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I think the beginning of "Witches Get Snitches"  from Wicked: For Good might be a reference to Stravinsky - specifically The Rite Of Spring. The other Stravinsky reference, is anytime when The Flying Monkey's theme played (in Monkey Mayhem) and the action part of (Lies In The Sky), where the xylophone is playing along with the orchestra, which I think might be alluding to the moments in The Firebird, when the music goes full chaos. There is a moment in Monkey Mayhem, where the brass directly "steal" a dissonant chord from The Firebird.  

 

"Cages, Chaos, and Cake" also has something so familiar about it but I haven't been able to figure it out yet. Maybe its the fact that it sounds like a scherzo that just happens to be close to three minutes instead of 30 minutes.  Also, I heard somewhere that the choir was singing Latin during this (and during some other pieces as well) Can any of you confirm if this is the case? Because it does sound like Powell's choir is singing lyrics in the second film's score, as opposed to the wordless choir for the majority of Part One.  

 

I really think that what Powell (and Schwartz) - but mostly Powell, have built with this score is a two- movement Symphony that just happens to be hidden under a blockbuster musical. The only part I didn't like about the scores is the "Suite" in Wicked: For Good's credits, because it was overly triumphant - but that's probably some studio executive at Universal seeing the fans cheer for the "banger songs" like "No Good Deed" - and forcing Powell to write something equally flooded with maximum volume to give them an "epic sendoff" - and Powell probably decided to insult Universal by providing maximum loudness, yet making it intentionally hallow and devoid of emotion. (like the loud brass chords towards the end of "The Rise Of Glinda") - that was my only problem with Wicked: For Good's score - which was otherwise flawless. 

 

Also, the fact that Wicked: For Good got zero nominations after the first one got 10 is insulting. It was probably because the Academy thought that KPop Demon Hunters had "better music" and I really don't understand how that film became the hit that it is. Do any of you know how "Golden" got nominated for an Oscar, while Marcelo Zarvo's score was deemed ineligible for awards consideration? (For me, Zarvos's score was the only good part of the movie) - which if any one of you want to talk about scores written for films that were never designed for them, that would be one to start with. (I know that is off topic for this thread, but I would love to hear your thoughts on that score, if you noticed it). 

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted
On 05/01/2026 at 8:49 PM, jonothontran said:

Spot onnnn. Thank you.

 

In case anyone wants it, I made a sequential stitched-back-together instrumental album for both movies:

 

- This was made just for my own listening pleasure but I decided to share since it was a lot of work - I think this film is a master class in collaboration (between Schwartz, Powell, Wells, Oremus, Amendum, Atmajian, Nelson, and more) - the motifs are so attended to, so narratively specific, and the stitching from score to song and back and forth is mastercraft (esp from Powell)
- I also really love seeing where orchestration style between Atmajian and Powell are similar and divergent). 
- Generally, there are no 'soundtrack vocals' - no sung leads, and no ensemble vocals (though see below). I left in choral vocals from Powell's score though, as they felt more a part of the orchestration than foreground. 
- There are mistakes, sorry. 
- Because they didn't take out the ensemble vocals and spoken dialogue in the Singalong album, there's places I do cut to a fan vocals-removed recording - but I try to keep this to a minimum and crossfade smoothly
- There's a few places where I couldn't grab clean music from the film's 6-mono-WAV channels when certain small music segments didn't appear on either album - in some places, I -did- grab music segments but they came with some SFX or whispers of dialogue that I didn't remove
- I did a better job on Part 2 than 1 I think. 
- Powell's internal and nesting material is back inside and around the songs in almost all places.
- I missed that Lust and Betrayal had an alternate accompaniment for I'm Not That Girl! Nice catch, Tarci4096 and Tyridium. 

 

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Anyone have this to share? It sounds amazing!

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Posted
2 hours ago, PrayodiBA said:

we can ignore the obligatory Stephen Schwartz credit

Just as part one, there are cues with Schwartz's melodies that don't credit him (every segment from All Around has Schwartz stuff), so I'm not sure how these work.

 

I doubt he had a hand in writing the score, might have just shared an idea and that's what is represented in the cues' credits. The differences between album and film versions might be those ideas.

Posted
21 hours ago, PrayodiBA said:

Full composer credits.

