Mary Poppins (film) Banks as a junior partner. With her work done, Mary Poppins flies away, with Bert bidding her farewell, telling her not to stay away too long. The first novel in the "Mary Poppins" series was the film's main basis. According to the 40th Anniversary DVD release of the film in 2004, Disney's daughters fell in love with the "Mary Poppins" books and made him promise to make a film based on them. Disney first attempted to purchase the film rights to "Mary Poppins" from P. L. Travers as early as 1938 but was rebuffed because Travers did not believe a
Mary Poppins Returns (soundtrack) by Emily Blunt) and "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" (sung by Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast) were released along with the soundtrack available for digital pre-order. The score by composer-songwriter Marc Shaiman includes musical references to songs and score from the first film written by the Sherman Brothers. Richard M. Sherman served as music consultant. These songs include "A Spoonful of Sugar", "The Perfect Nanny", "Feed The Birds" and "Let's Go Fly a Kite". Shaiman and co-lyricist Scott Wittman began working on the songs in 2016. They wrote nine original songs for the film. Mary Poppins Returns (soundtrack) Mary Poppins