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
The Willy Wonka Candy Company on the top left corner. The Willy Wonka Candy Company was first imagined in the pages of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The "Wonka" property was licensed to film director Mel Stuart; his 10-year-old daughter read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and asked her father to make it into a film, obliging him to get "Uncle Dave" (producer David L. Wolper) to produce it. Stuart showed the book to Wolper, who was engaged in talks with the Quaker Oats Company. Wolper convinced the Quaker Oats Company into signing the deal for up to $3 million to finance the