Once: Music From The Motion Picture |
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Artist:
Glen Hansard,
Marketa Irglova
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: £13.99
Our Price: £3.94
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Disc 1:
| 1. Falling Slowly | | 2. If You Want Me | | 3. Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy | | 4. When Your Mind's Made Up | | 5. Lies | | 6. Gold | | 7. The Hill | | 8. Fallen From The Sky | | 9. Leave | | 10. Trying To Pull Myself Away | | 11. All The Way Down | | 12. Once | | 13. 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 Markéta Irglová and Frames frontman Glen Hansard (the film's director, John Carney, actually used to play bass in the group). The trick here is that Irglová 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, Irglová feels like a revelation; she sounds a bit like a folkie Björk on "If You Want Me," and her song "The Hill" is downright heartbreaking. Irglová 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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 Just beautiful!, 2010-04-04
I saw the film Once and thought it had the most beautiful music in it, so headed straight to Amazon to buy the soundtrack.
If you fell in love with the film, you'll love this album.
Each and every piece of music is heartfelt. Some funny, some sad, some in-between, but all fantastic!
If you haven't seen the film, go out and see it.
Either way, this is a gorgeous album and everyone should hear it!
Just lovely music, 2010-04-15
I bought this album after coming across the film. The film was OK but I just loved the music in it.
It felt to me that the album had been put together and then the story had been created around it in order to create the film - I also read afterwards that the 2 characters were in a relationship when they wrote the album together, which comes across in the music.
The music is deep, beautiful, touching - just lovely!!
Listen to it once, twice, thrice..., 2010-05-26
Listen to it thrice... love it for ever. Celtic Genius!
Glen Hansard is my double, at least when I was his age, so maybe I'm biassed. No. This CD is just lovely - not a word I often use. Buy it!
Paul
Absolutely brilliant!, 2010-07-16
If you have seen the movie you won't need any more explanations! It's beautiful touching passionate music! Definitely worth having!
As good as the film, 2010-01-14
This CD was bought as a present following an enjoyable viewing of the film. It is a great CD with every track earning its place; it can easily be enjoyed in it's own right, but having said this, I find that if I listen to the CD, I then want to watch the film, and vice versa. Perhaps it is best just to buy the two together!
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886971445923
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Columbia
Manufacturer: Columbia
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Columbia
Release Date: 2007-10-01
Running Time: 85
Studio: Columbia |
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