Brave (soundtrack)

The Brave soundtrack will be released on both CD album and digital download on June 19. Composer Patrick Doyle will score the film, which makes him only the fourth composer to score a Pixar film (following Randy Newman, Thomas Newman and Michael Giacchino). The soundtrack also features two original songs from Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, and one original song performed by Birdy and Mumford & Sons.

To bring some of Scotland's native flavor to the music, Doyle used native Scottish instruments such as bagpipes, solo fiddle, Celtic harps, flutes and the bodhrán, with electronically treated dulcimer and cimbalom to give it more contemporary feel. "I employed many classic Scottish dance rhythms such as reels, jigs and strathspeys, which not only serve the action but keep it authentic," said Doyle. Doyle had also written a drinking song for King Fergus and was traveling back and forth to Scotland for research. The composer has also been recording “unaccompanied Gaelic psalm singing.”

All music composed by Patrick Doyle, except as noted.

Tracklist

 * 1) Touch the Sky - Performed by Julie Fowlis
 * 2) Into the Open Air - Performed by Julie Fowlis
 * 3) Learn Me Right - Performed by Birdy - with Mumford & Sons
 * 4) Fate and Destiny
 * 5) The Games
 * 6) I Am Merida
 * 7) Remember to Smile
 * 8) Merida Rides Away
 * 9) The Witch's Cottage
 * 10) Song of Mor'du - Performed by Billy Connolly and Cast
 * 11) Through the Castle
 * 12) Legends Are Lessons
 * 13) Show Us the Way
 * 14) Mum Goes Wild
 * 15) In Her Heart
 * 16) Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal) - Performed by Emma Thompson and Peigi #Barker
 * 17) Not Now!
 * 18) Get the Key
 * 19) We've Both Changed
 * 20) Merida's Home