Known For
Sound
Born
Nov 28, 1943
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
97 titles
Randy Newman
Biography
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, and arranger. Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, he is known for his Americana-inspired songs, non-rhotic Southern-accented singing, and lyrics that are often mordant or satirical and delivered by an unreliable narrator. Since the 1990s, he has worked mainly in film scoring, most popularly for Disney and Pixar. Newman began his professional career in the early 1960s composing incidental music for television and later penning UK hits for acts such as Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. After he formed part of a creative circle at Warner Bros. Records in 1966, the company released his first solo album, Randy Newman (1968). Other artists subsequently enjoyed chart success with recordings of his songs "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (1967), "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (1968), and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1972). His own hits as a recording artist include "Short People" (1977), "I Love L.A." (1983), and "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995). Three of his eleven studio albums have charted in the U.S. top 40: Good Old Boys (1974), Little Criminals (1977), and Harps and Angels (2008). Newman has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards (out of 22 nominations), three Emmys, seven Grammy Awards as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and seven Golden Globe Awards. His award-winning film work includes Ragtime (1981), The Natural (1984), Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Pleasantville (1998), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Cars (2006), The Princess and the Frog (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Marriage Story (2019). He was honored with the Recording Academy's Governors Award in 2003, a Disney Legend award in 2007,[5][6] and inductions into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Toy Story 5
Original Music Composer
The Last Critic
Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort
Music
Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Songs
Pixar Pal-A-Round | Disneyland Resort
Songs
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Musical Guest
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Raccacoonie (voice) (uncredited)
Monsters at Work
Main Title Theme Composer
Hacks
Randy Newman
Marriage Story
Original Music Composer
Toy Story 4
Conductor
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Original Music Composer
Cars 3
Original Music Composer
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
Randy Newman at Baloise Session
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Monsters University
Original Music Composer
Randy Newman: Live in Germany 2006
Vocals / Piano
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
All You Need Is Klaus
Self
Hamburg Journal
self
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Self
Randy Newman: Live in London
Himself
Toy Story 3
Songs
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
Music
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Self
The Princess and the Frog
Cousin Randy (voice)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Self
Leatherheads
Original Music Composer
Lyle Lovett - In Concert
Himself
The Pixar Story
Self
Geared-Up
Cars
Original Music Composer
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
The Colbert Report
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self
Meet the Fockers
Original Music Composer
I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman
Seabiscuit
Original Music Composer
Mike's New Car
Music
Monsters, Inc.
Original Music Composer
Meet the Parents
Original Music Composer
Toy Story 2
Orchestrator