Brave (soundtrack)
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Released | June 19, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011-2012 | |||
Studio | Air Lyndhurst Studios, London | |||
Genre | Celtic | |||
Length | 1:11:35 | |||
Label | Walt Disney | |||
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Brave is the soundtrack to the 2012 Disney-Pixar film of the same name. It was composed by Patrick Doyle and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack features Doyle's musical score and features two original songs performed by Scottish singer Julie Fowlis (written by Alex Mandel and Mark Andrews, produced by Jim Sutherland), and one original song performed by Birdy and Mumford & Sons.[1] Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on both CD album and digital download on June 19, 2012.[2]
Brave was the first Disney film to feature music lyrics in Scottish Gaelic. The lullaby duet between the characters Merida and Queen Elinor entitled "A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal (Noble Maiden Fair)” (music by Patrick Doyle, lyrics by Patrick Neil Doyle) appears on three occasions in different variations within the fabric of the score, and uniquely includes Gaelic vocals by Emma Thompson and Peigi Barker. Doyle also composed for the film, “Song of Mor’du” (lyrics by Patrick Doyle and Steve Purcell) sung by Billy Connolly, Scott Davies, Patrick Doyle, Gordon Neville, Alex Norton and Carey Wilson. In this drinking song, Doyle and Purcell utilise a rich variety of words in the Scots language.
Doyle's original music for Brave was used in the official trailers for the film, which subsequently featured prominently in the film's score. The trailers also included a Scottish Gaelic song called "Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird A' Chuain" sung by Julie Fowlis, taken from her album Mar a tha mo chridhe.
Brave is also the first Pixar film not to be scored by Randy Newman, Thomas Newman, or Michael Giacchino. The film along with The Good Dinosaur and Onward are currently the only Pixar films that are not scored by the three composers. Additionally, with the London Symphony Orchestra performing, this is the first (and as of now, only) Pixar film to not be scored in Los Angeles.
International versions
On its theater release in 2012, the movie numbered 43 dubbings worldwide, to which 6 more where added in the following years, raising the number of official versions to 49. However, differently from songs from Disney musical movies, in movies where the songs are only used as a background, Disney Character Voices International does not require for them to be dubbed. So, in the Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Estonian, German, Icelandic, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan version), Romanian, Serbian and Slovak dubs, the songs were left in English. The Arabic version was originally meant to have the songs dubbed, but the idea was dropped after a few attempts that brought to no convincing result.[3] Marilou Bourdon, who performed the songs in the Canadian French versions, is also Merida's voice actor.[4]
"Touch the Sky" & "Into the Open Air" worldwide | |||||
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Language | Performer(s)[3] | Touch the Sky | Into the Open Air | ||
Title | Translation | Title | Translation | ||
Bulgarian | Невена Цонева (Nevena Tsoneva) | "Летя с вятъра" ("Letya s vyatera") | "Fly with the wind" | "По цялата земя" ("Po tsyalata zyemya") | "Over the whole world" |
