What songs are in the ‘Wicked’ movie?
Wicked arrives in cinemas on Friday (November 22), but what songs are included in the film? Find the full list below.
The movie is the first of a two-part adaptation of the hit stage musical, and stars Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, two friends at Shiz University who are on the path to becoming the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North respectively.
Directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In The Heights), the film also stars Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Peter Dinklage and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz himself.
The film had its first European screening in London on Monday (November 18), with early reviews describing it as “the ultimate crowd-pleaser of 2024”.
In a four-star review of the film, Nick Levine wrote for NME: “By the end, you won’t quite be levitating off your seat but you’ll definitely be enchanted enough to stream the soundtrack on the way home. Funny, colourful and full of empathy for outsiders, this film really is the Shiz.”
Wicked is also part of the anticipated ‘Glicked’ phenomenon, with it and Gladiator 2 both filling cinemas at the same time in the coming weeks. With both films expected to bring in $80million opening weekends in the US, it is thought it could rival the runaway success of ‘Barbenheimer’ in the summer of 2023.
Wicked Part Two is slated for a cinema release on November 21, 2025.
What songs are in the Wicked movie?
The film uses the songs from the first act of the Wicked musical that debuted in 2003, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.
Jeff Atmajian has updated William David Brohn’s original orchestrations for the songs, expanding the orchestra from 23 to 80. The tracks were recorded at London’s AIR Studios, with Schwartz producing alongside Stephen Oremus and Greg Wells.
The songs included are:
‘No One Mourns The Wicked’ – Ariana Grande (ft. Andy Nyman, Courtney-Mae Briggs, Jeff Goldblum, Sharon D. Clarke and Jenna Boyd)
‘Dear Old Shiz’ – Shiz University Choir (ft. Ariana Grande)
‘The Wizard And I’ – Cynthia Erivo (ft. Michelle Yeoh)
‘What Is This Feeling?’ – Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo
‘Something Bad’ – Peter Dinklage (ft. Cynthia Erivo)
‘Dancing Through Life’ – Jonathan Bailey (ft. Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode and Cynthia Erivo)
‘Popular’ – Ariana Grande
‘I’m Not That Girl’ – Cynthia Erivo
‘One Short Day’ – Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel (ft. Michael McCorry Rose)
‘A Sentimental Man’ – Jeff Goldblum
‘Defying Gravity’ – Cynthia Erivo (ft. Ariana Grande)
In addition to the show tunes, the film also has an incidental score composed by John Powell.
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