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Performed towards the end of Act Two, the song springs from Elphaba's rage over her continuously thwarted efforts to do good and her inner turmoil about her intention for doing so. It explores the ideas of goodness and wickedness, which are central to the musical's theme.
"For Good" is a musical number from the hit musical Wicked. It is sung as a duet between Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) as a farewell. The song's score and lyrics were written by composer Stephen Schwartz.
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.
Starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Oz’s future Wicked Witch of the West, and Ariana Grande as the eventual Glinda the Good Witch, Wicked: Part One spans act one of the Stephen Schwartz and ...
The worthier wizard of “Wicked” is the one who wrote one of Broadway’s all-time top song scores and now, a little over two decades later, has overseen the transition of that music into a ...
Ultimately, the Wicked movies follows the same narrative structure as the stage musical’s two acts, with Part One ending after the climatic performance of “Defying Gravity.”
Their version of the song was released on the same day as part of the soundtrack album Wicked: The Soundtrack (2024) by Republic Records and Verve Records. [42] "Defying Gravity" was released to US contemporary hit radio stations on December 3, 2024. [43] The song appears as the finale of the film, ending with Elphaba's signature "battle cry".
Elphaba’s story is far from over. Here’s what happens at the end of “Wicked: Part 1.”