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"Falling Slowly" is an indie folk/indie rock song written, composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.It was featured on the soundtrack of the 2007 Irish musical romance film Once, which starred Hansard and Irglová, and for which it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. [2]
It stated "If Glen Hansard's and Markéta Irglová's roles in the hit Irish indie film Once unintentionally wove the tale of their real-life falling in love, their second album as the Swell Season weaves the story of their falling out of it." [6] In August 2010, The Swell Season covered Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two-Headed Boy" for The A.V. Club. [7]
Once is a musical based on the 2007 film of the same name by John Carney.Like the film, music and lyrics were by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, including the Academy Award-winning "Falling Slowly".
The Swell Season is the self-titled, debut album by the Swell Season, (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová), released in 2006. The song "Falling Slowly" went on to be nominated for a Grammy and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2008.
Glen James Hansard (born 21 April 1970) [1] is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician. Since 1990, he has been the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames , with whom he has released six studio albums, four of which have charted in the top ten of the Irish Album Charts .
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová: Nominated [39] [40] Best Original Song Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for "Falling Slowly" Won Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for "If You Want Me" Nominated Irish Film and Television Awards: Best Music in Film Once: Nominated [41] Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Music: Glen Hansard and ...
Markéta Irglová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarkɛːta ˈɪrɡlovaː]) (born 28 February 1988) is a Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter, musician and actress, who starred in the film Once, which earned her a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly", with co-writer and co-star Glen Hansard.
The band's ex-bassist, John Carney, is now a film director, best known for writing and directing the film Once, which stars Hansard, who wrote much of the music for the film. Hansard and Marketa Irglova won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" from Once. On 13 May 2008 the US iTunes store released a Deluxe Edition of The ...