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
Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory Mangan's "chatty tone" but also that "she doesn't offer much to draw in non-aficionados" A child's review in the San Francisco Book Review "wished that this book would focus more on the book rather than the movies/stage versions of the book ... note(d) that the book seems directed to an adult audience", and "recommend(ed) this book to all Roald Dahl and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" fans". Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation is a 2014 non-fiction book by Lucy Mangan. It was