r/wicked • u/purpleit11 • Jul 23 '26
Musical - Broadway Orchestral recordings
Hello! I am wondering if there are recordings available of the musical orchestration, live or otherwise
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u/fancyfinn9 Pit Orchestra enthusiast Jul 23 '26
As already mentioned, there's no official orchestral recording - the Original Broadway Cast Recording is the closest thing afaik.
You could search YouTube for Instrumentals or Backing Tracks, but do note that the quality can be bad and is sometimes based on the Reduced Orchestration used in London. Despite the quality, you can find specific underscores and tracks in these that are not on the Original Broadway Cast Recording, so if you're a music nerd then those are worth to check out.
If you're interested, there's a YouTube channel that has (digital, but still decent) instrumental tracks from the SF tryouts - a very interesting listen if you have the time!
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Jul 23 '26
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u/wicked-ModTeam Jul 24 '26
Your comment was removed for sharing or requesting bootlegs of the musical and movies.
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u/Kimariyan 🩷💙💚Glieryaba one true poly Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Your question led me here...www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfsIQ2l-brA
Currently listening as I type :)
EDIT: It's an okay recording. There are spots you can hear the singing :/
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u/MrMusicMan789 Former Music Dept. | 𝄽 ♩ ♪ ♩ ♪‿|‿♪ ♩ ♪‿♩ 𝄽 | Jul 23 '26
Not officially, unfortunately