Film Music Reporter

Robert B. Sherman passed away yesterday in London at age 86. The songwriter was born on December 19, 1925 in New York City. Together with his brother Richard, he has written countless classic songs for movie musicals. He received two Academy Awards for the Disney classic Mary Poppins, both for the score and the song Chim Chim Cheer-ee. The Sherman Brothers’ other Oscar-nominated songs include The Age of Not Believing from 1971’s Bednobs and Broomsticks, The Slipper and the Rose Waltz from The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella and When You’re Loved for 1978’s The Magic of Lassie. They also shared an Academy Award nomination with John Williams for the score for 1973’s Tom Sawyer. Among Sherman’s other best known credits are the Disney animated classics The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as the theme park song It’s a Small World (After All). Over his career, he also earned five Golden Globe nominations, two Grammy Awards and four Grammy Award nominations.