Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) shades of chocolate were tested before Burton settled on the proper hue. The original music score was written by Danny Elfman, a frequent collaborator with director Tim Burton. Elfman's score is based around three primary themes: a gentle family theme for the Buckets, generally set in upper woodwinds; a mystical, string-driven waltz for Willy Wonka; and a hyper-upbeat factory theme for full orchestra, Elfman's homemade synthesizer samples and the diminutive chanting voices of the Oompa-Loompas. Elfman also wrote and performed the vocals for four songs, with pitch changes and modulations to represent different singers. The lyrics to the Oompa-Loompa songs
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) family. Wonka explains that they have already been moved in to their own room in the factory, and invites Charlie in to begin their new life as candy-making partners. †Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Music by Anthony Newley for the 1971 film, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". ††Replaced, as of 2016, by "Queen of Pop". A London original cast album was released on 7 October 2013. A Broadway cast recording was released digitally on 2 June and in stores on 23 June on the Masterworks Broadway label. The West End production had a 16 piece orchestra + conductor, which was