1. Introduction of the film
“The Secret of Kells” is talking about a myth that, during the 9th century, in the monastery of city of kells in Ireland, 12-year-old boy Brendan are living with his uncle Abbot Cellach, who is the president of the monastery. Every day, His uncle leads brothers to try to reinforce monastery walls, which he think can resist Viking’s attack. He also prohibit Brendan from going outside the wall because he think it is too dangers. Later, a prominent religious painter Aidan came to the city for refuge, and brought the not yet completed the Book of Kells with him. Aidan found that Brendan has great talent on painting and ask Brendan to complete the book together. In order to complete this book, Brendan has to go outside the the wall in the woods by himself, looking for berries to make green ink and fighting with scary monsters. In the woods, he met a white wolf which can be transformed into a girl called Aisling, they became friends and she helped him a lot. Later, the Vikings destroyed the monastery, and Brendan’s uncle was almost killed by them. In order to finish the Book of Kells, Brendan left the kells with Aidan. Finally, many years later, Brendan finished with the Book of Kells. He went back to the kells, and reunited with his uncle.
“The Secret of Kells” is only 75-minute long, but has a total of 21 soundtracks, all add up about 53 minutes. These soundtracks are all with a strong traditional Irish style and fresh feeling, which impressed many viewers. Especially the song Aisling singed when she trying to put magic on the cat to make it climb into the tower, and steal the Abbot’s key for Brendan, the innocent little girl voice and dreamy tunes of the music moved many people.
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Since in history, island of Ireland was isolated from the world for a long time, and was heavily influenced by the medieval church music. Therefore, Celtic music’s melody usually sounds gently, with little ornate decoration tone, or obvious climax. The best example in the film is the Aisling Song.
In Celtic music, imagination and myth occupies a very important position, so when the music has lyrics, the lyrics are often about nature, religion, myths, legends and verses.
5. Summary
The Hollywood Reporter has commented that, " The Secret of Kells " showed us no matter how science and technology changes, there is still a place of tradition. Compared with those modern music soundtracks in other animations, the Celtic music in "The Secret of Kells" touched many viewers. And the film itself was nominated for Oscar best animation in 2009.
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