Republic Records & Verve Music Group have released a new version of the soundtrack album for the movie musical Wicked: For Good. The album features all the songs from the film written by Stephen Schwartz, as well as commentary tracks for each song. Participants include Schwartz himself, director Jon M. Chu, executive music producer Stephen Oremus, as well as stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater & Jeff Goldblum. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album, a sing-along version, as well as John Powell’s & Schwartz’s score album in various formats.
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‘Wicked: For Good’ Sing-Along Soundtrack Album Released
Republic Records & Verve Label Group have released a third soundtrack album for the movie musical Wicked: For Good. The “Sing-Along” album features instrumental versions of all songs from the film written by Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pippin, Pocahontas), including the original tracks The Girl in the Bubble & No Place Like Home (recently shortlisted for next year’s Academy Awards). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the “sing-along” versions of both original songs and No Good Deed after the jump. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album last month and a separate album featuring John Powell’s & Schwartz’s original score earlier this month.
‘For Good’ (from ‘Wicked: For Good’) Soundtrack EP Released
Republic Records & Verve Label Group have released a digital EP featuring four versions of the song For Good from Jon M. Chu’s movie musical Wicked: For Good. The 4-track EP features the song written by Stephen Schwartz and performed by Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande in four different versions: the film version (as featured on the official soundtrack album), the radio edit, the “live from the Gershwin Theatre” version performed by Erivo, Grade, Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth (as featured on the Wicked: One Wonderful Night soundtrack) , as well as a previously unreleased sing-along version. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the EP and also listen to all four tracks after the jump.
John Powell’s & Stephen Schwartz’s ‘A Wicked Good Finale’ Track from ‘Wicked: For Good’ Released
Republic Records & Verve Label Group have released the first track from the score album for Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is A Wicked Good Finale written by the film’s composers John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, Shrek) & Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, Pippin) and featuring vocals by Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo. Also listen to the track after the jump. The full score album will be released on December 5 and is now available for pre-order in all formats on Amazon. Check out our previous article for the full album details. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie has been released last Friday (click here for the full details).
Original Songs ‘No Place Like Home’ & ‘The Girl in the Bubble’ from ‘Wicked: For Good’ Released
Republic Records & Verve Label Group have released the soundtrack album for Jon M. Chu’s movie musical Wicked: For Good. The album features the songs from the movie written by Stephen Schwartz, including the original tracks No Place Like Home performed by Cynthia Erivo and The Girl in the Bubble performed by Ariana Grande. Check out our previous article for the details of the soundtrack and visit Amazon to order the album in all formats. Also listen to both original songs after the jump. A limited edition “Transparent Glitter” 7-inch single vinyl featuring both new songs is available to order here. A separate soundtrack featuring John Powell’s & Schwartz’s original score will be coming out on December 5.
‘Wicked: For Good’ Score Album Details
The details of the score album for the movie musical Wicked: For Good have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Don’t Worry Darling, Shrek, Happy Feet, Bolt, X-Men: The Last Stand) and Academy Award & Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, Pippin). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on December 5 by Republic Records & Verve Label Group. Visit Amazon to order the 2-CD version and click here to pre-order the vinyl edition. As previously reported, a separate album featuring the songs from the movie will be released this Friday, November 21. Wicked: For Good is directed by Jon M. Chu and stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang and Marissa Bode.
‘Wicked: For Good’ Soundtrack Album Details
Republic Records & Verve Label Group have announced the details of the soundtrack album for the movie musical Wicked: For Good. The album features the songs from the second part of the film adaptation of the stage musical written by Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, Pippin) and performed by cast members Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey & others, including two new original songs: No Place Like Home performed by Erivo as Elphaba and The Girl in the Bubble performed by Grande as Glinda. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (both on CD and vinyl) on November 21. Visit Amazon to order the digital, CD and double vinyl edition. Wicked: For Good is directed by Jon M. Chu and also stars Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang and Marissa Bode.
‘Wicked’ Cast & Filmmaker Commentary Soundtrack Album Released
Republic Records & Verve Music Group have released a new version of the soundtrack album for the hit movie musical Wicked. The album features all the songs from the film written by Stephen Schwartz, as well as commentary tracks for each song. Participants include Schwartz himself, stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum & Peter Dinklage, director Jon M. Chu, as well as executive music producer Stephen Oremus. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album, a sing-along version, as well as John Powell’s score album in various formats.
Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber to Write New Songs for ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ Film Adaptation
Tim Rice (The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Road to El Dorado) has revealed in a recent interview with The Irish News that he is co-writing new original songs for the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita). Jon M. Chu (Wicked, Crazy Rich Asians) is attached to direct the movie based on the duo’s Tony Award-winning show, which tells the biblical story of Jacob’s favorite son Joseph and his eleven brothers and which premiered in the West End in 1972 and on Broadway in 1983. Scott Sanders (The Color Purple, The Odd Life of Timothy Green) and Mara Jacobs (In the Heights) are producing the project for SGS Pictures and Chu and Lance Johnson (Thai Cave Rescue) are producing for Electric Somewhere.
‘Wicked’ Sing-Along Soundtrack Album Released
Republic Records & Verve Label Group have released a third soundtrack album for the first part of the film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked. The “Sing-Along” album features instrumental versions of all eleven songs from the movie written (originally for the stage show) by Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pippin, Pocahontas). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the “sing-along” versions of Popular and Defying Gravity after the jump. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album last month and a separate album featuring John Powell’s & Schwartz’s original score earlier this month.