Drawing inspiration: Video marks Marley's Redemption Song, 40 years on

Bob Marley is pictured during a live at the Rainbow Theatre during a run to close out the Exodus Tour in London, Britain, June 4, 1977 in this handout photo obtained on February 5, 2020. Adrian Boot/Handout via REUTERS.

Forty years after Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" was released, two French artists have created an intricate animation to one of the Jamaican reggae artist's most celebrated recordings.

Released on Wednesday on the official YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/bobmarley for Marley, the animation by Octave Marsal and Theo De Gueltz features 2,747 original drawings.

Highlighting the song's message of hope and emancipation, it takes viewers on an allegorical trip through Jamaican history and Rastafarian culture.

Bob Marley is pictured during artistsÕ welcoming beach party for Reggae Sunsplash II in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in July 1979, in this handout photo obtained on February 5, 2020. Adrian Boot/Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd./Handout via REUTERS.

In his short life, Marley became one of the 20th century's most famous musicians, celebrated for the poetry and power of his lyrics, pleading for love, justice and unity, and for bringing reggae music to a global audience of millions.

He died of cancer in 1981, at age 36.

His family, record label Island Records and Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), will hold a series of events this year to mark what would have been Marley's 75th birthday.

Bob Marley is pictured during a live at Reggae Sunsplash II, Bob’s last concert in Jamaica, at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 6 1979, in this handout photo obtained on February 5, 2020. Peter Murphy/Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd./Handout via REUTERS.

(Writing by Alexandra Hudson; editing by John Stonestreet)

Bob Marley is pictured during a live at Ninian Park for the West Coast Rock Show, Cardiff, Wales, Britain, 19 June 1976, in this handout photo obtained on February 5, 2020. Adrian Boot/Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd./Handout via REUTERS.

Bob Marley is pictured in a hotel room during a photoshoot in London, Britain, on an unknown date in 1973 in this handout photo obtained on February 5, 2020. Dennis Morris/Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd./Handout via REUTERS.

FILE PHOTO: Performers pay tribute to Bob Marley at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake