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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 ]
The tracks "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up" from their debut album, also appeared on The Frames' album The Cost. These two tracks, along with "Lies" and "Leave" also from the debut album, all appear on the Once soundtrack. A follow-up album, Strict Joy, was released on 27 October 2009 in the United States. [5]
After the song "Falling Slowly" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards on 24 February 2008, [24] the album further peaked at number 31 on the week of 8 March 2008, [25] and topped to the seventh position, the following week, the highest charting for the album. [26] It has sold over 47,000 units on that week.
“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.
The Swell Season is the self-titled and first album by the duo The Swell Season, (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová), released in 2006. "Falling Slowly" went on to be nominated for a Grammy and win the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2008.
The soundtrack album reached #20 on the Irish Albums Chart in its first week, peaking at #15 a few weeks later. Following the Oscar win, the album reached the top of the chart, while "Falling Slowly" reached a new peak of #2. [52] As of 11 July 2007, the album had sold 54,753 copies in the United States.
"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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