Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Tracks
1. Wonka's Welcome Song
2. Augustus Gloop
3. Violet Beuregarde
4. Veruca Salt
5. Mike Teavee
6. Main Titles
7. Wonka's First Shop
8. The Indian Palace
9. Wheels in Motion
10. Charlie's Birthday Bar
11. The Golden Ticket/Factory
12. Chocolate Explorers
13. Loompa Land
14. The Boat Arrives
15. The River Cruise
16. First Candy
17. Up and Out
18. The River Cruise - Part 2
19. Charlie Declines
20. Finale
21. End Credit Suite
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Review
It's as if composer Danny Elfman's fertile relationship with director Tim Burton had been building up to this, their 11th collaboration and perhaps the one that best encapsulates their shared aesthetics: It's hard to think of a subject better suited to the two men than an adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For the occasion, Elfman has come up with five actual songs (and sings on them), which reminds one of the 1980s heyday of his old band, Oingo Boingo. The first, "Wonka's Welcome Song" is a demented minute-long blast that evokes 1960s kiddie TV. Each of the other four (which use Dahl's own words) is dedicated to one of the children invited to visit Willy Wonka's factory, and each is done is a different musical style. All are fantastically fun. A personal favorite is the mock-operatic "Mike TeaVee," on which Elfman basically transposes "Bohemian Rhapsody" to a hyperactive cartoon universe. The lovely "Main Titles" acts as a transition into the instrumental part of the score and will be familiar to fans of Elfman's music for Edward Scissorhands, particularly its otherworldly, celestial choral sound. The rest of the tracks simply represent the work of Elfman and his longtime arranger, Steve Bartek, at their best, alternately flamboyant, dreamlike, and suggestive. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Many say that this version will never surpass the first Wonka movie, and that the songs are worse as well. But you have to remember that this was a more modern version of the story, so the music must be modern as well. Instead of a happy go-lucky score like the original, this one has a more creepy techno feel to it. ((Such as the "Main Titles" track)) The movie itself was also magnificantly done, and of course, it couldn't surpass the original. I loved it, ((I own lots of its merchendise XD)) but the original was a classic. Classics can't be replaced.
But I don't think Tim Burton or Danny Elfman were trying to do so. They weren't trying to replace the original, they were trying to do their own version. Instead of comparing the songs and movies, see them as seperate. You'll see then why this soundtrack is so great.