Name: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Album: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Wonka's Welcome Song
2)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Augustus Gloop
3)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Violet Beauregarde
4)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Veruca Salt
5)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Mike Teavee
6)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Main Titles
7)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Wonka's First Shop
8)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The Indian Palace
9)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Wheels in Motion
10)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Charlie's Birthday Bar
11)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The Golden Ticket; Factory
12)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Chocolate Explorers
13)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Loompa Land
14)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The Boat Arrives
15)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The River Cruise
16)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: First Candy
17)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Up and Out
18)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The River Cruise - Part 2
19)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Charlie Declines
20)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Finale
21)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: End Credit Suite

Album: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Wonka's Welcome Song
2)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Augustus Gloop
3)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Violet Beauregarde
4)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Veruca Salt
5)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Mike Teavee
6)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Main Titles
7)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Wonka's First Shop
8)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The Indian Palace
9)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Wheels in Motion
10)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Charlie's Birthday Bar
11)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The Golden Ticket; Factory
12)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Chocolate Explorers
13)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Loompa Land
14)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The Boat Arrives
15)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The River Cruise
16)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: First Candy
17)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Up and Out
18)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: The River Cruise - Part 2
19)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Charlie Declines
20)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: Finale
21)	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, film score: End Credit Suite

Performer Notes

Composer: Danny Elfman.
Personnel: Danny Elfman (vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dennis Sands; Peter Cobbin; Steve Orchard.
Recording information: Air Studios Lyndhurst, London, England; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England.
It is hard to imagine a project better suited to director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman than an adaptation of Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and both artists make good by turning in some of their finest work. As in their past collaborations, Elfman provides a dreamy, zany auditory component to Burton's surreal visual universe and--as one might expect--Elfman's score to this paragon of fantastic films is dreamier, zanier, and bursting with more ideas than nearly any score in his oeuvre. Elfman's orchestral work (epitomized in "Main Titles") is dramatic, surprising, and full of tension, evoking the spookiness, magic, and pure lyricism of the film and its themes.
But the real treasures here are the five tunes Elfman composed for voice. The first song, a helium-infused, carnivalesque romp, introduces Willie Wonka. The other four are theme songs for the errant children who enter Wonka's factory. Each is done in a different style, ranging from the tribal, Oingo Boingo-like bounce of "Augustus Gloop" to the sunshiney psychedelia of "Veruca Salt," and the jittery, robotic opera of "Mike Teavee." Amazingly, these tunes equal the greatness of the songs from 1971's WILLIE WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and manage to remain both original and true to the spirit of Dahl's book, which is high praise indeed.