The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Film Scores Than Any Songwriting Team fact


The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Film Scores Than Any Songwriting Team

Did the Sherman Brothers Write More Songs for Movies Than Any Other Songwriting Team?

Disney songwriters the Sherman Brothers wrote more songs for movies (film scores) than any other songwriting team in film history. There are other songwriters with lots of film score credits to their name, but no other team composed as many scores for major motion pictures (as far as our research shows).[1][2]

NOTE: This factoid comes from a London Today on air interview with Robert B. Sherman, April 17, 2002. To fact-check this, we looked at famous songwriting teams in the movies. It’s hard to find another team who compares with the breadth of songs the Sherman Brothers produced while at Disney. If you have one in mind, consider adding it to the comments below.

Who Are the Sherman Brothers?

The Sherman Brothers, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, were the principal songwriters for Disney from about 1960 – 1980. They also wrote songs for Disney as early as 1958 including 1958’s “Tall Paul,” non-Disney songs (like the score to” Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”), and songs for films after 1980 as well.

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What Songs Did the Sherman Brothers Write?

Noteworthy Sherman Brothers songs include “Small World”, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, “Spoonful of Sugar”, “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow”, “The Parent Trap”, Walt Disney’s favorite song “Feed The Birds (Tuppence a Bag)”, and many more.

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Did the Sherman Brothers Write More Film Scores than Anyone?

The Sherman Brothers as a team wrote more songs for major motion pictures than any other team, but some other individual composers have a comparable amount of film score credits to their name.

Songwriters like Danny Elfman, Henry Mancini, and Bernard Herrmann have all contributed large and important works to the history of film scores.[1][2]

FACT: Songwriting team acts like Rodgers and Hart (Rodgers being the same Rodgers as Rodgers and Hammerstein) are also noteworthy. Rodgers and Hart wrote an impressive number of songs for stage and film from 1920 – 1943. The fact that many were written for stage means their output is less the Sherman Brothers in terms of the total number of songs intended for movies.[3]

Major Film Scores by the Sherman Brothers (most containing multiple songs)

The Parent Trap, 1961
A Symposium on Popular Songs, 1962
In Search of the Castaways, 1962
Summer Magic, 1963
The Sword in the Stone, 1963
Big Red, 1963
Mary Poppins, 1964
“There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow,” 1964
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, 1966
The Happiest Millionaire, 1967
The Jungle Book, 1967
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, 1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1968
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, 1968
The Aristocats, 1970
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 1971
Snoopy, Come Home, 1972
Charlotte’s Web, 1973
Tom Sawyer, 1973
Huckleberry Finn, 1974
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, 1974
The Slipper and the Rose, 1976
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, 1977
The Magic of Lassie, 1978
Magic Journeys, 1982
Welcome to Pooh Corner, 1983
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, 1983
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, 1992
The Mighty Kong, 1998
The Tigger Movie, 2000
Winnie the Pooh, 2011 – theme song rendition only

Conclusion

As a team the Sherman Brothers take the cake when it comes to motion-picture songs credited to their name.


References

  1. The Greatest Film Composers of All Time & Their Best Movie” IMDB.com
  2. The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann” Bernardherrmann.org

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ruthie Supports this as a Fact.

Amazing song writers! God bless them and the genius Walt Disney for creating a world where I can forget how cruel this world can be if only for a day.

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