Sam Smith records original song for 'Watership Down' | Inquirer Entertainment

Sam Smith records original song for ‘Watership Down’

/ 06:41 PM November 06, 2018

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United Kingdom singer Sam Smith is contributing a song to the BBC’s star-studded upcoming “Watership Down” mini-series, which will air worldwide via Netflix.

BBC One announced yesterday, Nov. 5 that the forthcoming adaptation will feature an original song written and recorded by Smith, who took inspiration from Richard Adams’ classic novel in writing the track.

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Called “Fire On Fire”, the song was co-written with Steve Mac and recorded by Smith with the BBC Concert Orchestra at London’s Abbey Road Studios in September.

“Watership Down” is set to feature a large and noteworthy cast that includes James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya, Rosamund Pike and Ben Kingsley.

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Set in rural southern England, Adams’s harrowing novel follows a band of rabbits as they flee from the invasion of man and the certain destruction of their home.

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The “Watership Down” mini-series will be shown on BBC One as two feature-length episodes this Christmas and will air worldwide outside the U.K. on Netflix. KM

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