie as a child, art garfunkel s haunting voice singing mike batts beautiful bright eyes still brings tears to my eyes. Print and download bright eyes sheet music from watership down. Op deze site vind je nog 11 fascinerende feiten over watership down. Finally, a book that tells us the honesttogoodness truth about rabbits. Bright eyes is definitely one of my favourite songs ever, so many memories. The rabbits multiplied, and their appetite led to a food shortage. The book was put back on the shelf, never to be touched again. It was made into an animated film in 1978, and the following year the films theme song bright eyes, sung by art garfunkel, topped the uk charts. As a fairly precocious child i had already read watership down before the film came to a local village hall, maybe a year or so after this single hit number one. The amazing thing about bright eyes the song is that it actually manages to live up to my terrified imaginings arts lovely, strungout vocal managing to sound like the graceful, fatal willowisp of the films black rabbit, the vision you chase even though you know where it is leading you to. In 1972 richard adams wrote a novel, watership down, which tells the story of a small group of rabbits that are unhappy in their warren and decide to break out.
As a fairly precocious child i had already read watership down before the film came to a local village hall, maybe a year or. Bright eyes was written by mike batt and performed by art garfunkel. Richard adams, in 1972, wrote his first book watership down while he was working at the department of the environment. Bright eyes is a key song in the movie watership down. Garfunkels girlfriend since 1974, laurie bird, committed suicide in june 1979 at their manhattan apartment, three months after the albums release in march. I loved the movie as a child, art garfunkels haunting voice singing mike batts beautiful bright eyes still brings tears to my eyes. Originally released on october 19 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixth most popular film if 1979 at the british box office.
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