It's A Jungle Out There - Randy Newman (Monk TV Theme)

This sounds so simple, and it's not. Thanks, Randy Newman.

see below.

This version is the same but easier to read and cleaner, with a mistake edited and a dubious bassline removed.


It's A Jungle Out There by Randy Newman

I started from Steve R's version and (I hope) improved some of the chord changes over the chromatic bass lines.

Great song, thanks Steve.


It's A Jungle Out There

Nice refinements, thanks Stefan!

By the way, I just love the ways he brings anxiety into the music.

• The harmonic rhythm starts slow but gradually accelerates
• The diminished chord progressions seem to cringe
• The key keeps modulating up by a fourth, (using those tricky dim7 progressions)
  leading to tension that never quite resolves since it remains higher by a fourth than it began (Cm to Fm)
• The key changes seem to be Cm (-> C7) -> Fm (-> F7) -> Bbm (-> G7 -> C7) -> Fm

Thanks it is verry nice