# "It's a Jungle Out There" (MONK TV theme song) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753 "2006-07-09T16:31:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/1 "2006-07-09T16:31:46Z")
OK, any clues on where to find this on CD? or downloadable for iPod? (NOTE: I am only interested in legal, above-board approach, I am not trying to avoid paying the people who have legitimate rights.) On iTunes, I found half a dozen songs of that name, but none are the right one. I want the Randy Newman song that’s the title song for the TV show MONK. Where do I find it? Thanks in advance… ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/2 "2006-07-09T16:37:01Z")
I haven’t been there in a while, but I seem to recall USA’s Monk homepage had both themes available as legal mp3 downloads. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/3 "2006-07-09T16:46:10Z")
Alas, you can only download the original theme music fron [USA](http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/theshow/music/music.html). The new one is only streaming real media. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/4 "2006-07-09T17:32:44Z")
_Monk_ is interesting in that it’s the only TV show ever to win the Emmy for Best Main Title Theme Music twice–the first for Jeff Beal’s charming jazz score the first season, and the second a year later for Randy Newman’s song (which has remained ever since). ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/5 "2006-07-09T18:41:26Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] _Monk_ is interesting in that it’s the only TV show ever to win the Emmy for Best Main Title Theme Music twice–the first for Jeff Beal’s charming jazz score the first season, and the second a year later for Randy Newman’s song (which has remained ever since). [/QUOTE] Am I the only one who actually prefers the one from the first season? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/6 "2006-07-09T18:44:11Z")
I checked with Randy Newman and the answer is YES. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/7 "2006-07-09T18:45:31Z")
For a while, they’d play the Newman on the opening credits, but the Beal on the closing credits. That was a nice balance, but I think they’ve largely discontinued the practice. I like the Newman song because it captures Adrian’s state-of-mind well, but the Beal had a light touch that worked for what’s largely a fizzy show. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/8 "2006-07-09T23:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Am I the only one who actually prefers the one from the first season? [/QUOTE] Nope, I loved that one. I hated the newer song at first, but it’s grown on me. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/9 "2006-07-10T00:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] For a while, they’d play the Newman on the opening credits, but the Beal on the closing credits. [/QUOTE] There was only one case where this happened, and it tied into a inside joke. The plot of the episode involved the star of a _CSI_ style show framed for murder. One of the women who believed he was innocent was also passing around a petition for the show to go back to its original theme song. At the end of the episode, she comes to Monk’s house to personally thank him for clearing her favorite actor. She then goes on to tell him he would be a good subject for a TV show (he doesn’t think so), and asks him to promise that if he ever gets his own TV show not to change the theme song. The original Beal theme plays over the credits. However, a piece the Beal theme usually plays at the end of an episode during the final joke, leading into an instrumental version of Newman’s theme. And the music sometimes contains hints of Beal’s theme when Monk is his most Monkish. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/10 "2006-07-10T02:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Am I the only one who actually prefers the one from the first season? [/QUOTE] No, and unlike **Bibliocat** I still don’t care for the new song. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/11 "2006-07-10T04:46:59Z")
Jumping in to say that I think the Newman bit is just **brilliant**. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-jungle-out-there-monk-tv-theme-song/363753/12 "2006-07-10T11:07:11Z")
Thanks for the link and help… it sucks that they have first season for downloading, but not the Randy Newman. Sigh.