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"Defying Gravity" is a song from the musical Wicked, composed by Stephen Schwartz. It was originally recorded on November 10, 2003, by American actresses Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth , who portrayed Elphaba and Glinda in the musical respectively.
The original cast recording is iconic, so priority number one was to not mess it up. It has also been a great opportunity to make a soundtrack for a beloved musical that will only be the second Wicked album in two decades. But while our primary mission was to make the film, we didn't want the soundtrack to simply be a 'copied and pasted ...
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.
Stephen Schwartz will see you now. 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 ...
On Monday, the duo showed off their golden vocal cords by sharing a behind the scenes clip from the upcoming movie musical, teasing the iconic Act I finale song, "Defying Gravity." Taken from afar ...
Menzel sings the signature “Oh!” riff heard at the very end of “Defying Gravity.” Meanwhile, “Kristin has to do her soprano,” Schwartz says. “She hits a high D flat.”
Wicked is a cast recording containing the majority of the songs from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked, with music and lyrics by composer Stephen Schwartz and a book by writer Winnie Holzman. Released on December 16, 2003 by Decca Broadway both in physical and digital releases.
Chu credits Schwartz, Wicked's composer and lyricist, with the idea to extend the “Wiz-O-Mania” sequence in “One Short Day” to allow a hefty musical feature for Menzel and Chenoweth. “We ...