The simple things in life are the most difficult to create in film. I wanted to write something that was simple and quintessential Scottish and Gaelic. “That was a lullaby originally, but ended up wanting much more of a Celtic lament,” he says. They informed “Noble Maiden Fair,” which gradually became more Gaelic as the film progressed. One song, “Noble Maiden Fair,” performed by actors Emma Thompson and Peigi Barker, is sung partly in Gaelic.Ī native of Scotland, Doyle, whose credits include last year’s “Thor"and 1995’s “Sense and Sensibility,” embarked on a history lesson for “Brave.” He studied the country’s folk traditions and focused on “waulking songs”: slow-paced working songs that emphasize a story and vocals. Composer Doyle leaned heavily on Scottish instruments, writing much of the score to be interpreted by harpists, flutists, fiddlers and a team of bagpipe musicians. She added to a score that was already steeped in Gaelic flourishes. “The phone call came out of the blue,” Fowlis says, as MacDougall relayed to her that the Pixar team had a stack of Gaelic albums and kept returning to hers. In Los Angeles last week for the premiere of the film, Fowlis says one question she keeps fielding since coming to America is who represented her and helped her land such a plum gig. You can be less good at that.’ ”įowlis recorded her vocals in Edinburgh, Scotland, after receiving a surprise call for the job from music supervisor Tom MacDougall. After we did the first two recordings and were emailing back and forth, they said to me, ‘Your diction is really good.
You have to make sure you catch every ending of the words to make sure the story comes across. “There’s quite often a lot of emphasis at home placed on diction and projecting the story and the words. “As a Gaelic singer, I received a very bit of funny feedback,” she says. Nervous initially about singing in English, Fowlis turned out to be a little too perfect. Plenty have an idea after the film took in $66.7 million in its opening weekend, as Fowlis is given two showcase songs that capture the emotions of the film’s young, brash princess Merida.
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