{"id":2195731,"date":"2025-12-12T00:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2195731"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:35:35","slug":"for-good-music-in-new-featurette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/for-good-music-in-new-featurette\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR GOOD Music in New Featurette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>            <span class=\"video\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wicked: For Good | The Music of Oz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i2hsl5bz3pU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>          <\/p>\n<p>In a new featurette for Wicked: For Good, composers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Stephen-Schwartz\/\">Stephen Schwartz<\/a> and John Powell open up about the music in the film and how the new material was integrated into the story to create an expansive, cinematic version of the stage show.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- End Ezoic - Article Insertion 1 - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a bigger canvas to paint on. And the challenge is to illuminate the story more and get more depth and more breadth with the characters,&#8221; Schwartz says in the video. For both films, Schwartz collaborated with composer John Powell, who wrote the instrumental underscoring. &#8220;The songs are very resonant, and I was always just trying to make sure that the score matched up to that,&#8221; Powell notes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the familiar songs from the Broadway musical, Wicked: For Good contains two new songs, along with\u00a0an expanded opening, and new versions of &#8220;Wonderful&#8221; and &#8220;The Wicked Witch of the East.&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;We not only presented the Broadway score, but went beyond it to fully realize our visions through a powerful musical experience,&#8221; added Schwartz.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the featurette now, along with another look behind-the-scenes of &#8220;No Place Like Home,&#8221; one of the two original songs written for the film.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - Article Insertion 2 - mid_content --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- End Ezoic - Article Insertion 2 - mid_content --><\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UpYKe645ZU0\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wicked: For Good | Behind &quot;No Place Like Home&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UpYKe645ZU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The second half of the Wicked adaptation, Wicked: For Good, is now in theaters. Opening on November 21, the movie\u00a0brought in $150 million in North America during its opening weekend, plus $76 million internationally, bringing its global total to $226 million. Wicked: For Good marks the biggest opening weekend for a film based on a Broadway musical, beating a record set by the first film last year. As of December 11, the movie has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl2185003777\/\">grossed more than $444 million worldwide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Get <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedmovie.com\/tickets\/\">tickets<\/a> to see Wicked: For Good in theaters. Listen to the soundtrack <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/article\/Listen-WICKED-FOR-GOOD-Soundtrack-Now-Available-20251121\">here<\/a>\u00a0and check out our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/article\/Exclusive-Musical-Wizards-John-Powell-and-Stephen-Oreumus-Share-WICKED-FOR-GOOD-Easter-Eggs-20251205\">exclusive conversation<\/a> with composer John Powell and arranger Stephen Oremus.<\/h2>\n<p>Wicked: For Good picks up after the 2024 blockbuster. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz\u2019s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - Article Insertion 3 - long_content --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- End Ezoic - Article Insertion 3 - long_content --><\/p>\n<p>Wicked: For Good is directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jon-M-Chu\/\">Jon M. Chu<\/a> and stars\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Cynthia-Erivo\/\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a>\u00a0as Elphaba,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/5qlz1d8h.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Fpeople%2FAriana-Grande%2F\/1\/01000199ba152073-cc996327-ffed-4e5e-a07c-a47bd359c4b1-000000\/KTcOCRyBA4A3VOtCeOs77i83ukc=446\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ariana-Grande\/\">Ariana Grande<\/a>\u00a0as Glinda,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jonathan-Bailey\/\">Jonathan Bailey<\/a>\u00a0as Fiyero,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/5qlz1d8h.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Fpeople%2FJeff-Goldblum%2F\/1\/01000199ba152073-cc996327-ffed-4e5e-a07c-a47bd359c4b1-000000\/PDyOQ2GR8kJwCJEHq-KM4yPyy7g=446\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jeff-Goldblum\/\">Jeff Goldblum<\/a>\u00a0as The Wizard,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/5qlz1d8h.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Fpeople%2FMichelle-Yeoh%2F\/1\/01000199ba152073-cc996327-ffed-4e5e-a07c-a47bd359c4b1-000000\/TEAkSTAT6RhwK9t9Hs8S3AjxPiM=446\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Michelle-Yeoh\/\">Michelle Yeoh<\/a>\u00a0as Madame Morrible,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ethan-Slater\/\">Ethan Slater<\/a>\u00a0as Boq, and<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/5qlz1d8h.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Fpeople%2FMarissa-Bode%2F\/1\/01000199ba152073-cc996327-ffed-4e5e-a07c-a47bd359c4b1-000000\/DDltTVBC1BJ7JZH-8Q7LecWJyHQ=446\">\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Marissa-Bode\/\">Marissa Bode<\/a>\u00a0as Nessarose. 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