''Wicked: The Soundtrack'' is the

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to the 2024 film ''

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'' by Jon M. Chu, the first in the two-part film adaptation of the

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and

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. It was released by

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and

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on November 22, 2024, the same date as the film's theatrical release in the United States. Along with the film cast, the soundtrack is billed to

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and

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, the film's two main stars, who each appear on seven tracks out of eleven on the standard release.

Background

The soundtrack album comprises 11 songs from the film, with all songs from the first act of the original stage musical being included.

and

, who play

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and

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, respectively, each appear on seven songs. The majority of the vocals were recorded live on set, rather than in a recording studio. It was produced by ''

'' composer

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, and

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, and was mixed by Wells. All songs were orchestrated by

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. Mike Knobloch, President of Music and Publishing at

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, stated that Schwartz, Wells, Oremus, and the production team wanted the album to be "a standalone and complete aural experience" from the film itself. He further stated:

Production

Work on the soundtrack began early in the film's

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process, as the musical numbers would largely drive production. The process began by developing the songs' instrumental tracks and recording demos in phases. The film employed a large orchestra, in contrast to the smaller

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s used in

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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." 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

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and two

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s. They were also fitted with

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s that would play the finished studio backing tracks or a live keyboard. 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." Studio versions of the vocals were recorded as a back-up before they were recorded live. The soundtrack album uses the same vocals that are in the film, with some small exceptions, such as an

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-esque part Schwartz wrote for "Defying Gravity" that is only on the album and not the film. Some of the differences are due to the fact that Schwartz felt he had more

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with the soundtrack album. In addition, the creative team decided against including pop covers of the songs, as was done with musical films like '' Frozen'' (

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's "

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") and ''

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'' (

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's "

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"); Wells was also a producer on the

for the latter.

Musical numbers

" Popular" was the first musical number shot for the film. Schwartz, Wells, and Oremus proposed modifying its rhythm from the stage musical version and " hip-hop ingit up a little bit", but Grande insisted that the song stay true to the original. Wells had previously produced "

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" (2012) by Grande and

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, which samples "Popular", and felt it could work as a

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for a more hip hop version. The song features an extended ending with additional key changes. In the song "One Short Day", Schwartz wrote a new section "to show more of the propaganda that

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was disseminating and really understand better this magic book — the

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". The new section was performed by

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, who originated the roles of Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway, respectively. The " Defying Gravity" sequence was filmed about a year into production, having been delayed by the

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. Erivo stated that she wanted the character's voice to grow throughout the song. 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. 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 lphabacan become herself." "Ozdust Duet", a new orchestral track, is included as a bonus track on digital versions of the album. It combines elements from "Dancing Through Life" and "

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", the latter of which is expected to be included in the second film.

Release

The soundtrack album was released on November 22, 2024. In addition to digital download and

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, it was also released on CD, LP, and

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. Exclusive variants of the CD and LP were released at

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and

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. Upon its release, soundtrack album listening parties were held at music stores throughout the United States from November 22 to 24, 2024. Two weeks after the album's release, a version of the soundtrack was released that features

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s of "Popular" and "Defying Gravity" as additional tracks. A

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edition of the album was released on December 20, 2024. It features the original album's 11 tracks without lead vocals, but keeps the ensemble's vocals and some of the dialogue parts intact. On April 4, 2025, a new version of the album was released featuring commentary on all songs by the film's cast and crew.

Singles

On November 21, 2024, ''

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'' reported that " Popular" and " Defying Gravity" were expected to be released as singles. "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. "Defying Gravity", the second single, was released to US

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stations on December 3. In Italy, the two songs were released as radio singles "Popular" on December 13. Both singles have become radio hits in the U.S., charting on the

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and

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radio charts.

Commercial performance

''Wicked: The Soundtrack'' became the most-streamed musical soundtrack on

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within the first 24 hours of its release. Within the first three days of its release, "Defying Gravity" had been streamed on

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4.9 million times; "Popular" followed suit with 4.6 million streams. In the U.S., the album debuted at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 139,000

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s, and topped the

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chart with 85,000 sales. It marks the highest debut for a soundtrack of a musical stage-to-film adaptation. In addition, the album topped the

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and

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charts. 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. The album has spent its first six weeks in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' 200, earned a total of 506,000 album-equivalent units. On the

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, the album debuted at number 1 on the compilations chart, album downloads chart, and soundtrack albums chart. 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. 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. On the

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, the soundtrack debuted at number 3 on the albums chart, while "Defying Gravity" debuted at number 42 on the singles chart.

Critical reception

The soundtrack received praise from critics, with ''

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'''s Chris Willman writing that "the album puts a further exclamation point on Schwartz's rare brilliance as both melodist and lyricist, a la tephen Sondheim". In addition to commending the vocal performances of Erivo and Grande, ''Billboard'''s Stephen Daw praised the updated "

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" orchestration and vocals provided by

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in "Dancing Through Life", noting that it is a particular improvement from its original Broadway cast recording counterpart. The album was included in ''

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'' list of the 50 best albums and EPs of 2024.

