I imagine that after what you saw in the preview, the screen fades to black for the rest of the end credits. The Overture or Entr’acte (or something similar) playing underneath makes sense for a part of the film that most cinema goers won’t see, having left their seats as soon as the credits roll.

Aside from a couple songs being shuffled to different places (Our Last Summer & Take A Chance On Me being the most notable of the songs in the stage show in new locations in the film version), and others no longer sung but used as incidental music (Under Attack, and Knowing Me, Knowing You) the movie follows the stage show fairly closely.

The only real mystery left is that the test screening did not feature the complete end credits for the movie. All that was shown of the end credits is what was credited while the mini-concert segment that concludes the stage show is shown on screen. It will be interesting to see what they will play to close out the remaining credits. Perhaps a variation or hybrid of the “Overture” or “Entr’acte” since those did not appear in any capacity in the film. Perhaps they’ll even use a real ABBA song, since there was no where else in the film where they seemed to be able to inject the real ABBA vocals as they appear in the “Entr’acte” in the stage show. I just hope it’s not “Thank You For The Music” coming in to close out this film like it does “ABBA: The Movie” That would be just too much of a cliche.

Q: To win the Oscar for the best music, it has to contain a new song.

BU: I heard that too, yes.

Q: So - will there be a new song?

BU: I don’t think so. Everybody would think: oh, they want the Oscar.

(thanks to Erik Menkens/ABBAMAIL for the translation. Source.)

I hope that the Mamma Mia! movie will finally reunite Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus back together again for the first time in twenty-five years to record a new ABBA song which is specifically written for the film. It is possible for this to happen!

Hopefully the great new ABBA/Mamma Mia! song will eventually win an Academy Award for the Best Original Song From A Motion Picture at the Oscars and a Golden Globe Award as Best Original Song. Hopefully again, that all members of ABBA will attend both award shows as well!

ABBA, the late Stig Anderson, Michael B. Tretow and all the great musicians who played on ABBA’s records should all be celebrated for bringing wonderfully joyful music to the world!

Today is my 35th birthday and I would like to wish for World Peace, a New ABBA Song and an Ice Cream Cake to eat too! Maybe one of these wishes just might come true?

Kind Regards
Samuel Inglles

Ian

Great blog, Ian - an intelligent, impartial and non-sensationalised read. Very best of luck with it.