Catalan | Ana Fernández Pellicer | "Cel vull ser" | "I want to be the sky" | "A cel obert" | "Under the clear sky" |
Chinese Mandarin | 胡维纳 (Jalane Hu) | "拥抱蓝天" ("Yǒngbào lántiān") | "Embrace the blue sky" | "與全世界分享" ("Yǔ quán shìjiè fēnxiǎng") | "To share with the world" |
Czech | Radka Fišarová | "Dotkni se oblohy" | "Touch the sky" | Unknown | Unknown |
Danish | Guðrun Sólja Jacobsen | "Frie fugle flyv med mig" | "Free birds, fly with me" | "Slip kærligheden fri" | "Let love free" |
Dutch | Marieke Dollekamp | "Laat mij gaan" | "Let me go" | "Een nieuw begin voor ons" | "A new beginning for us" |
Finnish | Saara Aalto | "Taivaankaari" | "The arc of the sky" | "Lämpöiseen ilmaan" | "Warm air" |
Flemish | Eva De Roovere | "Laat mij gaan" | "Let me go" | "Een nieuw begin voor ons" | "A new beginning for us" |
French (Canada) | Marilou Bourdon | "Au gré du vent" | "At the mercy of the wind" | "Tout là-bas au grand jour" | "Over there, in broad daylight" |
French (Europe) | Maeva Méline | "Vers le ciel" | "Toward the sky" | "Soleil brûlant" | "Burning sun" |
Greek | Πέννυ Μπαλτατζή (Pénny Baltatzí) | "Τώρα αγγίζω ουρανό" ("Tora angizo ourano") | "Now I touch the sky" | "Στον ανοιχτό ουρανό" ("Ston anoichtó ouranó") | "To the open sky" |
Hebrew | רויטל זלצמן (Revital Zaltsman) | "לשחקים" ("La’shchakim") | "To the skies" | "אל האוויר הצח" ("El ha’avir ha’tsach") | "Toward the fresh air" |
Hindi | Aparnaa Bhaagwat | "आसमां को छूना हैं" ("Aasman ko chhuna hai") | "I want to touch the sky" | "खुली हवा में महके" ("Khuli hawa mein mehke") | "Fragrance in the open air" |
Hungarian | Lola | "A hűvös szél szárnyán" | "The cool wind’s wings up above" | "A szívünk égig száll" | "Our hearts fly to the skies" |
Indonesian | Miranti | "Ke angkasa" | "To the sky" | "Menuju angkasa" | Unknown |
Italian | Noemi | "Il cielo toccherò" | "I’ll touch the sky" | "Tra vento ed aria" | "Into the wind and the air" |
Kazakh | Мақпал Исабекова (Makpal Isabekova) | "Caмғaйын" ("Samgaiyn") | Unknown | "Таза ауаға" ("Taza auaga") | "Into the fresh air" |
Korean | 송상은 (Song Sang-Eun) | "하늘 향해" ("Hanŭl hyang-hae") | "Towards the sky" | "저 넓은 세상으로" ("Chŏ nŏlbŭn sesang-ŭro") | "To that wide world" |
Malaysian | — | "ك اوڠن" ("Ke awangan") | "To the air" | "Damailah selamanya" | "Peaceful it is forever" |
Norwegian | Signe Marie Rustad | "Bli fri på ny" | "Become free again" | "Og leve i det fri" | "And living in the wilderness" |
Polish | Anita Lipnicka | "Chwytam wiatr" | "I catch the wind" | "Tam serca nasze są" | "There are our hearts" |
Portuguese (Brazil) | Manu Gavassi | "O céu eu vou tocar" | "I will touch the sky" | "Ao ar livre" | "Into the free air" |
Portuguese (Europe) | Isabel Jacobetty | "O céu tocar" | "Touch the sky" | "Céu aberto" | "Open sky" |
Russian | Ксения Шемякина (Kseniya Shemyakina) | "Небо крыльями обнять" ("Nebo kryl’yami obsyat’") | "Sky wings hug" | "Небесный свет" ("Nyebesnyj svyet") | "Sky light" |
Slovene | Tanja Ravljen | "Dotaknem se neba" | "I will touch the sky" | "Pobarvajva nebo" | "Let’s paint the sky" |
Spanish (Europe) | Russian Red | "Volaré" | "I’ll fly" | "A la luz del sol" | "In the day light" |
Spanish (Latin America) | Yuridia | "Viento y cielo alcanzar" | "Reach the wind and the sky" | "Con toda libertad" | "Completely freely" |
Swedish | Hanna Hedlund and Sanna Martin | "Fri som fågeln" | "Free as a bird" | "Ut i det fria" | "Out into the open air" |
Tamil | — | "வானம் வெய்தம் துருவா நீ" ("Vanam veydham turuvee nee") | "You are the sky" | — | — |
Telugu | — | — | — | — | — |
