Commentary

Hi, this is Stephen Schwartz, the composer and lyricist of Wicked: For Good

And the co-producer of this soundtrack album

I think I may be even more excited about this album than I was about Wicked: Part 1

Because there is so much on it that's new

First of all, there are two brand new songs

"No Place Like Home," beautifully sung by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba

And "The Girl in the Bubble," equally beautifully sung by Ariana Grande as Glinda

But there's also the "Wicked Witch of the East" sequence

Which we did not include on the Broadway Cast album

There's a new version of "Wonderful" that includes the character of Glinda

And the opening "Every Day More Wicked" has lots of new material in it

So even though there are the songs that people already know

Such as "I Couldn't Be Happier," "As Long As You're Mine"

And "No Good Deed," and of course the title song "For Good"

I would say at least half of this album is new

So I'm very much looking forward to sharing it with you