Wicked: The Soundtrack

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The original cast recording is iconic, so priority number one was to not mess it up. It has also been a great opportunity to make a soundtrack for a beloved musical that will only be the second Wicked album in two decades. But while our primary mission was to make the film, we didn't want the soundtrack to simply be a 'copied and pasted' byproduct." [9]

Production

Work on the soundtrack began early in the film's pre-production process, as the musical numbers would largely drive production. The process began by developing the songs' instrumental tracks and recording demos in phases. [9] The film employed a large orchestra, in contrast to the smaller pit orchestras used in Broadway productions. Schwartz stated, "There's this huge, magical world that Jon Chu has created and the music needed to have the size to occupy that world. . . .Songs needed to be adjusted based on the action we're seeing on the screen. In some cases, things were expanded." [10]

Cast vocals were recorded throughout filming, which required the work of sound engineer Simon Hayes, who worked as a live sound mixer. Each actor was equipped with three microphones: one boom mic and two lavalier microphones. They were also fitted with in-ear monitors that would play the finished studio backing tracks or a live keyboard. [5] [11] When certain filming restrictions did not allow the actors to sing the entire piece live, their live performances were intercut with their pre-recorded studio vocals. Schwartz stated, "The way their voices sounded in the recording studio needed to match how they sounded when they were on a soundstage, and that was tricky. We had a strong technical team and we were very aware going in that we were going to mix and match." [10]

Musical numbers

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Cynthia Erivo (left) and Ariana Grande (right)

"Popular" was the first musical number shot for the film. [12] Schwartz, Wells, and Oremus proposed modifying its rhythm from the stage musical version and "hip-hop[ping] it up a little bit", but Grande insisted that the song stay true to the original. [13] [14] The song features an extended ending with additional key changes. [15] [16]

In the song "One Short Day", Schwartz wrote a new section "to show more of the propaganda that the Wizard was disseminating and really understand better this magic book — the Grimmerie". [17] The new section was performed by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the roles of Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway, respectively. [18] [19]

The "Defying Gravity" sequence was filmed about a year into production, having been delayed by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [20] Erivo stated that she wanted the character's voice to grow throughout the song. [21] When recording rehearsal tracks of the song, Erivo first sang the ending battle cry "by the book" before Schwartz encouraged her to try different variations. [22] She stated, "I was always looking forward to that moment, just because everything builds to there. Your body and your brain and your mind – and your heart, really – are waiting to be able to release that one final note, because it's the ultimate moment where [Elphaba] can become herself." [23]

"Ozdust Duet", a new orchestral track, is included as a bonus track on digital versions of the album. [24] [25] It combines elements from "Dancing Through Life" and "For Good", the latter of which is expected to be included in the second film. [26]

Release

The soundtrack album was released on November 22, 2024. [27] [28] In addition to digital download and streaming, it was also released on CD, LP, and picture disc. [29] [30] Exclusive variants of the CD and LP were released at Target and Barnes & Noble. [31] [32] Upon its release, soundtrack album listening parties were held at music stores throughout the United States from November 22 to 24, 2024. [33]

Two weeks after the album's release, a version of the soundtrack was released that features radio edits of "Popular" and "Defying Gravity" as additional tracks. [1] A sing-along edition of the album will be released on December 20, 2024. [34]

Singles

On November 21, 2024, Hits Daily Double reported that "Popular" and "Defying Gravity" were expected to be released as singles. [35] "Popular" made its radio debut in the United States on November 22, 2024, the same date as the film and soundtrack's release, as the album's mainstream radio single. [36] [37] "Popular" and "Defying Gravity" were released as singles in Italy on December 13, 2024. [38] Both singles have become radio hits in the U.S., charting on the Adult Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay radio charts. [1]

Commercial performance

Wicked: The Soundtrack became the most-streamed musical soundtrack on Amazon Music within the first 24 hours of its release. [39] Within the first three days of its release, "Defying Gravity" had been streamed on Spotify 4.9 million times; "Popular" followed suit with 4.6 million streams. [40]

