By Molly Moss

Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 12:00 am

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Roald Dahl fans, assemble: the film adaptation of Tim Minchin’s West End hit, Matilda the Musical, is finally upon us.

The movie, which is based on the classic children’s novel by Roald Dahl, follows child prodigy Matilda (Alisha Weir), as she leads a revolution against her school’s evil headteacher, Miss Trunchball (played by Emma Thompson).

The Netflix adaptation features 12 of the 16 Tim Minchin songs from the West End hit newly-recorded by the film’s spectacular cast, as well as 10 instrumental score pieces by Christopher Nightingale, composer and orchestrator of the original stage production.

One “big musical number” didn’t make it into the finished movie, however.

Cast member Andrea Riseborough recently told RadioTimes.com that the cast worked on the sequence for the track Loud for months, but that the scene was eventually scrapped.

“There’s a big musical number that we shot [Loud] and which we worked on for three or four months, and which isn’t in the finished film,” she said.

“That’s often the case with a musical film but it was such a joy to do it and have that sort of fun.”

She added that “the film works without” the song. 

Read on for the full Matilda the Musical movie soundtrack.

Matilda musical movie soundtrack: Full song list from the Netflix film

Miracle

Vocal track written by Tim Minchin