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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]
An M&M's ad featuring the song shows Red and Yellow trying to remix the "M&M's Man" jingle with help from Zedd and Aloe Blacc. The Broadway and U.S. tour production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features Willy Wonka singing this song at the top of the show, just as he disguises himself as a candy store owner.
† Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Music by Anthony Newley for the 1971 film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. †† “The Teavee Family” is the same song as “It's Teavee Time!" from the original West End production with a different title.
Wonka enfolds some favorites from the 1971 version (including Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley’s “Pure Imagination”), though the bulk of the songs are new: they’re written by Neil Hannon ...
Ross Bonaime of Collider wrote "Music was key to bringing Willy Wonka to the screen in 1971, and while the songs here aren’t quite to the level of that original film, they are toe-tapping fun in the theater and Hannon does a solid job with the musical numbers throughout." [19] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called Neil Hannon's ...
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, also known simply as Willy Wonka, is a musical with music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and a book by Bricusse and Timothy Allen McDonald. It is based on the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl . [ 1 ]
The Last Five Years If you had a friend who took voice lessons in the 2000s, you’ve probably heard at least one of these songs. Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan play a couple who meet, marry, and ...
The song was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe and won a Grammy in 2006. Groban even performed the song at the Oscars with Beyoncé the year it was nominated.