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Sounds on Screen #5 (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

9/2/2016

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I'm still having trouble getting over the passing of Gene Wilder.  This week, I've decided to go back and listen to the soundtrack from one of his most iconic films.  The soundtrack for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has impacted our souls since its release.  Every track on the album is singable, from "The Candy Man" to "Pure Imagination."  The tracks flutter through our minds with surreal concepts of a made-up world, with a chocolate factory at its center.  We are brought through tracks of joy with "(I've Got a) Golden Ticket."  The track cheers us up as Charlie and his grandpa finally gain their dream.  The string instrumentals grant us a sweet taste of the confectionary journey that Charlie and his grandpa endeavor in.  Finally, we are brought into an unreal chocolate factory with Gene Wilder's perfectly sung "Pure Imagination."  Along the journey, oddities are introduced to us with the articulate and mysterious theme, "Oompa Loompa."  At the end of the journey, we escape from Wonka's strict mind with an out-of-this-world theme that accompanies a magical elevator ride.  What more could you ask for in a soundtrack?

Notable Tracks:
"The Candy Man"
"(I've Got a) Golden Ticket"
"Pure Imagination"
"Oompa Loompa"
"I Want It Now/Oompa-Loompa"
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