"Snow White" Soundtrack Lyrics

"Disney’s Snow White — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2025) + Original Score" – Album Guide to Tracks and Key Scenes

Overview

How do you modernize the first Disney princess without losing the spell? With new Broadway-bright songs stitched to vintage melodies and a fresh orchestral voice. The 2025 live-action Snow White plays like a bridge record — arrival → adaptation → rebellion → collapse — where village bustle blossoms into an “I want” anthem, the Queen weaponizes a villain showstopper, and the finale blooms into a street-singing coda.

The album couples reimagined 1937 evergreens (“Heigh-Ho,” “Whistle While You Work,” “The Silly Song”) with originals by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, while Jeff Morrow’s score threads character motifs and classic harmonic colors. As per Walt Disney Records’ notes, the songs album dropped March 14, 2025, with a deluxe edition (including underscore selections) arriving the following week; Morrow’s standalone score followed alongside the film’s release.

Genres & themes by phase: folk-choral bustle → Broadway “I want” lift → sly cabaret villainy → rustic work-song camaraderie → love duet bloom → reprise-stacked finale and fairytale afterglow.

How It Was Made

Songwriting & production: Pasek & Paul wrote and produced the new numbers with Ian Eisendrath and orchestrator Dave Metzger shaping the on-screen arrangements. Several classic Frank Churchill/Larry Morey tunes reappear in refreshed orchestrations.

Score: Jeff Morrow composed the original score — lyrical, bright, and theme-driven — with nods to Golden-Age orchestration while keeping the dramatic spine contemporary. A separate score album (≈41 minutes) showcases cue highlights like “I Remember,” “Mirror Mirror,” and “The Apple.”

Tracks & Scenes

Key placements and how they play in the ~109-minute cut (approximate timings; diegetic = performed in-world). The set blends new songs with reimagined classics.

“Good Things Grow” — Ensemble
Where it plays: ~00:03, opening village bustle and “fairest kingdom” memory. Non-diegetic/scene-led singing.
Why it matters: Establishes the communal ideal Snow longs to restore; motif returns in reprises.

“Good Things Grow (Good King’s Reprise)” — Hadley Fraser
Where it plays: Flashback/portrait hall beat; paternal ideal framed in soft brass. Diegetic-adjacent memory.
Why it matters: Stakes the kingdom’s lost standard of fairness.

“Good Things Grow (Villagers’ Reprise)” — Ensemble feat. Snow White
Where it plays: ~00:18, marketplace momentum before the Queen’s glare chills the square. Non-diegetic.
Why it matters: Hope motif collides with rising oppression.

“Waiting on a Wish” — Rachel Zegler
Where it plays: ~00:22, Snow’s “I want” song at the castle orchard/well. Partly diegetic (soft humming → full song).
Why it matters: Defines agency and yearning; becomes the film’s melodic north star.

“Heigh-Ho” — Dwarfs Ensemble
Where it plays: ~00:40, woodland introduction to the seven; hammer-and-hum work cadence. Diegetic work-song.
Why it matters: Legacy charm, new vocal characterizations.

“All Is Fair” — Gal Gadot & Ensemble
Where it plays: ~00:53, mirror chamber stratagem; the Queen plots Snow’s undoing. Non-diegetic musical soliloquy.
Why it matters: The villain thesis — beauty, power, and ruthless symmetry.

“Whistle While You Work” — Snow & Dwarfs
Where it plays: ~01:02, cottage clean-up swirl with animal helpers. Diegetic play-song that swells into full ensemble.
Why it matters: Classic Disney kinetic charm, refreshed orchestration.

“Princess Problems” — Andrew Burnap & Rachel Zegler
Where it plays: ~01:15, forest-path banter turns into a duet about burdens and expectations. Non-diegetic duet.
Why it matters: Character chemistry in counterpoint; light comedy with subtext.

“The Silly Song” — Ensemble
Where it plays: ~01:23, cottage hoedown; fiddles, stomps, and table-top rhythm. Diegetic party tune.
Why it matters: Joy spike before the apple plot turns the screws.

“All Is Fair (Reprise)” — Gal Gadot
Where it plays: ~01:29, disguise prep and poisoned-apple scheme gather steam. Non-diegetic.
Why it matters: Darker, tighter, more menacing variant of the Queen’s thesis.

“A Hand Meets a Hand” — Rachel Zegler & Andrew Burnap
Where it plays: ~01:34, moonlit bridge/trust-fall moment; vow of courage rather than rescue. Non-diegetic duet.
Why it matters: Centers partnership and mutual bravery.

