I could have sworn in the credits it said it was performed by John Cale, but I just checked the website and it says Rufus Wainwright.

Maybe it means sung by Rufus and version by Cale or maybe vice versa

I saw the Canadian film Saint Ralph a few weeks back, and it had a version by Gord Dowdie (or Downie? The guy from the Tragically Hip) that I thought was quite good and integrated movingly into the film. No soundtrack exists however and I have not seen any copies of it available in other formats. T...

When: Whenever it was that Shrek 1 came out
Where: Watching Shrek 1 at home
What song: Hallelujah

It is my all time favourite Cohen song. It just took my breath away the first time I was able to reflect on it.

This is my favourite songs, I don't know what it is about this songs but it really takes me away. I first heard it on the movie Shrek and that's the only place I listen to it right now because I used to have no idea who sang it before. this is the version I like Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah Lyrics Now...

"Hallelujah", the first time I watched "Shrek"(near the end they play it) the very first time I heard it I was taken away by it. Now I've been searching the internet and all I can find is versions of it that other people do that sound like crap because they improvise them too much.