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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]
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.
Hansard and Irglová's song "Falling Slowly" won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song (making Irglova the youngest person to win an Oscar in a non-acting category), and the soundtrack received a Grammy Award nomination. The film has also been adapted into a successful stage musical.
“Falling Slowly,” which won the Academy Award for best original song in 2008, was written and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and was featured on the "Once" soundtrack ...
Primarily a musician, he has also acted and written music for film; he appeared in the BAFTA-winning film The Commitments (1991) and starred in the Irish music drama Once (2007) which earned him a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" with co-writer and co-star Markéta Irglová.
The song "Falling Slowly" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, [1] [2] and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The album received two nominations at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards , for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Song Written for Motion Picture ...
"Falling Slowly (Reprise)" – Guy, Girl, and Ensemble "Once", the titular song from the film, was cut from the musical, but was performed by the cast of the Broadway production during special curtain calls, such as at Cristin Milioti , Elizabeth A. Davis , and Will Connolly's final performance, [ 33 ] and when Markéta Irglová visited.
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