Creative Team

Richard B. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Original Music and Lyrics

The Sherman Brothers, Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman are leading composer/lyricists in family entertainment. Their career spans almost 50 years and includes two Academy Awards for Mary Poppins - Best Score, and Best Song - for 'Chim Chim Cher-ee'. They also wrote the most translated and performed song on earth, 'It's a Small World (After All)'. They have written several additional numbers for the smash hit production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, currently enjoying huge success on Broadway.

The Sherman Brothers gained recognition in popular music with several top-ten hits, among them 'You're Sixteen', 'Let's Get Together' and 'Tall Paul'.

1960 marked the start of a phenomenal ten-year association with Walt Disney, during which time they composed over 150 songs for his films, TV shows, Disneyland and other theme parks. Their Disney credits include the films The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Sword in the Stone, The Aristocats, The Happiest Millionaire, the Winnie the Pooh series, and of course Mary Poppins.

They went on to compose song scores for Snoopy Come Home, Charlotte's Web, the Broadway hit musical Over Here! and the 'fantasmagorical' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, with its Oscar-nominated title song.

The Sherman Brothers created screenplays and song scores for Tom Sawyer (their music won First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival), Huckleberry Finn, the 1976 Royal Film Performance of The Slipper and the Rose (with co-author Bryan Forbes), and The Magic of Lassie, which earned them their ninth Academy Award nomination for Best Song.

Most recent credits include the book Walt's Time - a wonderful autobiographical and pictorial journey through their songwriting years, the Disney hit animated feature The Tigger Movie, the stage musical Busker Alley starring Tommy Tune which toured the United States, and Beverly Hills Cop 3.

Other musical honours include three Grammys, 24 gold and platinum albums, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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