Source:  https://portal.gema.de/app/repertoiresuche/werksuche

 

FREEING THE BISON

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

BUBBLE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

FIYERO CONFRONTS GLINDA

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Oremus

SKY MESSAGE - EVEN FIYERO

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener, Markus Christian Siegel

BOQ LEAVES

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

ANIMAL EXODUS

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

OZ IS LOST

John Powell

SISTERLY REUNION

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

ALL AROUND WWE A

John Powell, Batu Sener

ALL AROUND WWE B

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

ALL AROUND WWE C

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

ALL AROUND WWE D

John Powell, Batu Sener

ALL AROUND WWE E

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

ALL AROUND WWE F

John Powell, Batu Sener

TIN MAN

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

WEDDING PREP

John Powell, Markus Christian Siegel

REUNITED

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

CONFRONTING THE WIZARD

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

A SECRET DOOR

John Powell

FREE THE MONKEYS

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

POPULAR WEDDING MUSIC

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

CAGES AND STAMPEDE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

E CHASES WIZARD

John Powell, Batu Sener

BETRAYALS

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener, Markus Christian Siegel

CYCLONE - ALLEGIANCE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Paul Mounsey

WITCHES GET SNITCHES
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

VISITORS WE CAN USE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

GETTING WHAT YOU WANTED

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

GLINDA SUITS UP

John Powell

E SENDS OUT THE MONKEY

John Powell, Batu Sener

SURRENDER

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

THE CLOSET

John Powell

GOODBYES - MELTING

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

GREEN BOTTLE REVEAL A

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

GREEN BOTTLE REVEAL B

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

THE RISE OF GLINDA

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

GLINDA’S SPEECH

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

FINALE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

W2 MAIN ON END
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

END CREDITS PTA

John Powell

END CREDITS PTC

John Powell

END CREDITS PTD

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

END CREDITS PTE

John Powell

END CREDITS PTF

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

END CREDITS PTG

John Powell

 

 

For those who care whether Powell worked on the cue alone or helped by his assistant, i hope this is helpful 😊 we can ignore the obligatory Stephen Schwartz credit

 

Interesting there are a lot of tracks that are pure Powell or his team without Stephen Schwartz 

Then what was Paul Mounsey's role in WFG?

Posted
21 hours ago, PrayodiBA said:

Full composer credits.

Source:  https://portal.gema.de/app/repertoiresuche/werksuche

 

FREEING THE BISON

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

BUBBLE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

FIYERO CONFRONTS GLINDA

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Oremus

SKY MESSAGE - EVEN FIYERO

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener, Markus Christian Siegel

BOQ LEAVES

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

ANIMAL EXODUS

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

OZ IS LOST

John Powell

SISTERLY REUNION

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

ALL AROUND WWE A

John Powell, Batu Sener

ALL AROUND WWE B

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

ALL AROUND WWE C

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

ALL AROUND WWE D

John Powell, Batu Sener

ALL AROUND WWE E

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

ALL AROUND WWE F

John Powell, Batu Sener

TIN MAN

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

WEDDING PREP

John Powell, Markus Christian Siegel

REUNITED

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

CONFRONTING THE WIZARD

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

A SECRET DOOR

John Powell

FREE THE MONKEYS

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

POPULAR WEDDING MUSIC

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

CAGES AND STAMPEDE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

E CHASES WIZARD

John Powell, Batu Sener

BETRAYALS

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener, Markus Christian Siegel

CYCLONE - ALLEGIANCE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Paul Mounsey

WITCHES GET SNITCHES
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

VISITORS WE CAN USE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

GETTING WHAT YOU WANTED

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

GLINDA SUITS UP

John Powell

E SENDS OUT THE MONKEY

John Powell, Batu Sener

SURRENDER

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Batu Sener

THE CLOSET

John Powell

GOODBYES - MELTING

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

GREEN BOTTLE REVEAL A

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

GREEN BOTTLE REVEAL B

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz, Markus Christian Siegel

THE RISE OF GLINDA

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

GLINDA’S SPEECH

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

FINALE

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

W2 MAIN ON END
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

END CREDITS PTA

John Powell

END CREDITS PTC

John Powell

END CREDITS PTD

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

END CREDITS PTE

John Powell

END CREDITS PTF

John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

END CREDITS PTG

John Powell

 

 

For those who care whether Powell worked on the cue alone or helped by his assistant, i hope this is helpful 😊 we can ignore the obligatory Stephen Schwartz credit

 

Interesting there are a lot of tracks that are pure Powell or his team without Stephen Schwartz 

Judging by this tracklist, how many cues do we estimate are unreleased, considering both the OST and the FYC? 