In the U.S., the album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with 139,000 album-equivalent units, and topped the Top Album Sales chart with 85,000 sales. It marks the highest debut for a soundtrack of a musical stage-to-film adaptation. [41] [42] In addition, the album topped the Top Soundtracks and Vinyl Albums charts. [41] In the same week, seven of its songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "Defying Gravity" at number 44, "Popular" at number 53, "What Is This Feeling?" at number 68, "No One Mourns the Wicked" at number 86, "Dancing Through Life" at number 90, "The Wizard and I" at number 93, and "I'm Not That Girl" at number 94. [43] The album has spent its first three weeks in the top ten of the Billboard 200, earned a total of 321,000 album-equivalent units. [1]

On the British charts, the album debuted at number 1 on the compilations chart, album downloads chart, and soundtrack albums chart. [44] It was biggest debut week for a musical soundtrack in the 2020s, and earned the largest weekly vinyl sales for a musical soundtrack in the 21st century. [45] On the British singles chart, "Defying Gravity" debuted at number 7, "Popular" debuted at number 13, and "What Is This Feeling?" debuted at number 17. [44]

On the Australian charts, the soundtrack debuted at number 3 on the albums chart, while "Defying Gravity" debuted at number 42 on the singles chart. [46]

Critical reception

Wicked: The Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
ReleasedNovember 22, 2024 (2024-11-22)
Studio
Length53:58
Label
Producer
Wicked chronology
Wicked
(2003)		Wicked: The Soundtrack
(2024)		 Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score
(2024)
Professional ratings
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The soundtrack received praise from critics, with Variety 's Chris Willman writing that "the album puts a further exclamation point on Schwartz's rare brilliance as both melodist and lyricist, a la [Stephen] Sondheim". [48] In addition to commending the vocal performances of Erivo and Grande, Billboard's Stephen Daw praised the updated "poppy" orchestration and vocals provided by Jonathan Bailey in "Dancing Through Life", noting that it is a particular improvement from its original Broadway cast recording counterpart. [25]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen Schwartz.

Wicked: The Soundtrack track listing
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."No One Mourns the Wicked" Ariana Grande featuring Andy Nyman, Courtney-Mae Briggs, Jeff Goldblum, Sharon D. Clarke and Jenna Boyd7:27
2."Dear Old Shiz"Shiz University Choir featuring Ariana Grande1:11
3."The Wizard and I" Cynthia Erivo featuring Michelle Yeoh 5:36
4."What Is This Feeling?"Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo3:48
5."Something Bad" Peter Dinklage featuring Cynthia Erivo1:48
6."Dancing Through Life" Jonathan Bailey featuring Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode and Cynthia Erivo9:47
7."Popular"Ariana Grande4:01
8."I'm Not That Girl"Cynthia Erivo3:57
9."One Short Day"Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel featuring Michael McCorry Rose6:32
10."A Sentimental Man"Jeff Goldblum2:12
11."Defying Gravity"Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande7:39
Total length:53:58
Digital album bonus track [2]
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
12."Ozdust Duet"The Wicked Orchestra2:11
Total length:56:18

Notes

Personnel

All music is composed by Stephen Schwartz. [8]

