Soundtrack – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Original Soundtrack)

Limited vinyl LP repressing. Original score written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. The movie's producers were trying for a musical along the lines of Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that is something that could appeal to children but not bore adults and vice versa depending upon how one approached it. They got more than they bargained for - almost too much in terms of it's appeal at the time - in an immensely tuneful score by Leslie Bricusse with delightful fantasy-laced lyrics by Anthony Newley wrapped up in a film that appealed to the more worldly perceptions of children and to parents who recalled that side of themselves.

1. Main Title (Golden Ticket/Pure Imagination)
2. The Candy Man
3. Charlie's Paper Run
4. Cheer Up, Charlie
5. Lucky Charlie
6. (I've Got a) Golden Ticket
7. Pure Imagination
8. Oompa Loompa
9. The Wondrous Boat Ride
10. Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa-Loompa
11. The Bubble Machine
12. I Want It Now/Oompa-Loompa
13. Wonkamobile, Wonkavision/Oompa-Loompa
14. Wonkavator/End Title (Pure Imagination)

Label: Geffen Records

Catalog: 002393701

Genre: Soundtrack