Posted
4 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Judging by this tracklist, how many cues do we estimate are unreleased, considering both the OST and the FYC? 

Mostly film versions and Visitors We Can Use.

Posted
On 04/12/2025 at 4:38 AM, Tydirium said:

Thematic breakdown (preliminary; will fix/update as I find more):

 

01 Building a Golden Road

  • 0:05 Animal Freedom theme
  • 1:00 Wonderful
  • 2:00 New theme 2?
  • 2:14 No Good Deed
  • 2:27 No One Mourns the Wicked

02 Bubbles and Rainbows

  • 0:05 Glinda theme
  • 1:01 Glinda theme 2
  • 1:44 Madame Morrible theme
  • 1:59 Thank Goodness / I Couldn’t Be Happier
  • 3:13 Dark Magic theme
  • 3:40 Popular
  • 4:21 Glinda theme
  • 4:43 Popular
  • 4:55 Glinda theme

03 Backstage Confrontation

  • 0:17 Popular
  • 1:40 I'm Not That Girl
  • 1:59 Thank Goodness / I Couldn't Be Happier

04 Lies in the Sky

  • 0:01 "Unlimited" ostinato
  • 0:02 No Good Deed
  • 0:09 Madame Morrible theme
  • 0:54 Flying Monkeys theme
  • 1:01 Dark Magic theme
  • 1:12 New theme 2?

05 Forest Furnishings

  • 0:42 Dancing Through Life
  • 0:55 Dark Magic theme
  • 1:36 Green Toy theme

06 Governor Nessa's Petty Proclamations

  • 0:33 The Wicked Witch of the East
  • 1:33 Animal Freedom theme
  • 1:50 The Wicked Witch of the East
  • 2:19 Animal Freedom theme
  • 2:52 "Unlimited" ostinato
  • 2:55 No Good Deed
  • 3:21 Animal Freedom theme
  • 3:42 No One Mourns the Wicked

07 Oz Is Lost

  • 0:04 If I Were King of the Forest (from The Wizard of Oz)
  • 0:50 Animal Freedom theme

08 Sisterly Reunion

  • 0:05 The Wicked Witch of the East
  • 1:08 No One Mourns the Wicked

09 All Around the Wicked Witch of the East

  • 0:02 The Wicked Witch of the East (melody in voice)
  • 0:36 Grimmerie theme
  • 1:05 The Wicked Witch of the East
  • 1:25 The Wizard and I
  • 1:31 "Unlimited" theme
  • 2:10 Nessa theme (melody in voice)
  • 2:56 Animal Freedom theme
  • 3:28 Grimmerie theme
  • 4:22 Nessa theme (melody in voice)
  • 4:51 Every Day More Wicked ostinato

10 Tin Woodman

  • 0:22 No Good Deed
  • 0:51 Wicked Witch theme
  • 1:49 Dark Magic theme

11 Wedding Preparations

  • 1:13 Green Toy theme
  • 2:48 No One Mourns the Wicked

12 A Model Wizard

  • 0:00 Wonderful
  • 1:33 The Wizard and I

13 Monkey Freedom

  • 0:21 The Wizard and I
  • 0:36 Defying Gravity
  • 0:55 The Wizard and I
  • 2:05 No Place Like Home
  • 2:37 Dark Magic theme

14 Popular Wedding Music

  • 0:06 Popular

15 Cages, Chaos and Cake

  • 2:07 Glinda theme 2

16 Lust and Betrayal

  • 0:09 Dark Magic theme
  • 1:05 Dark Magic theme
  • 1:59 No Good Deed(?)
  • 2:12 Glinda theme 2
  • 2:52 Glinda theme 2
  • 3:11 As Long As You're Mine
  • 3:51 Madame Morrible theme
  • 4:23 No One Mourns the Wicked
  • 4:50 Madame Morrible theme
  • 5:52 I'm Not That Girl

17 Cyclones and Premonitions

  • 0:00 Madame Morrible theme
  • 1:31 Madame Morrible theme
  • 2:51 Dark Magic theme
  • 3:10 Green Toy theme

18 Requiem for a Witch

  • 0:33 Nessa theme
  • 1:40 The Wicked Witch of the East
  • 2:02 Wicked Witch theme
  • 2:25 Every Day More Wicked ostinato
  • 2:46 What Is This Feeling?