“Waiting on a Wish (Reprise)” — Rachel Zegler
Where it plays: ~01:43, post-apple resolution; melody returns as willpower finds a path. Non-diegetic.
Why it matters: Thread closes Snow’s arc on self-belief.

“Snow White Returns” — Ensemble feat. Snow
Where it plays: ~01:47, castle square restoration; the crowd answers back. Non-diegetic celebratory chorus.
Why it matters: A civic reprise that turns wishes into policy.

“Good Things Grow (Finale)” — Snow, Jonathan & Ensemble
Where it plays: ~01:50 into credits, curtain-call modulations. Non-diegetic/credits.
Why it matters: Full-company summation that mirrors the prologue.

Legacy motive (underscore): “Someday My Prince Will Come” appears as instrumental color inside Morrow’s score (no full vocal in-film).

Notes & Trivia

• The songs album released March 14, 2025; a deluxe version with instrumentals and score selections landed March 20.
• Jeff Morrow’s separate score album arrived around the theatrical opening; cue list features “I Remember,” “Mirror Mirror,” and “The Apple.”
• “Someday My Prince Will Come” is referenced instrumentally only — a deliberate story update.
• Recording took place at AIR Studios, London; orchestrations by Dave Metzger; Ian Eisendrath served as vocal/music producer.
• The lead single “Waiting on a Wish” rolled out days before the film and was performed live on promo stops.

Music–Story Links

When Snow names the world she wants, “Waiting on a Wish” lifts like a banner — the lyrical thesis she keeps revising with reality. The dwarfs’ work-song returns as community praxis: harmony as labor. The Queen’s “All Is Fair” twists symmetry into cruelty, so its reprise stains the apple plot. And the finale stacks reprises to show change took a chorus, not a savior — the score resolves with gentle quotes from the 1937 soundworld to bless the new order.

Reception & Quotes

Critical notes split on the film, but many singled out the vocals and song craft; others found the staging safer than the tunes. Albums performed modestly on charts compared to recent Disney remakes but traveled well in playlists.

“Pasek & Paul’s additions feel Disney-Renaissance bright without pastiche overload.” — review capsules

“Morrow’s score threads classic harmonic DNA into a modern, elegant fabric.” — score round-ups

Interesting Facts

• The album’s vinyl pressing (apple-red) followed in May 2025 via Disney Music Emporium.
• Several reprises (“Good Things Grow” variants; “Waiting on a Wish” reprise) create a cyclical structure uncommon in earlier live-action remakes.
• “Heigh-Ho” and “Whistle While You Work” are newly cast for character timbres; placement favors diegetic humor.
• Some deluxe-edition tracks double as instrumental karaoke for sing-along home releases.
• The score’s “Mirror Mirror” cue is a fan-favorite villain motif outside the song proper.

Technical Info

• Title: Disney’s Snow White — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (songs) + Disney’s Snow White (Original Score)
• Year: 2025
• Type: Musical film soundtrack (various artists) + orchestral score
• Songwriters/Producers: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul; production with Ian Eisendrath; orchestrations by Dave Metzger
• Composer (score): Jeff Morrow
• Key numbers: “Waiting on a Wish”; “All Is Fair” (+ reprise); “Princess Problems”; “A Hand Meets a Hand”; “Good Things Grow” (+ reprises/finale); legacy: “Heigh-Ho,” “Whistle While You Work,” “The Silly Song”
• Release timeline: Songs album — Mar 14, 2025; Deluxe — Mar 20; Score album — ~Mar 21
• Label: Walt Disney Records
• Runtime (film): ~109 minutes
• Availability: Streaming (standard & deluxe); score album streaming; later vinyl issue

Questions & Answers

Which classic songs return in the remake?

“Heigh-Ho,” “Whistle While You Work,” and “The Silly Song” — with refreshed orchestrations and new cast vocals.

What’s the new “I want” song?

“Waiting on a Wish,” performed by Rachel Zegler, introduced early at the orchard/well sequence.

Is there a villain song?

Yes — “All Is Fair,” sung by the Evil Queen in the mirror chamber (plus a reprise before the apple scheme).

Who composed the score, and what’s its character?

Jeff Morrow; lyrical, motif-rich writing that nods to 1930s Disney harmony while staying modern.

Does “Someday My Prince Will Come” appear?

Only instrumentally inside the underscore — there’s no full vocal rendition in the film.

Canonical Entities & Relations

Sources: Walt Disney Records album pages; TheWrap song roster; ScreenRant soundtrack guides; Wikipedia film & soundtrack entries; Film Music Reporter / Apple Music / Spotify score listings; press features with Jeff Morrow.

November, 27th 2025