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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Birthday
November 28, 1943
Age
Filmography
The Last Critic
2026Movie
Toy Story 5
Original Music Composer
2026Movie
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Musical Guest
2025TV
Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Songs
2025Movie
Pixar Pal-A-Round | Disneyland Resort
Songs
2025Movie
Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort
Music
2025Movie
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Raccacoonie (voice) (uncredited)
2022Movie
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer
2022Movie
Hacks
Randy Newman
2021TV
Monsters at Work
Main Title Theme Composer
2021TV
Toy Story 4
Conductor
2019Movie
Toy Story 4
Songs
2019Movie
Toy Story 4
Original Music Composer
2019Movie
Marriage Story
Original Music Composer
2019Movie
Marriage Story
Conductor
2019Movie
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
2017Movie
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
Self
2017Movie
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2017TV
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Original Music Composer
2017Movie
Cars 3
Original Music Composer
2017Movie
Cars 3
Conductor
2017Movie
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Self
2016Movie
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
2015Movie
Randy Newman at Baloise Session
Self
2015Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
2015TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014TV
Randy Newman: Live in Germany 2006
Vocals / Piano
2013Movie
Monsters University
Original Music Composer
2013Movie
All You Need Is Klaus
Self
2011Movie
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
2011TV
Hamburg Journal
self
2011TV
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Self
2010Movie
Randy Newman: Live in London
Himself
2010Movie
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Self
2010Movie
Toy Story 3
Songs
2010Movie
Toy Story 3
Original Music Composer
2010Movie
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
Music
2010TV
The Princess and the Frog
Cousin Randy (voice)
2009Movie
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
2009Movie
The Princess and the Frog
Original Music Composer
2009Movie
The Princess and the Frog
Songs
2009Movie
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Self
2008Movie
Leatherheads
Original Music Composer
2008Movie
Lyle Lovett - In Concert
Himself
2007Movie
The Pixar Story
Self
2007Movie
Geared-Up
2006Movie
Cars
Original Music Composer
2006Movie
Cars
Conductor
2006Movie
Cars
Songs
2006Movie
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self
2005Movie
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
2005Movie
The Colbert Report
2005TV
Meet the Fockers
Original Music Composer
2004Movie
I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman
2003Movie
Seabiscuit
Original Music Composer
2003Movie
Mike's New Car
Music
2002Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Original Music Composer
2001Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Songs
2001Movie
Monsters, Inc.
Music Producer
2001Movie
Meet the Parents
Original Music Composer
2000Movie
Toy Story 2
Orchestrator
1999Movie
Toy Story 2
Songs
1999Movie
Toy Story 2
Original Music Composer
1999Movie
Pleasantville
Original Music Composer
1998Movie
A Bug's Life
Original Music Composer
1998Movie
Babe: Pig in the City
Songs
1998Movie
A Bug's Life
Songs
1998Movie
You've Got Mail
Songs
1998Movie
Ally McBeal
Randy Newman
1997TV
Cats Don't Dance
Songs
1997Movie
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Self
1996Movie
3rd Rock from the Sun
Randy Newman
1996TV
Michael
Original Music Composer
1996Movie
James and the Giant Peach
Songs
1996Movie
James and the Giant Peach
Original Music Composer
1996Movie
The Making of Toy Story
Self
1995Movie
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
Self - Host
1995Movie
Toy Story
Orchestrator
1995Movie
Toy Story
Original Music Composer
1995Movie
Toy Story
Songs
1995Movie
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America
Self
1994Movie
The Paper
Original Music Composer
1994Movie
Maverick
Original Music Composer
1994Movie
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America
Music
1994Movie
For Our Children
Self
1993Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Avalon
Original Music Composer
1990Movie
Awakenings
Original Music Composer
1990Movie
Prince: Musical Portrait
Self
1989Movie
Parenthood
Original Music Composer
1989Movie
Major League
Songs
1989Movie
Her Alibi
Songs
1989Movie
Parenthood
Songs
1989Movie
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Self
1987Movie
Overboard
Songs
1987Movie
Darlin' Clementine
Narrator (voice)
1986Movie
¡Three Amigos!
Singing Bush (voice)
1986Movie
¡Three Amigos!
Screenplay
1986Movie
Darlin' Clementine
Music
1986Movie
Red Headed Stranger
Foley Recordist
1986Movie
Tall Tales & Legends
Narrator (voice)
1985TV
Tall Tales & Legends
Music
1985TV
The Natural
Original Music Composer
1984Movie
Randy Newman: Live at the Odeon
Self
1982Movie
Ragtime
Original Music Composer
1981Movie
Ragtime
Songs
1981Movie
Chytilová Versus Forman
Music
1981Movie
The BRIT Awards
Self
1977TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975TV
Rock Concert
Self
1973TV
The Midnight Special
Self
1972TV
Cold Turkey
Original Music Composer
1971Movie
The Pursuit of Happiness
Songs
1971Movie
Cold Turkey
Songs
1971Movie
Performance.
Conductor
1970Movie
Bobbie Gentry
Self
1968TV
Miss USA
Self - Entertainment
1963TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
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