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While Mike Batt, who wrote the original song, composed an entire new score. This new cover went on to earn the TV show a nomination for a Gemini Award, for best original score. Pop Culture Wiki Explore.

Wiki Content. Recent blog posts Forum. Apart from writing 'Bright Eyes', Mike Batt is famous for creating The Wombles, discovering Katie Melua and conducting many of the world's greatest orchestras. The movie's original director had asked Batt the write a song about death to accompany a scene where rabbit Hazel, the film's lead character, almost dies after being wounded by a farmer's gun.

A cover of the song was later used as the theme to the TV series of the same name. It sold more than a million copies and was the UK's biggest selling single of Aaron Slater. Related Articles. Mike Batt on finding meaning in your songs The man behind the music of The Wombles and Katie Melua shares his tips for There are no comments Add yours. Leave a comment Cancel reply. Email updates. You have successfully joined our email newsletter subscriber list. Metaphors from the committee: 7 songwriting tips by Lydia Brownfield.

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Garfunkel, instantly recognisable by his shock of curly hair, says: "Sometimes you have a good hair day and some days you don't. Most Popular Now 56, people are reading stories on the site right now. BBC News Updated every minute of every day. One-Minute World News. News Front Page. E-mail this to a friend Printable version. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Radio 1 initially refused to play the song because it was "too slow". Garfunkel revealed last month that he and Paul Simon are planning to tour.

I saw that the vocal was winning and that made me think, 'this record, mix it right and you have very lovely pop tune here'.