Both The Original Monk Theme & Newman's Song Won Emmys For Best Original Theme . At the start of Monk season 2, the show switched from its original theme to "It's a Jungle Out There" by Randy Newman.

Another theme song called “Cause That's the Way You Livin' When You're in Living Color,” which is also by Heavy D with The Boyz, was adopted as the opening music in the third season, until the ...