Accolades

Track listing

Notes * Commentary by Schwartz is included as an additional track on the

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edition of the album.

Personnel

All music is composed by

. * Stephen Schwartz – producer *

– producer, mixer,

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, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, synth

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– producer, arranger, conductor * Jon M. Chu – executive album producer * Marc Platt – executive album producer * Maggie Rodford –

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* Robin Baynton – supervising vocal

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and

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* Dominick Amendum – production music supervisor, arranger, keyboards *

– vocal producer *

– vocal producer * Laurence Anslow – additional mixing * Jack Dolman – supervising music editor * Catherine Wilson – supervising music editor * Benjamin Holder – music associate *

– arranger, orchestrator * Nick Wollage – recording engineer, orchestral mixer * Ian Kagey – choir recording engineer * John Prestage – recordist * Jason Soudah – assistant song engineer * Laura Beck – assistant engineer * Wil Jones – assistant engineer * George Lloyd-Owen – assistant engineer * Eve Morris – assistant engineer * Sean Phelan – assistant engineer * Jonathan Beard – additional orchestration * Ed Trybeck – additional orchestration * Henri Wilkinson – additional orchestration * Ashley Andrew-Jones – orchestra editing * Douglas Romayne – orchestration mockups * Kevin Kliesch – orchestration mockups * Jordan Cox – lead music preparation * Global Music Service – music preparation * Aiden Davis – music preparation * James Reagan – music preparation * Brad Ritchie – music preparation * Jill Streater – librarian * Bronwen Chan – music assistant * Millie Davies – music production assistant * Sarah Burrell – music trainee * Wai Yi Wong – music trainee * Lucy Evans – assistant to music supervisor * John Angier – music assistant to Mr. Schwartz * Aaron Kenny – music assistant to Mr. Schwartz * Michael Cole – assistant to Mr. Schwartz * Rory Calvert – AIR Studios crew * Katy Jackson – AIR Studios crew * Charlotte Matthews – AIR Studios crew * Glen Mexted – AIR Studios crew * Debby Waldron – AIR Studios crew * Michael Hickey – Power Station crew * Hayley Isaacson – Power Station crew * Henry Reinach – Power Station crew * Beth Scott – Power Station crew

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 –

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* 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 –

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* Adrian Bradbury – cello * Tim Gill – cello * Sophie Harris – cello * Paul Kegg – cello * David Lale – cello *

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– cello * Vicky Matthews – cello * Frank Schaefer – cello * Bozidar Vukotic – cello * Bruce White – cello * Tony Woollard – cello * Mary Scully –

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* 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 –

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* David Cuthbert – flute * Helen Keen – flute * Eliza Marshall – flute * Tim Rundle –

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* Janey Miller – oboe * Sue Bohling – oboe * John Anderson – oboe * John Carnac – clarinet * Duncan Ashby – clarinet * Anthony Pike – clarinet * Nicholas Rodwell – clarinet * Gavin McNaughton –

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* Emma Harding – bassoon * Rachel Simms – bassoon * Simon Chiswell – bassoon *

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–

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* 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 *

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– saxophone * Philip Cobb – trumpet * Patrick White – trumpet *

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– 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 –

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– percussion * Julian Poole – percussion * Gary Kettel – percussion * Chris Baron –

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* Simon Chamberlain – piano * Bryn Lewis – harp * Hugh Webb – harp

Vocalists

* Wendi Bergamini * Larkin Bogan *

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* Michael Cole * Meg Doherty * Danny Drewes *

Alyssa Fox Alyssa Joy Fox (born December 19, 1986) is an American stage actress and singer known for her roles in musical theater. She made her Broadway debut as the Elphaba standby in the musical ''Wicked'' in 2016. Early life Fox is a Dallas, Texas nati ...

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Julie Garnyé Julie Garnyé is a singer, actress, voiceover artist and host. As a performer, she most recently appeared in Los Angeles in ''Les Misérables'' at The Hollywood Bowl directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and ''CHESS in Concert'' at the Ford Amphit ...

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Kristoffer Cusick Kristoffer Cusick (born March 29, 1974) is an American actor of stage, television and film. He has performed in such musicals as ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Rent'' and ''Wicked''. Career Cusick originated the role of Kenny as well as swing for t ...

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Kara Lindsay Kara Lynn Massey (born February 16, 1985), known professionally as Kara Lindsay, is an American stage actress and singer, best known for her roles as Katherine Plumber in ''Newsies'' (2012) and Glinda in ''Wicked'' (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019). Edu ...

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Desi Oakley Desiree "Desi" Oakley, (born June 12, 1989), is an American singer and actress, known for her work in musical theatre. She has performed in shows such as ''Waitress'', ''Chicago'', and ''Wicked''. Early life and education Desiree "Desi" Oakle ...

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Shayna Steele Shayna Steele (born September 23, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter and a Broadway stage actress. Career Steele's Broadway credits include '' Rent'' at the Nederlander Theatre, the revival of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at the Foxwoods T ...

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