Hansard, however, was always a musician first and foremost, and he's better known for his music career leading his band The Frames, formed in 1990. The Frames were a big deal in Hansard's native Ireland, with their 2004 album "Burn the Maps" hitting #1 on the Irish Album Charts. Hansard and Irglová then parlayed their Swell Season experience to the big screen for "Once," which is, without hyperbole, one of the best (and most romantic) movies about music ever made. In the film's most exhilarating scene, the duo play one of Hansard's songs, "Falling Slowly," in a music shop, finding that they are musically bonding in a powerful and ineffable way. Hansard's character eventually comes on to the Irglová character, but she shoots him down.