Once – A Modern Day Musical

I just saw the movie Once and fell in love with it. Once is a modern day musical and I found it a beautifully inspirational film.

The music is incredible, but it’s the story-line and watching it take place on screen that makes it what it is. The music has a romantic and hopeless feel to it, and yet it remains uplifting–which is large in part due to the film’s screenplay.

It sounds a bit like Damien Rice–without the depressing, melo-dramatic, and dare I even say toolish, tone (although, Rice is given a special thanks in the credits).

This album will stand alone without the movie, but I highly recommend watching the movie first as it really does add so much to each song.