Apart from Magnus Dominus by Benigno Zerafa and the test piece, Quam Dilecta Tabernacula Tua Domine by Carlo Diacono (1876–1942), the choir’s performance included Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity, The Bare Necessities from the motion picture The Jungle Book and negro spirituals Hush, somebody’s Calling My Name and I Want Jesus.
In the 1994 live-action Disney film Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, Dr. Julius Plumford exclaims "The bare necessities of life!" in the ballroom scene.
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Tituss Burgess performed the song for the BBC radio special "BBC Radio 2 Celebrates The Music of Disney".
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Van Dyke Parks worked on the arrangement, which was his first paid gig after moving to California.
Bobby Bare | RAAF Bare Bases | RAAF bare bases | The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even | Bare-knuckle boxing | The Right to Bare Arms | The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even | Richard L. Bare | Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara | Bare | The Bare Necessities | Frank Bare, Jr. | Bare Rock | Bare Knuckle Pickups | bare-knuckle boxing | Bare Essence |
Some songs such as "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You" are from the original film; the new songs were written by Nicolas Maranda, who also arranged all the songs.