Golden Era Over - Legendary OG Disney Music Catalog Founder Richard M. Sherman Dead At 96

 We are so saddened to report the funeral of an iconic songwriter and composer that is beer snd desr to the mouse club's hearts. Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman, who got his start on the OSCAR record-breaking clsssuc movie musical Mary Poppins in August 1964 ns has died at the age of 96.

The Sherman Bros., Richard M. and Robert B. - the latter who has already passed away back in 2012, were first approached to the company by the late founder Walt Disney himself, when he had plans to adapt the classic bestseller Mary Poppins into the 1964 movie that has been endured with smiles and laughter for generations of families. Their first work for the company was the favorite song of the boss himself, the Julie Andrews ballad "Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag)" which turned into a tradition for the Disney studio, where every Friday, members of the staff would come down to Walt's office and Walt would shout "PLAY IT" which would signal this classic tune to be performed.

Their first collaboration with spoonfuls of sugar and dancing chimney sweeps would go on to stand the test of time, being crowned as Walt Disney's greatest crowning achievement and one of, if not the company's best known masterpiece film of all time. Since then, this film still holds the record for the most OSCAR Academy Awards won in a single year, winning 5 out of its 13 nominations in 1965, including Best Picture, Best Female Actress, Best Visual Effects, Best Score and Best Original Song for the hit '60s Disney staple "Chim Chim Cher-ee"

Since then, the Sherman Bros. have gone on to make soundtracks for other great Disney classics of our time, including the famous public domain success story Winnie the Pooh (1966), the African safari rhythms of The Jungle Book (1967) and the swinging jazz sounds of The Aristocats (1971). The duo have also been known for its treasure trove of theme park belters, including "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" covered by GRAMMY winning THey Might Be Giants for the 2007 film Meet the Robinsons, "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" covered by Wayne Brady (Let's Make a Deal, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Sofia the First) on the Playhouse Disney Music Block Party album in 2008, and who could ever forget the classic Disney international anthem "It's A Small, Small World After All", a ballad old as time on the same level of the company's national anthem "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1940 Disney success story Pinocchio. The last hurrah for Disney's golden songwriting boys came as most recent as October 16, 2023 during last year's successful Disney's 100 Years of Magic & Wonder celebration, where the OG composer returned to compose new score for their recent 2D animated masterpiece, the ambitious Muppet Movie-esque crossover Once Upon a Studio, the company's first twatercolor and 2D traditional animation project since the theatrical Winnie the Pooh film from July 2011, as well as the recent theatrical Disney masterpiec Wish, released last November for Thanksgiving.

Richard's death unfortunately spawns another nail in the coffin as Disney has recently killed off a number of employees from their office, including 175 employees, with 14% of the CGI animation birthplace of Disney-owned John Lasseter's Pixar Animation Studios being put onto the chopping block. Disney also currently has plans to have original ideas snapped out of existence with more sequels and live-action movie remakes of their animated classics than you can cast your wands at.

So as the final chapter of Disney's golden age comes to an end, we mourn the passing of this great Disney composer powerhouse who has put his tireless effort to create decades of iconic children's music for generations of families that will continue to spark the imagination of the surviving iconic familliar faces of the Disney staff family for many generations to come.

Thank you for the musical memories you've brought to the world and rest in peace.
Goodbye Sherman Brothers, don't stay away for too long.

R.I.P. Walt Disney 1901-1966
Dedicated in memory to the Sherman Brothers

R.I.P. Irreplacable Disney Legends
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Decemebr 19, 1925-May 25, 2024
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