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"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" had some lovely melodies, and also should have been a "Poppins"-size success. I recently heard a radio interview with Dick Van Dyke, and he certainly wishes Uncle Walt had produced that one too.
"Bedknobs and Broomsticks" was also very nice, with some good English-folk-style material, reminiscent of "Poppins."
I enjoyed a number they wrote to be heard by people waiting to get into Kodak's "Captain EO" presentation, which I first heard at EPCOT Center, called "Makin' Memories," which clevery worked the whole history of photography into the space of one catchy song.
--Lest we forget, they just recently provided a World's Fair-style anthem for the Stark Expo in "Iron Man 2," "Make Way for Tomorrow Today."
You can hear it here, with unrelated "Astro Boy" imagery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooJgaUyT1EE
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The Sherman Bros. are my favorite songwriters. I'd love a boxset of their complete Disney works.
The 2-CD set from a couple years back still leaves me wanting more.
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Jul 30, 2014 - 7:23 AM
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jskoda
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I listened to their TOM SAWYER again lately, and "Hannibal Mo-(Zouree)!" is another great example of how the songs are often better than the movies. Listening to the "Hannibal" recording before seeing the movie, you think, wow, I'll bet this is a great sequence. It shows you this whole community and, with the choral ending (John Williams adapts the songs), provides a majestic culmination to the story. But on film, it just sits there, a wasted opportunity.
Part of the trouble is there are very few film directors, even over all time, who know how to build a successful musical sequence.
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