his works for orchestra include "les bandarlogs" which was based on the "jungle book" by rudyard kipling. kipling’s “bandarlog” are a troupe of monkeys in the forest. the music describes the monkeys, but koechlin also gives it another meaning: he is criticising music critics, comparing them to monkeys. in the "seven stars symphony" each movement is about a famous film star. they include greta garbo, marlene dietrich and charlie chaplin. he wrote a lot of chamber music and piano music, including some dances for ginger rogers.