Despite defying gravity with its 2025 Golden Globe nominations, Wicked didn’t make it into two specific categories.
The film—based on the hit Broadway musical—nabbed four nominations, but was not nominated in either the Best Original Score category or Best Original Song.
The reason being that the film featured very little original music written for the screen. Instead, the score and the songs were based on the 2003 musical, which featured music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, who also worked on the film adaptation.
According to the Golden Globe Awards eligibility and consideration rules, a “score must be primarily original music written specifically for the motion picture” in order to be nominated, while an original song must have music and lyrics “which are original and written specifically for the motion picture.”
Still, Wicked has a chance to pick up awards for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy and Cinematic & Box Office Achievement during the Jan. 5 telecast, as well as potential wins for stars Cynthia Erivo, who is nominated for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and Ariana Grande for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.