Musicians

  • Jeremy Isaac – orchestra leader
  • Richard George – violin
  • Fenella Barton – violin
  • Mark Berrow – violin
  • Daniel Bhattacharya – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Thomas Bowes – violin
  • Charlie Brown – violin
  • Ben Buckton – violin
  • Emil Chakalov – violin
  • Ralph de Souza – violin
  • Christina Emanuel – violin
  • Dai Emanuel – violin
  • Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin
  • Nina Foster – violin
  • Kathy Gowers – violin
  • Raja Halder – violin
  • Marianne Haynes – violin
  • Philippe Honoré – violin
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Martyn Jackson – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Bea Lovejoy – violin
  • Dorina Markoff – violin
  • Laura Melhuish – violin
  • John Mills – violin
  • Steve Morris – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin
  • Odile Ollagnon – violin
  • Oscar Perks – violin
  • Tom Pigott-Smith – violin
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Sarah Sexton – violin
  • Anna Szabo – violin
  • Cathy Thompson – violin
  • Clare Thompson – violin
  • Michael Trainor – violin
  • Matthew Ward – violin
  • Debbie Widdup – violin
  • Warren Zielinski – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Laurie Anderson – viola
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Catherine Bradshaw – viola
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Sue Dench – viola
  • Clive Howard – viola
  • Martin Humbey – viola
  • Helen Kamminga – viola
  • Peter Lale – viola
  • Fiona Leggat – viola
  • Lydia Lowndes-Northcott – viola
  • Kate Musker – viola
  • Andrew Parker – viola
  • Bruce White – viola
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Adrian Bradbury – cello
  • Tim Gill – cello
  • Sophie Harris – cello
  • Paul Kegg – cello
  • David Lale – cello
  • Rachael Lander – cello
  • Vicky Matthews – cello
  • Frank Schaefer – cello
  • Bozidar Vukotic – cello
  • Bruce White – cello
  • Tony Woollard – cello
  • Mary Scully – double bass
  • Steve Mair – double bass
  • Paul Kimber – double bass
  • Roger Linley – double bass
  • Rupert Ring – double bass
  • Steve Rossell – double bass
  • Ben Russell – double bass
  • Lucy Shaw – double bass
  • Beth Symmons – double bass
  • Laurence Ungless – double bass
  • Dominic Worsley – double bass
  • Karen Jones – flute
  • David Cuthbert – flute
  • Helen Keen – flute
  • Eliza Marshall – flute
  • Tim Rundle – oboe
  • Janey Miller – oboe
  • Sue Bohling – oboe
  • John Anderson – oboe
  • John Carnac – clarinet
  • Duncan Ashby – clarinet
  • Anthony Pike – clarinet
  • Nicholas Rodwell – clarinet
  • Gavin McNaughton – bassoon
  • Emma Harding – bassoon
  • Rachel Simms – bassoon
  • Simon Chiswell – bassoon
  • Richard Watkins – French horn
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Diego Incertis – French horn
  • Corinne Bailey – French horn
  • Phillippa Koush-Jalali – French horn
  • Henry Ward – French horn
  • Alexei Watkins – French horn
  • Paul Booth – saxophone
  • Sam Mayne – saxophone
  • Nick Moss – saxophone
  • Colin Skinner – saxophone
  • Jamie Talbot – saxophone
  • Philip Cobb – trumpet
  • Patrick White – trumpet
  • Daniel Newell – trumpet
  • Christian Barraclough – trumpet
  • Kate Moore – trumpet
  • Gareth Small – trumpet
  • Andy Wood – trombone
  • Ed Tarrant – trombone
  • Barry Clements – trombone
  • Chris Augustine – trombone
  • Jon Stokes – trombone
  • Phil White – trombone
  • Owen Slade – tuba, cimbasso
  • Frank Ricotti – percussion
  • Julian Poole – percussion
  • Gary Kettel – percussion
  • Chris Baron – timpani
  • Simon Chamberlain – piano
  • Bryn Lewis – harp
  • Hugh Webb – harp

Vocalists

  • Wendi Bergamini
  • Larkin Bogan
  • Ashley Brown
  • Michael Cole
  • Meg Doherty
  • Danny Drewes
  • Alyssa Fox
  • Caitlyn Gallogly
  • Julie Garnyé
  • Troy Iwata  [ de ]
  • Jesse JP Johnson
  • Kristoffer Cusick
  • Pablo David Laucerica
  • Ross Lekites
  • Kara Lindsay
  • Michael McCorry Rose
  • Desi Oakley
  • Allsun O'Malley
  • Marissa Rosen
  • Michael Seelbach
  • Shayna Steele
  • Nikki Renee Daniels
  • Nicholas Ward
  • Derrick Williams
  • Max Chambers
  • Scarlett Diviney
  • Austin Elle Fisher
  • Annika Reese Franklin
  • Jackson Hayes
  • Spencer Lincoln
  • Theo Lowenstein
  • Skylar Bohon Oremus
  • Nora Winer
  • Isabella Ye

Charts

Chart performance for Wicked: The Soundtrack
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [51] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [52] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [53] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [54] 30
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [55] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [56] 9
French Albums (SNEP) [57] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [58] 16
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) [59] 27
Italian Albums (FIMI) [60] 42
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [61] 11
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [62] 47
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [63] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [64] 26
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [65] 69
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [66] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [67] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [68] 37
UK Compilation Albums (OCC) [69] 1
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [70] 1
US Billboard 200 [71] 2
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [72] 1

Release history

Release history and formats for Wicked: The Soundtrack
RegionDateFormat(s)Editions(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousNovember 22, 2024Standard [29]
December 6, 2024
  • CD
  • LP
Fan edition [73]

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