[.ca] Willy Wonka And The Chocolate

From Amazon.com:
Originally released in 1971, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was an imaginative film that drew as much inspiration from the leftover vibes (and drugs) of the psychedelic '60s as it did from Roald Dahl's fanciful children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If you doubt it, check out this special 25th anniversary edition of the original soundtrack album, which features lyrics and music by Anthony Newley, who was a major influence on David Bowie and whose work on this film has clearly inspired '90s rockers from Veruca Salt (who took their name from the spoiled rich girl) to the Butthole Surfers (who could easily cover the sinister, trippy "Wondrous Boat Ride". C'mon, everybody, let's sing: "Oompa loompa/Doomp-ity-do/I've got another lesson for you...." --Jim Derogatis

Songs from the Candy Man.:
WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is a charming movie. This soundtrack to the film is a delight to own for any fans of the film. My favorites on the album are: "Golden Ticket" "Candy Man" "Pure Imagination" "Oompa Loompa" My only complaint about this album is that the tracks aren't organized very well. For example, except for the first "Oompa Loomp", the rest of the "Oompa Loompa" songs are at the end of other tracks so you have to fast forward or rewind to find what you're looking for. Also, there is a lot of dialogue and sound effects contained in some of the song tracks. I'm glad it's on there, but it would have been better if the dialogue and sound effects were on separate tracks than the songs. However, if you can deal with those little nuances, this is a wonderful cd to own.

Cute Songs!:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a great movie and this is a good soundtrack though I agree that it would have been better if the sounds from the movie had seperate tracks like has been done on other soundtracks on CD that include sounds and dialogue from movies but it's really nice to hear the cute songs from this movie especially Candy Man which was one of my favorite songs when I was a kid in the 70's though as a child I grew up listening to Sammy Davis Jr's version of Candy Man but the version from the movie is good too and I highly recommend this soundtrack.

A rare gem from the 70's.:
Willy Wonka is another one of those perennial favorite movies. It was one of the very few notable movie musicals to come out of the early 70's ("Fiddler on the Roof" and "Man of La Mancha" are the only others that come to mind). It is a lavish movie musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's most famous children's book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." While most of the lavish productions of the period, such as "Camelot" and "Hello Dolly" failed, the popularity of "Willy Wonka" endures today. The score is one of the many things this movie has going for it. It is just fabulous. While none of the cast are excellent singers, the score is best sung by those who are correctly cast in their roles. Fortunately, every one is perfect in his or her role and the singing comes off just fine. The sound quality on this album is excellent. Highly Recommended.

Willie Wonka CD Soundtrack:
I love this music. It was my favorite movie as a kid. Now my two sons 9, and 4 love this movie and music. I love to see them sing along to the music and its a fun and educational music. I recommend it highly.

Excellent Movie, Not so excellent Soundtrack!:
Great movie but the soundtrack is really annoying! I only want to hear the cute classic songs from the wonderful movie and not annoying and useless high pitched mechanical noises, if I wanted to listen to mechanical noises I would have set up my tape recorder to tape our noisy squeaky dish washer. I also don't like how the words and sounds from the movie run into the songs, it would have been better if the noises and phrases from the movie had their own seperate track so people can enjoy the songs without the distracting clutter of noise.

• Golden Ticket/Pure Imagination (Main Title Theme)
• Candy Man
• Charlie's Paper Run
• Cheer Up Charlie
• Lucky Charlie
• (I've Got A) Golden Ticket
• Pure Imagination
• Oompa Loompa
• Wondrous Boat Ride
• Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa Loompa
• Bubble Machine
• I Want It Now/Oompa Loompa
• Wonkamobile, Wonkavision/Oompa Loompa
• Wonkavator/End Title (Pure Imagination)