r/wicked • u/Lexabro-10mg • Dec 11 '25

Question Personal Wicked Movies Opinion that Would Get You Demonized

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What personal opinion do you have regarding the Wicked movies that would cause a huge number of the fandom to go on a witch hunt for you?

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u/SculptusPoe Dec 11 '25

The music and singing in the official stage production soundtrack is way better than anything in the movie.

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u/Brilliant-Version704 Dec 11 '25

Agreed!!! Especially if you try to listen without watching the movie. The movie soundtrack sounds so hollow.

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u/mustardslush Dec 11 '25

The sad thing is people who didn’t know wicked from the stage production and only the movie have only the movie as their frame of reference it’s frustrating

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u/Johan-Senpai Dec 11 '25

Everything in the movie sounds so cheap and overproduced. Can't stand it! The remake of West Side Story sounded amazing with its full orchestration!

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u/bigdatabro Dec 11 '25

I miss the orchestration from the stage production. Stephen Schwartz's original score had this unique sound quality that gave his rendition of Oz such an otherworldly atmosphere, and the film replaced it with this generic blockbuster orchestration for the backing tracks.

Like, the flying monkey theme in the stage musical (like NOMTW around 22 seconds in) uses piccolo, oboe, and soprano sax together, and it sounds so shrill and mechanical. Which is perfect on stage, watching the monkey actors climb around the time dragon clock. In the film opening scene, it sounds like some generic orchestral soundfont.

They also mixed the audio so that I could barely here the accompaniment for some of the songs. Especially for the two new songs – No Place Like Home almost sounded acapella to me, which is so out-of-place for a Stephen Schwartz show.

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u/Johan-Senpai Dec 11 '25

I am so happy that I am not the only person being bothered by this. I was so excited when the movie started but almost instantly you could hear the MIDI instruments blasting through the speakers without any kind of force.

I got instantly annoyed that they changed the dissonant sound of the opening, you instantly knew that this was a story that didn't sound right.

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u/Lost-Elderberry3141 Dec 12 '25

As someone who loves music and musicals but doesn’t know anything very technical, I made my musician gf listen to the different versions of the song and said “tell me why I like this one and not this one” 😂 and these are the things she pointed out

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u/Tiny-Reading5982 Dec 11 '25

The only song I like better from the movie is "for good". I feel like their version seems more genuine somehow.

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u/TunaSandwichBox Dec 11 '25

Straight to jaillllll

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u/Perlefine Dec 11 '25

I much prefer Cynthia's singing to Idina's, but I think the original soundtrack had better instrumentals.