Pure Imagination

~ Recording by Gene Wilder

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Leslie Bricusse & Anthony NewleyWilly Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryLeslie Bricusse & Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1971-06-30
Paramount Records (1969-founded Paramount Pictures subsidiary)PAS-6012
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Leslie Bricusse & Anthony NewleyWilly Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryLeslie Bricusse & Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA-37124
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Leslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Music From the Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Picture (special 25th anniversary edition)Leslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1996-10-08
Hip‐O RecordsHIPD-40020
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Leslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Special 25th Anniversary Edition (BMG Music Club)Leslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Hip‐O RecordsD 116094, HIPD-40020
1.7Pure Imagination4:20Gene WilderWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (25th Anniversary Edition)Leslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
Geffen Records
1.7Pure Imagination4:20Gene WilderWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Music From the Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Picture (25th Anniversary Edition, 24-Bit/96 kHz)Leslie Bricusse & Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2010-06-01
Geffen Records
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Gene WilderWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Music From the Original SoundtrackLeslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2016-02-26
3.14Pure Imagination4:20Gene WilderWe’re Gonna Make Our Dreams Come True: Popular Songs of Dreams and Wishes and Dreams‐Turned‐Into‐RealityVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-08-08
Hallmark Music (associated with the Hallmark greeting card label)
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Leslie Bricusse & Anthony NewleyWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Music From the Original SoundtrackLeslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
  • CA2024-01-19
1.7Pure Imagination4:22Gene WilderWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: Music From the Original SoundtrackLeslie Bricusse and Anthony NewleyAlbum + Soundtrack
  • CA2024-01-19
1.19Pure Imagination4:21Gene WilderMastermix Classic Cuts, Volume 114: At the MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)CC114

Relationships

vocals:Gene Wilder (American actor)
conductor:Walter Scharf
arranger:Walter Scharf
recording of:Pure Imagination

Related works

Pure Imagination

writer:Leslie Bricusse
Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:Downtown DMP Songs
Taradam Music, Inc.
referred to in medleys:Main Title (Golden Ticket / Pure Imagination)
later versions:Pure Imagination (from the movie Wonka)
part of:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (stage musical based on Roald Dahl's 1964 novel)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971 American musical fantasy film adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1964 novel)