Thai | กานต์พิชชา วุฒิฐิติการ ("Kanpitcha Wutthititikan"; TangMo) | "สู่โลกที่แสนกว้างใหญ่" ("S̄ū̀ lok thī̀ s̄æn kŵāngh̄ıỵ̀") | "To the immense world" | "ล่องลอยลมท้าทายดั่งใจ" ("Lông loi lom táa taai dang jai") | "Drift the wind as you wish" |
Turkish | Deniz Sujana | "Göklere ulaşırım" | "To the skies I will reach" | "Bu sonsuz göklere" | "Up to these infinite skies" |
Ukrainian | Міла Нітіч (Mila Nytych) | "Я лечу" ("Ya lechu") | "I am flying" | "У цей чудовий день" ("U tsyej chudovij den’") | "This wonderful day" |
Vietnamese | Tâm Linh | "Nắm lấy bầu trời" | Unknown | "Bay vào bầu trời" | Unknown |
Track listing
All music composed by Patrick Doyle, except "Touch the Sky" (music by Alex Mandel, lyrics by Mandel and Mark Andrews), "Into the Open Air" (music and lyrics by Mandel),[5] and "Learn Me Right" (music and lyrics by Mumford & Sons).[6]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Touch the Sky" (Julie Fowlis) | 2:31 |
2. | "Into the Open Air" (Julie Fowlis) | 2:41 |
3. | "Learn Me Right" (Birdy, Mumford & Sons) | 3:46 |
4. | "Fate and Destiny" | 4:17 |
5. | "The Games" | 1:53 |
6. | "I Am Merida" | 2:23 |
7. | "Remember to Smile" | 2:17 |
8. | "Merida Rides Away" | 4:07 |
9. | "The Witch's Cottage" | 4:26 |
10. | "Song of Mor'du" (Billy Connolly and Cast) | 2:17 |
11. | "Through the Castle" | 4:34 |
12. | "Legends Are Lessons" | 4:06 |
13. | "Show Us the Way" | 3:46 |
14. | "Mum Goes Wild" | 3:25 |
15. | "In Her Heart" | 2:36 |
16. | "Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal)" (Emma Thompson and Peigi Barker) | 2:36 |
17. | "Not Now!" | 3:34 |
18. | "Get the Key" | 3:15 |
19. | "We've Both Changed" | 5:30 |
20. | "Merida's Home" | 1:32 |
Total length: | 65:32 |
Charts
Brave debuted as the highest-charting Pixar soundtrack at US Billboard since Cars in 2006.[7] Ratatouille never placed, WALL-E debuted at No. 127 and Cars 2 at No. 153. The soundtracks to Up and Toy Story 3 were only released digitally, instead of being given a traditional CD release, until 2011.
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Spanish Albums Chart[8] | 33 |
Canadian Albums Chart[9] | 70 |
U.S. Billboard Soundtracks[10] | 2 |
U.S. Billboard Top 200[10] | 33 |
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums[10] | 13 |
References
- ^ "Sounds Of The Highlands; Disney-Pixar's "Brave" Transports Moviegoers to Ancient Scotland with Oscar-Nominated Composer Patrick Doyle, Plus Performers Julie Fowlis and Birdy (with Mumford & Sons)" (Press release). Walt Disney Records. May 21, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Brave: Various Artists, patrick Doyle, James Shearman: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Brave Soloist". CHARGUIGOU (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Merida". CHARGUIGOU (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Disney•Pixar's Brave Transports Moviegoers to Ancient Scotland with Oscar®-Nominated Composer Patrick Doyle". Disney. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Mumford & Sons Pen New Song For Pixar's 'Brave'". MTV. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Chart Moves: 'Brave's' Mumford & Sons-Enhanced Billboard 200 Debut, Blood on the Dance Floor's Best Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "PROMUSICAE" (PDF). PROMUSICAE. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-08-16.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts". Jam.canoe.ca. 2012-06-27. Archived from the original on 2004-12-26. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ^ a b c [1] Billboard. Retrieved 2012-07-08