Who composed the music for the songs in the 1953 film 'Peter Pan'?

Sammy Fain composed the music for the songs in Disney’s 1953 film Peter Pan.

Fain worked with lyricist Sammy Cahn on the film’s principal songs, including “The Second Star to the Right,” “You Can Fly!,” and “Your Mother and Mine.” The distinction matters because songwriting credits separate the melody and musical composition from the words.

A common mix-up is Oliver Wallace, who is credited with the film’s incidental music and orchestral score. Wallace shaped the background music heard between songs, while Fain supplied the music for the song score. Earlier versions of Peter Pan also involved Frank Churchill, Charles Walcott, and Eliot Daniel, but those unfinished or abandoned versions are not the basis for the 1953 film’s final song credits.