Jungle Book [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Richard M. Sherman (Artist), Robert B. Sherman (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2001)
• Original Release Date: October 18, 1967
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Walt Disney Records
• ASIN: B000056QDT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,080 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #43 in Music > Children's Music > Disney
  • #49 in Music > Broadway & Vocalists > Musicals > General

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60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yes it is the soundtrack, December 2, 2002

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microjoe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jungle Book (Audio CD)

A reviewer below complained that this is not the soundtrack of Jungle Book, but it most certainly is... The record he remembers as a child is a storybook album, which is very different than a soundtrack. Since he was dissapointed that this is not an read aloud type version of the movie, he pans the CD and gives it 1 star. This CD is a masterpiece of the original Disney music and score of the the actual movie, taken right from the master recordings. Very enjoyable.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome!, April 30, 2001

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This review is from: Jungle Book (Audio CD)

The original recordings for making the movie were used to make this CD. This CD is yet another stellar masterpiece of historical preservation, overseen by producer Randy Thornton, whose father worked for Disney (you can see his name in some of the live action movie credits). The music has been digitally repaired and reassembled, deleted portions replaced. Randy is really devoted to making these CD's special and throws in all the extras such as an interview with the fabulous composers "the Sherman Brothers". They composed many many songs for Disney over the years like Mary Poppins, and non-Disney like "Chitty CHitty Bang BAng". The composer of the beautiful underscore was George Bruns who wrote the music for the Pirates of the Caribbean" (with X. Atencio writing the lyrics). The song "Bare Neccesities" was composed by Terry Gilkyson. There are 2 songs from an old Jungle book story album that are not actually in the movie, and have not been released in about 30 years. Randy also added 2 previously unreleased demos of songs that did not make it into the film to give you a feel for the original production process and the filmmakers search to get it right. Remember that if you have seen the movie, you only heard snippets of many of these songs, many were overwhelmed with dialogue. But in this CD, the producer engineered the dialogue out so you can hear the original recording as it was made to be, simply awesome. Nice interior 15 page booklet with lyrics, great art, and liner notes too. There is so much value here I would have paid twice as much.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Jungle book fans, May 1, 2003

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This review is from: Jungle Book (Audio CD)

Our whole family loves Jungle book film and hence we ordered this audio CD.

The CD's sound quality is excellent. It comes with a booklet that contains the lyrics (which is a great value for people like me who likes to sing the songs along with my kids). The CD has the film songs, some non-vocal music numbers and some demo songs. I really enjoyed the Sherman Brothers interview (~12 minutes).