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Glen Hansard

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Real Name:Glen James Hansard
Profile:An Academy Award-winning songwriter, musician, actor and singer.

Born 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, Hansard quit school at age 13 to begin busking on Dublin streets. He first came to popular attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in the Alan Parker film Commitments, The.

Best know in his native Ireland as the front man of Frames, The, but best known outside of Ireland for his leading role in the award winning film Once, which was directed by his former Frames band-mate John Carney (2) and co-stared Hansard's real-life musical collaborator Marketa Irglova whom he had originally met when he was on tour in her home town in the Czech Republic - they record and perform together as Swell Season, The.

The sound-track to Once featured songs from Hansard's writing back catalogue, including new arrangements of songs previously recorded with Frames, The. More famously it included compositions co-written by Marketa Irglova, one of which Falling Slowly was nominated for the 2007 Grammy for "Best Song Written for Motion Picture" and won the 2007 Academy Award for "Best Original Song".
URLs:http://www.theframes.ie/
http://www.theswellseason.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theswellseason
http://www.myspace.com/theframesofficial
In Groups:Commitments, The, Frames, The, Swell Season, The
Name Variations: All | Glen Hansard | G. Hansard | Glen | Hansard
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Releases:
Fade Street / A Caution To The Birds (7", Single, Ltd, 70g) Road Relish 2000
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD) Canvasback, Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax 2007
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD, Comp) Canvasback, Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax 2007
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD, Comp, Col + DVD, NTSC) Canvasback, Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax 2007
The Swell Season (CD, Album, Dig) Anti-, Epitaph Records 2007
Appears On:
Essential Sounds (2) (CD) Dance The Devil Upfront  
Masquerade (CD, Maxi) Island Records 1992
Fitzcarraldo (CD, Album, RE) ZTT 1998
Dance The Devil... (CD, Album) ZTT 1999
Kicking Against... Nuggets From The Irish Overground (CD, Enh, Dig) Fighting On The Stairs... Independent Records 2002
Skylarkin (CD) LOZA Records 2002
Staros (CD, Album, Dig) Universal Reverb Records (USA) 2002
Anti- Sampler 2004 (SACD, Smplr, Promo) Revelate (Live) Anti- 2004
Burn The Maps (CD, Album) Anti-, Plateau Records (2) 2005
Playlist: February 2005 (CD, Smplr, Comp) Underglass HMV 2005
Sounds - Now! (CD, Promo) Finally, Finally Musikexpress 2005
The Cost (CD, Album, Dig) Anti- 2007
Zang Tumb Tuum, The ZTT Box Set (3xCD, Album, Comp + DVD, Comp) Say It To Me Now, Pave... Salvo 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Collaborations - The Best Of Irish Independent Music (CDr, Album) Cabassa Damn Good Productions 2002
I'm Not There (Original Soundtrack) (CD) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax 2007
I'm Not There (Original Soundtrack) (4xLP, Album, Ltd) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax 2007
I'm Not There (Original Soundtrack) [Bonus Track Version] (File, AAC) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2007

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