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| Once: Music From The Motion Picture | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 105
Category: Music
Artists: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
Publisher: Columbia
Studio: Columbia
Manufacturer: Columbia
Label: Columbia
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 886971445923
EAN: 0886971445923
ASIN: B000UTZ510
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Falling Slowly | | • | If You Want Me | | • | Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy | | • | When Your Mind's Made Up | | • | Lies | | • | Gold | | • | The Hill | | • | Fallen From The Sky | | • | Leave | | • | Trying To Pull Myself Away | | • | All The Way Down | | • | Once | | • | Say It To Me Now |
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Amazon.co.uk
Even those allergic to musicals may be won over by Once, a tender-hearted Irish romance with songs by Czech Republic-born Marketa Irglova and Frames frontman Glen Hansard (the film's director, John Carney, actually used to play bass in the group). The trick here is that Irglova and Hansard also play the leads; because their characters are shown busking, writing music, or rehearsing, the songs are smoothly integrated in the film. The overall acoustic mood won't surprise fans of the Frames--some tracks ("Say It to Me", "When Your Mind's Made Up") have even popped up on the band's albums, though the arrangements are more pared-down here, befitting the scruffy, street-musician setting. Being the lesser-known entity, Irglova feels like a revelation; she sounds a bit like a folkie Bjoerk on "If You Want Me," and her song "The Hill" is downright heartbreaking. Irglova and Hansard had already made the 2006 album The Swell Season together, so their collaboration here feels really organic--they sound particularly good together on the title track, for instance. Now that's the kind of magic you want from musicals. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Original, easy-listening, refreshingly new April 22, 2008
With or without the dvd, this music is new and refreshing. With the DVD, there is added meaning. Get the CD, watch the DVD.
Best soundtrack for years March 21, 2008
I can count the number of film soundtracks I've bought on two hands, this is one of the best. Outside of the category of film soundtracks it's still one of the best albums I've heard in a while.
A superb effort from two talented musicians, I really hope the do something together again soon.
 Mellow and moving January 6, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Overall a great collection of songs : I would agree it does resonate more emotionally if you have seen the film first , as the music is integral to it. However I did buy this before I had had a chance to see the film (it didn't get that wide a release unfortunately) and the songs still stand up very well by themselves.
Glen Hansard was previously in The Commitments and latterly the band The Frames so the musical pedigree is very good. A couple of the tracks have previously seen the light of day on the most recent Frames album "The Cost" (2006) ("Falling Slowly", "When Your Mind's Made Up") while "Say It to Me Now" goes all the way back to their mid-90's album "Fitzcarraldo" , but the arrangements/versions here are new - the latter revisited as a belter solo effort with just acoustic guitar.
The style is more folky and softer than Hansard's band The Frames, which are also highly recommended if you like the music here - as mentioned before their last album "The Cost" is similar in tone to this.
(As an introduction to the Frames I would recommend you start with The Frames 2002's live album "Set List" , and either "Fitzcarraldo" & "Dance with the Devil". )
You can't beat great songs January 2, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
As a songwriter I am forever converted to five beats in the bar as well as on occation a simple approach to songwriting. The songs on this album are stunning, and just like the film, wake something that has been asleep for a while. I feel sorry for the people for whom this is not their cup of tea.
 Enjoyable reminder of the quirky film December 14, 2007
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
As you would expect, this CD is a collection of material from the film and the emotion and lyrics probably makes more sense if you have seen it (it did to this reviewer). If it had been the other way around, then perhaps this would have been left in the folk section.
However, the music does stands up on its own and is a sensuous reminder of the emotion portrayed in this low-budget but uplifting play (for want of a better word). The mix of guitar and piano are soulful and you can hear the energy played out in the music shop scenes.
It probably would have missed many if it weren't for the interview of the two main characters appearing on the BBC2's Culture Show in the Autumn of 2007 - with some of the music from the film played on the show.
This is probably not everyone's "cup of tea", including this reviewer, but it does work well within the framework of the film.
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