Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score is the film score composed by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz for the 2024 film Wicked by Jon M. Chu, which is based on the first act of the stage musical by Schwartz and Winnie Holzman. It was released by Republic Records on December 6, 2024.

Production On July 8, 2024, it was announced that John Powell would be scoring the film with Stephen Schwartz, who had composed the music for the original stage musical. It was recorded at AIR Studios and Abbey Road Studios in London.

Release The opening track of the album, "Arrival at Shiz University," was released as a promotional single on November 27, 2024. The score album was released on December 6, 2024. In addition to digital download and streaming, it was also released on LP.

Accolades + Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score awards and nominations Award Year Category Recipients Result Academy Awards 2025 Best Original Score John Powell and Stephen Schwartz Astra Creative Arts Awards 2024 Best Original Score Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2024 Best Original Score Grammy Awards 2026 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Instrumental Composition "Train to Emerald City"

Track listing

For Your Consideration A For Your Consideration album was released through Universal Pictures' press website in late 2024, featuring 34 tracks that differ from the general release.

Personnel All music is composed by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz.

Nick Wollage – recording engineer John Michael Caldwell – mixing engineer, recording engineer Jack Dolman – editing engineer Catherine Wilson – editing engineer Laura Agudelo Cuartas – editing engineer Alec Lubin – assistant mixing engineer Patricia Sullivan – mastering engineer Batu Sener – additional music and arrangements Markus Siegel – additional music and arrangements Jonathan Beard – score orchestration Edward Trybek – score orchestration Henri Wilkinson – score orchestration Sean Barrett – additional score orchestration Jennifer Dirkes – additional score orchestration Benjamin Hoff – additional score orchestration Steven Rader – additional score orchestration Jacob Shrum – additional score orchestration Jamie Thierman – additional score orchestration Gavin Greenaway – orchestra conductor John Powell – choir conductor, piano

Musicians

Fenella Barton – violin Mark Berrow – violin Daniel Bhattacharya – violin Maya Bickel – violin Natalia Bonner – violin Charlie Brown – violin Ben Buckton – violin Martin Burgess – violin Emil Chakalov – violin Miranda Dale – violin Harriet Davies – violin Dai Emanuel – violin Richard George – violin Jenny Godsen – violin Raja Halder – violin Philippe Honoré – violin Ian Humphries – violin David Juritz – violin Patrick Kiernan – violin Julian Leaper – violin Bea Lovejoy – violin Pauline Lowbury – violin Dorina Markoff – violin Lorraine McAslan – violin Ciaran McCabe – violin Laura Melhuish – violin Steve Morris – violin Greta Mutlu – violin Everton Nelson – violin Odile Ollagnon – violin Oscar Perks – violin Tom Pigott-Smith – violin Sarah Sexton – violin Nicky Sweeney – violin Anna Szabo – violin Cathy Thompson – violin Clare Thompson – violin Matthew Ward – violin Debbie Widdup – violin Laurie Anderson – viola Nick Barr – viola Anne Beilby – viola Elisa Bergersen – viola Sue Dench – viola Clare Finnimore – viola Martin Humbey – viola Helen Kamminga – viola Peter Lale – viola Fiona Leggat – viola Lydia Lowndes-Northcott – viola Kate Musker – viola Andrew Parker – viola Edward Vanderspar – viola Vicci Wardman – viola Bruce White – viola Katie Wilkinson – viola Chris Allan – cello Anna Beryl – cello Adrian Bradbury – cello Nick Cooper – cello David Daniels – cello Sarah Davison – cello Caroline Dearnley – cello Tim Gill – cello Sophie Harris – cello Rachael Lander – cello Zoë Martlew – cello Vicky Matthews – cello Ben Rogerson – cello Frank Schaefer – cello Bozidar Vukotic – cello Juliet Welchman – cello Tony Woollard – cello Lucy Hare – double bass Beverley Jones – double bass Paul Kimber – double bass Roger Linley – double bass Steve Mair – double bass Rupert Ring – double bass Steve Rossell – double bass Beth Symmons – double bass Laurence Ungless – double bass Stephen Williams – double bass Dominic Worsley – double bass David Cuthbert – flute Karen Jones – flute Helen Keen – flute Anna Noakes – flute Tom Blomfield – oboe Tim Rundle – oboe Janey Miller – oboe Joy Farrall – clarinet Maura Marinucci – clarinet Oliver Pashley – clarinet Duncan Ashby – bass clarinet Anthony Pike – bass clarinet Rebecca Austen-Brown – recorder Louise Bradbury – recorder Bradley Knight – recorder Bill Lyons – recorder Eliza Marshall – recorder Rowland Sutherland – recorder David Fuest – contrabass recorder Sarah Burnett – bassoon Paul Boyes contrabassoon Gavin McNaughton – contrabassoon Rachel Simms – contrabassoon Christian Barraclough – trumpet Philip Cobb – trumpet Tom Fountain – trumpet Kate Moore – trumpet Daniel Newell – trumpet Patrick White – trumpet Matt Williams – trumpet Corinne Bailey – French horn Eleanor Blakeney – French horn Ben Hulme – French horn Nicholas Korth – French horn Phillippa Koush-Jalali – French horn Martin Owen – French horn Frank Ricotti – French horn, percussion Tim Thorpe – French horn John Thurgood – French horn Mark Vines – French horn Richard Watkins – French horn Mark Adam Wood, Jr. – French horn Phil Woods – French horn Tracy Holloway – trombone Andy Wood – trombone Barry Clements – bass trombone Ed Tarrant – bass trombone Owen Slade – tuba Chris Baron – percussion Gary Kettel – percussion Julian Poole – percussion Matthew Senior – percussion Bill Lockhart – timpani David Arch – piano, celesta Mark Bass – harp Bryn Lewis – harp Hugh Webb – harp

Vocalists

April Amante – soprano Monique Donnelly – soprano Allie Feder – soprano Graycen Gardner – soprano Kelci Hahn – soprano Elissa Johnston – soprano Caroline McKenzie – soprano Beth Peregrine – soprano Zanaida Robles – soprano Alina Roitstein – soprano Anna Schubert – soprano Holly Sedillos – soprano Kathryn Shuman – soprano Courtney Raine Taylor – soprano Natalie Babbitt Taylor – soprano Chloe Malia Vaught – soprano Suzanne Waters – soprano Andrea Zomorodian – soprano Lindsay Abdou – alto Tehillah Alphonso – alto Jenny Ashman – alto Edie Lehmann Boddicker – alto Mindy Ella Chu – alto Emily Goglia – alto Ayana Haviv – alto Laura Flores Jackman – alto Shabnam Kalbasi – alto Gaayatri Kaundinya – alto Sharon Chohi Kim – alto Sara Mann – alto Baraka May – alto Jessica Rotter Murphy – alto Ann Sheridan – alto Carrah Stamatakis – alto Kristen Toedtman – alto Elyse Willis – alto Matthew Brown – tenor Caleb Curry – tenor Dermot Kiernan – tenor Charlie Kim – tenor Charles Lane – tenor Michael Lichtenauer – tenor Edmond Rodríguez – tenor Fletcher Sheridan – tenor Todd Strange – tenor Greg Whipple – tenor Michael Bannett – bass Reid Bruton – bass David A. Castillo – bass Randy Crenshaw – bass Dylan Gentile – bass William Kenneth Goldman – bass Abdiel González – bass James Hayden – bass Luc Kleiner – bass Ben Han-Wei Lin – bass David Michael Loucks – bass Jamal Michael Moore – bass Adrien Redford – bass Rene Ruiz – bass

Release history +Release history and formats for Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Various December 6, 2024

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