<P> Jim Henson's Creature Shop was brought in to provide animal puppet figures for Sethi to act against, although none appear in the finished film . The animal puppets were performed by Artie Esposito, Sean Johnson, Allan Trautman, and April Warren . Favreau utilized motion capture with certain actors, expressing a desire to avoid overusing the technology in order to prevent evoking an uncanny valley effect . </P> <P> Moving Picture Company (MPC) and Weta Digital created the film's visual effects . MPC developed new software for animating muscular structure in the animals . Around 1,000 remote jungle locations in India were photographed and used as reference in post-production . Weta was responsible for animating the King Louie sequence, with visual effects supervisor Keith Miller adding that, "It was important for Jon to see Christopher Walken in the creature . So we took some of the distinctive Walken facial features--iconic lines, wrinkles and folds--and integrated them into the animated character ." Favreau expressed desire in wanting the film's 3D shots to imbue the abilities of the multiplane camera system utilized in Disney's earlier animated films . At Favreau's behest, the idea was extended into the film's version of the Walt Disney Pictures opening production logo, which was recreated as "a hand - painted, cel - animated multi-plane logo" in homage to the animated films of that era, also incorporating the word "Presents" in the same style as the 1967 film's opening credits . The film's ending also features the original physical book that opened the 1967 film . </P> <P> Director Jon Favreau and composer John Debney sought to recreate the Fantasound experience Walt Disney, himself, had in mind . When mixing the soundtrack in Dolby Atmos, as Favreau said, "we isolated instruments when we could . And in the sound mix, we created a Fantasound mix . If you see the film in Atmos, you will feel that there are instruments that move around the theater ." A mention for Fantasound appears in the film's closing credits . </P> <P> The musical score for The Jungle Book was composed and conducted by frequent Favreau collaborator John Debney, mostly drawing from George Bruns' original music . Though Favreau decided not to make the film a musical, nevertheless, he and Debney incorporated several songs from the 1967 animated film . "The Bare Necessities," written by Terry Gilkyson, is performed by Murray and Sethi, and a cover version by Dr. John is featured in the end credits . "I Wan'na Be Like You" and "Trust in Me"--written by the Sherman Brothers--are performed by Walken and Johansson, respectively; Richard M. Sherman wrote revised lyrics for Walken's version of "I Wan'na Be Like You ." Johansson's rendition of "Trust in Me" was produced by Mark Ronson and appears in the end credits only . </P>

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