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"Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. It was written by British composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the movie. [1] It was sung by Gene Wilder, who played the character of Willy Wonka. Bricusse has stated that the song was written over the phone in one day. [2]
- Willy Wonka and Company "Pure Imagination" † - Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Grandpa Joe, and the Golden Ticket Winners "Auf Wiedersehen Augustus Gloop" - Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas "You Got Whacha Want" ††† - Oompa-Loompas and Willy Wonka "Veruca's Nutcracker Sweet" - Oompa-Loompas "Vidiots" - Oompa-Loompas, Willy Wonka and Mrs ...
Willy Wonka introduces himself to the audience and summons his Oompa-Loompa workers, announcing that he is retiring and he must choose a new successor when he does ("Pure Imagination" / "The Golden Age of Chocolate"). Wonka, acting as narrator, introduces the impoverished Bucket family: Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, their young son Charlie, and Charlie ...
The soundtrack also featured Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley's "Pure Imagination" and "Oompa Loompa" from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). [5] [6] Wonka marked Chalamet's debut as a singer on-screen, who said he felt "out of his league" recording at Abbey Road.
King worried that like so many other “brands,” a young Willy Wonka movie was something devised in a boardroom with visions of “12,000 movies and a TV show.”
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (with Newley, 1971) - includes “Pure Imagination” and “The Candy Man” Beyond the Rainbow (lyrics only, 1978) [37] The Good Old Bad Old Days (with Newley, 1974) Peter Pan (television, with Newley, 1976) Victor Victoria (film with Henry Mancini, 1982) Babes in Toyland (1986 film) (with Newley, 1986)
The action plays out to the tune "Pure Imagination," which appeared in the 1971 movie, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," sung by British singer-songwriter Sarah Faith Griffiths, ...
With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), featuring "Pure Imagination", which has been recorded by dozens of singers. [6] He collaborated with John Barry on the title song for the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), sung by Shirley Bassey.