Today, Republic Records and Verve Records announce the forthcoming release of Wicked: For Good (Original Motion Picture Score), the official score album from Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good, the epic conclusion to the global cinematic phenomenon. Wicked: For Good (Original Motion Picture Score) will be released December 5, with pre-order available now HERE.
Composed by Academy Award® and GRAMMY® nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Happy Feet) and GRAMMY® and Academy Award® winner Stephen Schwartz, the legendary composer and lyricist of the Wickedstage musical, Wicked: For Good (Original Motion Picture Score) continues the composers’ extraordinary collaboration, expanding the emotional and sonic landscape first introduced in last year’s Wicked.
Following Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score, which was recently nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards (Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Instrumental Composition for “Train to Emerald City”), Powell and Schwartz return to complete the musical journey through Oz with an expansive, emotionally charged score that underscores the story’s powerful finale.
From the sweeping orchestral movements of “Building A Golden Road” to the climactic “A Wicked Good Finale” featuring Academy Award® nominee and GRAMMY® winner Ariana Grande and three-time Academy Award® nominee, GRAMMY®, Emmy®, and Tony Award® winner Cynthia Erivo, the album captures the grandeur, heart and final transformation of this beloved saga.
From the outset, Powell approached Wicked: For Good as both continuation and reinvention. Having developed a deep command of Schwartz’s musical language in the first film, he built on that foundation to transform and expand the material for this chapter’s heightened themes of fracture, truth and reconciliation. He also composed a series of entirely new themes, most notably for Glinda, reflecting her maturity and inner conflict.
“Glinda needed more thematic material this time because she has matured since the first film,” Powell says. “Her music had to reflect that growth. One of her new themes reflects her true, magnanimous nature. It gives her a sense of expansiveness and command in her most powerful moments. The other explores lies and doubt. Sometimes it is woven with a light, ornamental touch, and other times it anchors her most pivotal scenes.”
Powell also drew from fragments of familiar motifs like “Defying Gravity” and “No Good Deed,” transforming them to mirror Elphaba’s journey. Elsewhere, he introduced new musical architecture for the Animals of Oz, weaving a haunting passacaglia motif that reflects their ongoing struggle. “It is a theme that always circles back on itself,” he says. “It may seem like it is starting to take shape and move forward, but then it immediately returns to the beginning. That relentlessness and discomfort was meant to mirror the way the Animals are trapped in a never-ending cycle they cannot escape.”
Wicked: For Good (Original Motion Picture Score) Tracklisting:
- Building A Golden Road
- Bubbles and Rainbows
- Backstage Confrontation
- Lies in the Sky
- Forest Furnishing
- Governor Nessa’s Petty Proclamations
- Oz is Lost
- Sisterly Reunion
- All Around the Wicked Witch of the East
- Tin Woodman
- Wedding Preparations
- A Model Wizard
- Monkey Freedom
- Popular Wedding Music
- Cages, Chaos and Cake
- Lust and Betrayal
- Cyclones and Premonitions
- Requiem for A Witch
- Witches Get Snitches
- Getting What You Wanted
- Ride to See Elphie
- Into the Closet
- The Melting
- The Story of the Green Bottle
- The Rise of Glinda
- Glinda’s Speech
- A Wicked Good Finale – ft. Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo
- Wicked: For Good Suite
ABOUT UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ WICKED: FOR GOOD
Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. When a girl from Kansas comes crashing into their lives, they will need to come together one final time, and truly see each other, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.
ABOUT VERVE RECORDS
Founded in 1956 by impresario Norman Granz in order to create a fair and just label home for Ella Fitzgerald, Verve Records has become home to some of the most pioneering acts in music, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa, Dizzy Gillespie, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughn, and more. Today, the label continues this rich legacy with artists such as Jon Batiste, Kurt Vile, Samara Joy, Arooj Aftab, Cynthia Erivo, Diana Krall, and more.
About Republic Records
A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, Republic Records has been recognized by Billboard as the industry’s #1 label over the last decade. It is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends such as Anitta, Ariana Grande, Billy Porter, Conan Gray, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Caesar, Eddie Vedder, Florence + the Machine, Glass Animals, Jelly Roll, Jimmy Fallon, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Jonas Brothers, Kid Cudi, Kim Petras, Lorde, Miranda Lambert, Nicki Minaj, Pearl Jam, Shania Twain, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and more. Founded by brothers and chief executives Monte and Avery Lipman, it is also comprised of innovative business ventures with chart topping artists and partners including American Recordings (Marcus King), Boominati Worldwide (Metro Boomin), Brushfire (Jack Johnson), Casablanca Records (Nelly Furtado, Martin Garrix), Cash Money (Birdman, Jacquees), HYBE (TXT), JYP Entertainment (Stray Kids, TWICE), Lava Records (Greta Van Fleet), Mavin Records (Ayra Starr), OVO (Drake), XO (The Weeknd), Young Money (Lil Wayne), among others. Additionally, Republic recently launched Federal Films, the film and TV division that aims to bring compelling stories to audiences around the world, as well as Republic Records: Kids & Family, the official children’s division of Republic Records.