Once: Music from the Motion Picture

Once: Music from the Motion Picture (Audio CD)
by Original Soundtrack

(265 customer reviews)

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 Seasontogether, 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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Product Details:

Audio CD Release Date:	May 22, 2007
Studio:	Columbia
Number Of Discs:	1
Format:	Soundtrack
Average Customer Rating:	based on 265 reviews

Track Listing:

1.	Falling Slowly
2.	If You Want Me
3.	Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy
4.	When Your Minds 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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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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Pretty much changed everything for me Oct 19, 2009
I have a lot of music. Probably more than I can give a proper listen to. Let's just call it a sickness I don't want to recover from. I had even given The Frames a listen back towards the beginning of their career. Nothing really prepared me for this. I saw the movie first. I never buy soundtracks and I bought this one immediately. Glen Hansard's character loses what he believes is the love of his life. He pours out his grief and and anguish in these songs. The songs he sings at night on the streets of Dublin. The days are left for songs that people recognize and have a better chance of earning some money. His music touches the heart of a Czech immigrant who's a talented musician in her own right and she helps him realize his dream of recording his music. He has his girl in London and she has a husband who didn't come to Ireland with her. Despite their commitments, there's an almost unspoken realization that true love may be standing right in front of them. Every bit of the heart, soul, warmth, humor and gentle sadness of the film is captured in the music of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Hansard is a poet and the amount of emotion that he wrings out of each and every song is incredible. Irglova is a talented musician and lyricist who's voice wraps around Hansard's perfectly. I can't recommend just a few tracks, it's all good here. if you don't come away thinking that "Falling Slowly" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, I don't know what I can do for you. Then you'll listen repeatedly to "When Your Mind's Made Up" , "Leave", "Trying To Pull Myself Away", "All The Way Down", "Once" and "Say It To Me Now". You'll find yourself seeking out The Swell Season which is Glen, Mar and members of Glen's long time and phenomenally talented band, The Frames. Then you'll turn back to The Frames themselves and memorize "Star, Star", "Pavement Tune", "Revelate", "What Happens When The Heart Just Stops", "Red Chord". 'The Stars Are Underground", "God Bless Mom", "Rent Day Blues" and a lot, lot more. Right here, you have a chance to watch your favorite movie, listen to the best soundtrack I've ever heard and acquire a couple of favorite bands. What more could you ask for?

Glen Hansard Oct 17, 2009
Very enjoyable CD. I bought all the songs on itunes, but wanted a "real" CD of this one. The music is very enjoyable, and it is worth it to have it as a CD.

Loses a little something Oct 13, 2009
After seeing Once I was interested in buying the soundtrack since I liked the movie and the songs. After listening to the soundtrack without the movie I am a little disappointed. I think the songs lose something when they're separated from the movie. Maybe my expectations were a little too high. It's still a pretty good album. Very moving.

"Once" is not enough Oct 11, 2009
Hauntingly beautiful music. Heartfelt lyrics and a little whimsy just for laughs. "Once" is not enough. You'll play it over and over. I recommend watching the film first.

So much emotion Sep 26, 2009
I love love love this movie and I love love love the music. It is one of my top favorite movies for so many reasons, one of them obviously being the music.

Glen Hansard's voice is so full-bodied and powerful. It really complements and contrasts well with Marketa Irglova's haunting (in a good way) voice. All of Marketa's emotions lay just below the surface of her voice when she sings. She doesn't just flat out give you all the emotion. She gives just enough and makes you, as the listener, work/feel for the rest and I love this. I love that the complete package of emotion in her songs involve the listener actually feeling the song, linking the lyrics, tempo, melody, etc. all together. I really don't know how to explain it very well and I'm sure I just confused everyone. One last try: It's like Marketa gives just enough emotion in her singing, not giving it all away for free, and leaves the listener salivating for just a tiny bit more, in a good way. And to me, this is perfect.

All of the songs on this album are truly amazing. If I had to choose a favorite, it would be the song from scene at night where Glen first meets Marketa, Say It To Me Now, simply because it is so powerful. When I first saw it in the movie, it left me speechless. That scene between Glen and Marketa marked the point when I knew this movie would make it into my top favorite movies of all time.

So a little bit of background on me. To me, life would not be life without music. I write and produce music of similar style (powerful, climatic, sometimes haunting), so I really relate to Once.

The emotions of the music (and movie) is really what draws me in. If you love powerful music this is for you.

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