
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.2.1 Walt Disney Presents the Story and Songs of The Jungle Book.
