To others, images of the somewhat lacklustre animated 1978 film adaptation – for which Bright Eyes was the theme tune – may come to mind. No matter what he did before or since, he will forever be associated with Watership Down.įor some, Watership Down will trigger the earworm Bright Eyes, as written and composed by Mike Batt (of Wombles fame) and sung by Art Garfunkel. When someone once told Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, that he hadn’t written anything as good since, Heller famously replied: “Who has?” Similarly, if JK Rowling were to appear on stage riding a dragon that spewed molten gold and breathed fire, the majority of the audience would likely mutter: “Not as good as Harry Potter.” And so to Richard Adams, who died on Christmas Eve.
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