It was first reissued on CD in 1990, as Disneyland Records was reworked into Walt Disney Records.Īll songs written and composed by Robert B. Another version, simply titled The Jungle Book, was issued in the Buena Vista Records label, featuring less narration and dialogue to be marketed for adults. It was a commercial success, being certified Gold by the RIAA, and was later nominated for an Grammy Award for Best Album for Children.
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It featured a retelling of the story with narration by Dal McKennon as Bagheera, and dialogue and sound effects from the film itself along with the songs. The first version was Walt Disney Presents the Story and Songs of The Jungle Book, also known as the "Storyteller" version, issued on the Disneyland Records label. Versions Walt Disney Presents the Story and Songs of The Jungle Book One of The Mellomen's members, Bill Lee, sang as Shere Khan during the final recording of the song because George Sanders was unavailable, and can be heard on the soundtrack. During production Disney decided the 60's style rock would cause the song to be considered dated later, leading "We're Your Friends" to be changed to the barbershop quartet that appears in the film. The vultures were even designed based on The Beatles, with moptop haircuts and Liverpudlian accents, and would be voiced by the band, which did not come into fruition due to problems with their schedule. "We're Your Friends" was originally conceived as a rock and roll song, sung by the quartet of vultures. The song "Trust in Me" is based upon a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written by the Sherman Brothers for, but not used in, Mary Poppins. The duo decided to do songs that fit in the story and advanced the plot instead of being interruptive. Walt Disney asked the Shermans to "find scary places and write fun songs" for their compositions, and frequently brought them to storyline sessions. In one of his first union jobs, famed songwriter Van Dyke Parks arranged the version of "Necessities" heard in the film. The only piece of Gilkyson's work which survived to the final film was his upbeat tune " The Bare Necessities", which was liked by the rest of the film crew. The Sherman Brothers were brought in to do a complete rewrite, on the condition that they not read Kipling's book. Gilkyson delivered several complete songs which were faithful in tone to Rudyard Kipling's novel, but Walt Disney felt that his efforts were too dark. Longtime Disney collaborator Terry Gilkyson was brought in to write the songs for the film. Smith's organ score from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Two of the cues were reused from previous Disney films, with the scene where Mowgli wakes up after escaping King Louie using one of Bruns' themes for Sleeping Beauty, and Bagheera giving a eulogy to Baloo when he mistakenly thinks the bear was killed by Shere Khan being accompanied by Paul J. The instrumental music was written by George Bruns and orchestrated by Walter Sheets. 2.2 Songs from The Jungle Book and Other Jungle Favorites.
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2.1 Walt Disney Presents the Story and Songs of The Jungle Book.