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 was one of the most common books that UK adults had read as children, after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", and "The Wind in The Willows". Groups who have praised the book include: In the 2012 survey published by "SLJ", a monthly with primarily US audience, "Charlie" was the second of four books by Dahl among the so-called Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer. Although the book has always been popular and considered a children's classic by many literary critics, a number of prominent individuals have spoken unfavorably of the