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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 band was established in 1990 and consists of survivors of Dublin's prolific early 1990s rock-and-roll scene. Through support slots, the band was central to the development of many emerging Irish rock bands of the time, including Turn and Bell X1, and a host of singer-songwriters such as Mundy, Paddy Casey, David Kitt and Damien Dempsey.
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.
It was the first album that Hansard, the singer for The Frames, had released independently of his band. 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.
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".
“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 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 ...
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