Note brave men with hearts dropping in remote islands (7)

I believe the answer is:

faeroes

'remote islands' is the definition.
(the Faroe Islands)

'note brave men with hearts dropping' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'note' could be 'fa' (fourth note in sol-fa notation: doh, ray, me...) and 'fa' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for faeroes that I've seen is " UK shipping forecast area".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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