Who wrote the theme song from Monk?

Q: Who wrote the original theme from Monk?

Jeff Beals main title theme for Monk” won an Emmy following the shows 2002 debut. Even so, for the second season, a Randy Newman tune replaced Beals. And Newman won the Emmy the following year. I loved Jeff Beals original theme song,” says Monk” co-creator and executive producer Andy Breckman.

Q: Why did the Monk theme song change?

For the second season of Monk, its Randy Newmans Its a Jungle Out There thats heard over the shows opening credits. Fans were so distraught by this decision that Monk producers couldnt ignore their loud protests and wound up writing a bit into the show that made light of the theme song scandal.

Q: Who wrote Its a Jungle Out There?

Randy NewmanIts a Jungle Out There / Composernull

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Obsessed fan Marci Maven, played by Sarah Silverman, complains throughout the episode about her favorite TV show's new theme song. This is a reference to the minor controversy that brewed among Monk fans over the introduction of the new theme song "It's A Jungle Out There" written and performed by Randy Newman in the second season of Monk. Many fans have clamored for the return of the original theme song by Jeff Beal, even going so far as to organize letter writing campaigns and petitions to USA Network demanding its return. At the end of the episode Marci Maven asks Adrian Monk to promise that if he ever gets his own show, he won't ever change the theme song. When Monk agrees to the promise, the original theme song by Jeff Beal begins to play as the scene fades to credits.

The character of Marci Maven was named after a member of the USA Monk forum Monster Monk Maven.

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