Wicked For Good soundtrack adds two new Schwartz songs, out Nov 21

Republic Records and Verve Records announced Wednesday that Wicked For Good The Soundtrack will be released on Nov. 21, 2025, the same day Jon M. Chu's sequel hits theaters, and revealed two original songs by composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz that will be performed by leading cast members Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The album collects music from Act II of the stage musical and the film, and adds previously unreleased material intended to expand the second act's musical weight.

Schwartz wrote two new pieces for the film's finale: No Place Like Home, sung by Erivo as Elphaba, and The Girl in the Bubble, sung by Grande as Glinda. Those two songs are expected to be eligible for the 2026 Academy Award for Best Original Song, a distinction the first movie's material did not carry because it included revised verses rather than wholly new songs. The soundtrack also includes a stage number that never appeared on the original Broadway cast recording, The Wicked Witch of the East, performed on the album by Marissa Bode, Erivo and Ethan Slater.

Im especially happy that the soundtrack album for Wicked For Good has so much new music on it, Schwartz said in a statement, noting that...