Disney composer Richard M. Sherman has died at 95
NPRDisney composer Richard M. Sherman has died at 95 Enlarge this image toggle caption Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Richard M. Sherman, the Academy Award-winning composer who was part of a songwriting team with his late brother, Robert, has died due to age-related illness at 95. The Sherman brothers wrote the scores for two dozen films, many for Disney — among them, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. " Producer Cubby Broccoli, who owned the rights to Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, hired them to adapt the author's children's book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. "We wanted the song to sound like the way the motor sounded," Sherman explained, "because that's the trick, the whole thing is that it backfires and goes 'bang bang.'
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