Randy Newman
Sound
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
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movieToy Story 5
2026
Original Music Composer, Songs
moviePiano Cinéma
2022
Original Music Composer
tvMonsters at Work
2021
Main Title Theme Composer
movieMarriage Story
2019
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieToy Story 4
2019
Conductor, Songs, Original Music Composer
movieThe Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
Original Music Composer
movieCars 3
2017
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMonsters University
2013
Original Music Composer
movieToy Story 3
2010
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieThe Princess and the Frog
2009
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieLeatherheads
2008
Original Music Composer
movieCars
2006
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
movieMeet the Fockers
2004
Original Music Composer
movieSeabiscuit
2003
Original Music Composer
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Original Music Composer, Songs, Music Producer
movieMeet the Parents
2000
Original Music Composer
movieToy Story 2
1999
Orchestrator, Songs, Original Music Composer
movieA Bug's Life
1998
Original Music Composer, Songs
moviePleasantville
1998
Original Music Composer
movieMichael
1996
Original Music Composer
movieJames and the Giant Peach
1996
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieToy Story
1995
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer, Songs
movieMaverick
1994
Original Music Composer
movieThe Paper
1994
Original Music Composer
movieAwakenings
1990
Original Music Composer
movieAvalon
1990
Original Music Composer
movieParenthood
1989
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieHer Alibi
1989
Songs
movieOverboard
1987
Songs
movieRed Headed Stranger
1986
Foley Recordist
movieThe Natural
1984
Original Music Composer
movieRagtime
1981
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieCold Turkey
1971
Original Music Composer, Songs
moviePerformance.
1970
Conductor
Acting53
tvEverybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
Self - Musical Guest
movieEverything Everywhere All at Once
2022
Raccacoonie (voice) (uncredited)
tvHacks
2021
Randy Newman
tvPopular Voices at the BBC
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Musical Guest
movieRandy Newman: Live in Germany 2006
2013
Vocals / Piano
movieThe Princess and the Frog
2009
Cousin Randy (voice)
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
Self (uncredited)
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Randy Newman
tv3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Randy Newman
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Musical Guest
movie¡Three Amigos!
1986
Singing Bush (voice)
movieDarlin' Clementine
1986
Narrator (voice)
tvTall Tales & Legends
1985
Narrator (voice)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Musical Guest
tvMiss USA
1963
Self - Entertainment
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Writing1
movie¡Three Amigos!
1986
Screenplay