Artist:Julie Fowlis
Song:Into the Open Air
Album:Brave: Original Soundtrack
Scottish singer Julie Fowlis usually sings in Gaelic. But for the 2012 Disney Pixar film Brave, she sang a couple of songs in English. So I think it's fair to say that this was the most high profile project she has ever worked on. She was born June 20, 1979 in North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The family spoke Gaelic in the home. Her parents owned a hotel. After her family moved to the mainland, Julie earned a BA in Applied Music at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She also studied Gaelic and traditional Scottish music. She joined the all female band Dochas. The other members were music students at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Arts. While Dochas recorded a couple of albums and toured, Julie recorded a couple of solo albums that were highly acclaimed. Dochas recorded a third album in 2009. And then Julie recorded a couple more albums. And that's when she got the call to do the 2012 Disney Pixar film Brave. The film has a female protagonist and is set in Scotland. So rather than hire their usual composers like Randy Newman, Disney hired Scottish composer Patrick Doyle as he would capture the flavor of Scotland. The soundtrack album is mostly instrumental. But Julie sings two songs including Into the Open Air. Birdy sings a song with Mumford & Sons. And cast members Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson also sing. Into the Open Air was written by Brave director Mark Andrews and Alex Mandel. Since then, Julie has released a couple of albums on her own label. She appears regularly on BBC Radio Scotland. And she co-hosted the TV series Port covering Scottish and Irish music. She tours with her husband Eamon Doorley. Here's Julie Fowlis performing Into the Open Air from the 2012 film Brave.
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