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Tracks Overture Baby Colonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song) The Bare Necessities I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) Monkey Chase Tell Him Colonel Hathi's March (Reprise) Jungle Beat Trust in Me (The Python's Song) What'cha Wanna Do That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song) Tiger Fight Poor Bear My Own Home (The Jungle Book Theme) The Bare Necessities (Reprise) Interview with the Sherman Brothers Baloo's Blues It's A Kick Brothers All (Demo Recording) The Song of the Seeonee (Demo Recording)
At the height of Beatlemania, the Disney folks were teaching kids how to really swing with this soundtrack to their adaptation of Rudyard Kipling'sThe Jungle Book. Of course, it's Phil Harris (the voice of everyone's favorite hipster bear Baloo) who steals the show with the original slacker anthem, "The Bare Necessities," but his scat match with an inspired Louis Prima on "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" is also not to be missed. Songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman--who clearly enjoyed playing the irony card on songs like "Trust in Me (The Python's Song)" and "That's What Friends Are For" (The Vulture Song)"--offer entertaining reminiscences about the project in a 12-minute bonus track. George Bruns's wonderful underscore, a couple early song demos, and two post-soundtrack Baloo numbers round out a collection that suggests, in the most charming way imaginable, that it really is a jungle out there.--Bill Forman
Amazon Review This product came before the sender said! It also came in excellent condition!!
Jungle Book This music does not include the lyrics from the animated movie. A disappointment. Whats the point of this album if you can't sing along to the tunes?this favorite lives on This was my favorite movie and now it is my son's. This CD is the musical sound track so it has background music. Sometimes my son wants to listen to it (he know's the scene sequence pretty well) and sometimes just the big hits. The CD has allowed me to redirect the Jungle Book demand/chant from movie to music and we can avoid getting plugged into the TV all day. The interview at the end is pretty interesting too.
