The Bare Necessities is a song by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman.
The song "The Bare Necessities" was written by Terry Gilkyson and was sung by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman in The Jungle Book.[3]
The earlier draft of the movie was never produced.The only song used from the previous version was kept by the Sherman Brothers.Sebastian Cabot and Phil Harris reprised their roles as Bagheera and Baloo at the end of the film.Parks worked on the arrangement.Louis Armstrong also sang the song."The Bare Necessities" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to "Talk to the Animals" by Doctor Dolittle.The theme song for Jungle Cubs was a hip-hop version of the song performed by Lou Rawls.[6]