The Jungle Book - 25

The Original Film

The Jungle Book, is the last film of the Bronze Age in Disney animation and the last film Walt personally supervised before his death. 

All the songs in the film were once again written by the Sherman Brothers. Except for “The Bear Necessities”, which was written by Terry Gilkyson instead. However, the score was written by George Bruns. 

1. “Overture”  -  George Bruns
2. “Colonel Hathi’s March (Elephant Song)” - J Pat O Mally Verna Felton and chorus
3. “The Bare Necessities” -  Bruce Reitherman and Phil Harris 
4. “I Wan'na Be like You (The Monkey Song)” - Louis Prima and Phil Harris
5. “Trust in Me (Python’s Song)” - Sterling Holloway  
6. “That’s What Friends Are For (Vulture Song)” - J. Pat O'Malley, Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson, Digby Wolfe, Bruce Reitherman and Bill Lee
7. “My Own Home (Jungle Book Theme)” - Darlene Carr 

Deleted Songs     

Gilkyson wrote a whole other score before being replaced by the Sherman brothers. These deleted songs are more in line with the tone of the original novel. 

1. “Brothers All” - orginal opening 
2. “The Song of the Seeonee” - The wolf pack
3. “In A Day’s Work” - Baloo, Bagheera and Mowgli 
4. “The Bare Necessities” - Demo Version
5. “Monkey See, Monkey Do” - replaced by “I wanna be like you”
6. “We’re Your Friends” - (Alternate Version) 
7. “The Mighty Hunters” - Shere Khan and Buldeo  
8. “I Knew I Belonged to Her” - Mowgli 

Other songs were also deleted from the animated squeal

1. “Braver” - Shanti 
2. “I’ve Got You Beat” - Mowgli and Shanti   

Sequels 

Both an animated sequel as made and an audio play. both of which features new songs. The Jungle Book 2 features new songs by Lorraine Feather,Paul Grabowsky, and Joel McNeely. 

1. “I Wan'na Be like You” – Smash Mouth
2. “Jungle Rhythm” – Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan
3. “The Bare Necessities” – Baloo, Mowgli
4. “W-I-L-D” – Baloo
5. “Right Where I Belong” – Windy Wagner

More Jungle Book… Further Adventures of Baloo and Mowgli was an audio play LP that was meant to be a sequel to the film. Featuring all of the original voice cast, it’s most certainly worth checking out. 

1. “Baloo’s Blues" – Phil Harris (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman)
2. "Jungle Fever" – Phil Harris (Floyd Huddleston, Camarata) 
3. "The Abba Dabba Honeymoon” - Chours (Arthur Fields, Walter Donovan)
4. “If You Wanna See Some Strange Behavior (Take a Look at Man)" -Louis Prima (Mel Leven) 
5. "It’s a Kick" – Phil Harris (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) 
6. "Civilization” - Chrous ( Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman)
7. “Bare Necessities" – Phil Harris & Sebastian Cabot (Terry Gilkyson)

Live Action Adaption 

The newest live action adaption was just released in theaters not that long ago, so here ya go….

1. "Main Titles/ Jungle Run” - (John Debney &George Bruns)
2. “The Bare Necessities” - Dr. John and The Nite Trippers
3. “Trust in Me” - Scarlett Johansson
4. “I Wan'na Be Like You” - Christopher Walken 
5. “The Bare Necessities” - Bill Murray and Kermit Ruffins 
6. “Jungle Book Closes” - John Debney   

However Disney’s 2016 remake wasn’t there only one. In 1998 they released a direct-to-video LA version called Mowgli’s Story.  

1. “Monkey Time” - Robert Folk ( Curtis Mayfield ) 

Stage Adapations

So there’s technically two stage productions of The Jungle Book. The first was a potential full fledged Broadway production. Yet it never made it past the workshop stage. Premiering only twice in Chicago and since then has been nearly wiped from history. The only thing that exists is some promotional material, no audio recordings for sale what so ever. The best I can gather, there were no original songs. Just the ones from the film and some added ones from the More Jungle Book album. Anyways here is what I could find. 

The second production is a Broadway Jr version called Jungle Book KIDS.  

1. “Jungle Prologue" 
2. "Kaa the Snake” 
3. “Trust in Me” 
4. “Night into Day” 
5. “Colonel Hathi’s March” 
6. “Baloo the Bear”
7. “The Bare Necessities”
8. “Monkey Business”
9. “I Wan'na Be Like You” 
10. “Shere Khan the Tiger” 
11. “Mowgli Runs” 
12. “That’s What Friends Are For” 
13. “The Battle” 

Video Game

The game The Jungle Book Groove Party, a music rhythm game for the Playstation 2, features new songs and remixes of the original music. 

1. “The Jungle’s No Place for a Boy” - Bagheera
2. “Join The Ranks” - Colonel Hathi and Junior
3. “The Bare Necessities” - Baloo
4. “Go Bananas in the Coconut Tree” - Monkeys
5. “I Wanna Be Like You” - King Louie
6. “A Mood for Food” - Kaa
7. “We Are the Vultures” - Vultures
8. “Run” - Shere Khan
9. “A Brand New Day” - Shanti
10. “I Wanna Be Like You” - Lou Bega

Disney Released Remixes and Covers

1. “Trust in Me” - Selena Gomez DisneyMania 7  
2. “The Bare Necessities” - Harry Connick Jr Simply Mad About the Mouse
3.  “The Bare Necessities” - Bowling for Soup Disneymania 3  
4. “I Wan'na Be like You” - Los Lobos Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films 
5. “I Wan'na Be like You” - Voodoo Glow Skulls Dive Into Disney
6. “I Wan'na Be like You” - Nikki Webster Disneymania 2
7. “I Wan'na Be like You” - Jonas Brothers Disneymania 5
8. “I Wan'na Be like You” - Fall Out Boy We Love Disney