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"Falling Slowly" | |
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Single by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová | |
from the album Once soundtrack | |
Released | 21 April 2006 (The Swell Season) 4 September 2006 (Beauty in Trouble soundtrack)[1] 22 September 2006 (The Cost) 22 May 2007 (Once soundtrack) February 2008 (radio single) |
Genre | |
Length | 4:50 (album Version) 4:04 (soundtrack version) 4:35 (The Frames version) |
Label | Overcoat Recordings |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | Glen Hansard |
"Falling Slowly" is a song in the indie folk and indie rock genres that was written, composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. The song 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 song was also recorded by Hansard's band The Frames.