19 Witches Get Snitches

  • 0:05 What Is This Feeling?
  • 1:14 No One Mourns the Wicked
  • 1:39 Dancing Through Life
  • 2:03 I’m Not That Girl
  • 2:41 Dancing Through Life

20 Getting What You Wanted

  • 0:01 Dark Magic theme
  • 0:22 For Good
  • 0:29 Glinda theme 2
  • 0:36 Madame Morrible theme
  • 0:42 For Good

21 Ride to See Elphie

  • 1:01 Dark Magic theme
  • 1:21 Madame Morrible theme
  • 1:44 No One Mourns the Wicked
  • 2:11 Green Toy theme
  • 3:02 No One Mourns the Wicked

22 Into the Closet

 

23 The Melting

  • 0:05 No One Mourns the Wicked
  • 0:23 "Unlimited" theme
  • 0:52 For Good

24 The Story of the Green Bottle

  • 0:00 Green Toy theme
  • 0:23 Dark Magic theme
  • 0:44 Dark Magic theme
  • 1:06 Green Toy theme
  • 1:43 Wonderful

25 The Rise of Glinda

  • 0:43 Madame Morrible theme

26 Glinda's Speech

  • 0:07 Thank Goodness / I Couldn’t Be Happier
  • 1:30 Glinda theme
  • 2:17 For Good

27 A Wicked Good Finale

  • 0:46 As Long As You're Mine
  • 1:48 Defying Gravity
  • 2:12 For Good
  • 4:20 "Unlimited" theme

28 Wicked: For Good Suite

  • 0:10 Defying Gravity
  • 1:18 "Unlimited" theme
  • 1:25 For Good
  • 1:56 No One Mourns the Wicked
  • 2:25 "Unlimited" ostinato

 

On 04/12/2025 at 7:50 AM, Knight of Ren said:

Here are some additional motifs I noticed not on the list:

 

-Forest Furnishing at 1:36 plays what you called the Green Toy Theme

-Oz is Lost I think opens with No Place Like Home

-At the end of Wedding Preparations I heard No One Mourns the Wicked, the Goodness Knows bit of the melody

-In Lust and Betrayal I hear As Long As You're Mine at around 3:11

-Witches Get Snitches opens with a playful variation on What Is This Feeling, and I also hear No One Mourns the Wicked at 1:14 and Dancing Through Life at 1:39

-During the first seconds of Getting What You Wanted there is a variation on the Dark Magic Theme and I think there's also a motif from For Good

-Ride to See Elphie has the No One Mourns the Wicked Theme a couple of times and I also noticed the Green Toy Theme at 2:12

-I think Into the Closet might be a variation on For Good but I'm not really sure about this one

 

And I might still be missing quite a bunch!

Exactly the posts I was looking for!

 

I've been meaning to revisit this score for a while now, and this will be incredibly helpful. Thanks!

Posted

My physical copies of the Japanese 2-CD editions arrived from Ark Square on Monday

 

w-1.jpgw-2.jpg

 

Does anybody else here have these editions?

 

I assume I'm not missing anything by Powell that's been commercially released by having these editions, right?

I know the FYC albums have some more score.

Posted

Speaking of which, does anyone have a playlist for the first and/or the second scores combining the FYC and the OST? Maybe something using the FYC to fill in the gaps that the OST doesn't have? Thanks.

Posted

Went a little insane on this one, but here's the tracklist for my complete edit, which I'm happy to share.

 

 

wicked complete edit tracklist.png

Posted
On 16/04/2026 at 11:25 PM, Jay said:

My physical copies of the Japanese 2-CD editions arrived from Ark Square on Monday

 

w-1.jpgw-2.jpg

 

Does anybody else here have these editions?

 

I assume I'm not missing anything by Powell that's been commercially released by having these editions, right?

I know the FYC albums have some more score.

Assuming disc 2 of For Good is 84+ minutes long, you should have everything.

 

Karol

Posted

Cool, I'll find out when I get to it!

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