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Randy Newman
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.
Filmography
The Last Critic
Film · 2026
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Series · 2025
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Film · 2022
Hacks
Series · 2021
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Film · 2017
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
Film · 2017
Popular Voices at the BBC
Series · 2017
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Film · 2016
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Film · 2015
Randy Newman at Baloise Session
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Randy Newman: Live in Germany 2006
Film · 2013
All You Need Is Klaus
Film · 2011
Hollywood in Vienna
Series · 2011
Hamburg Journal
Series · 2011
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Film · 2010
Randy Newman: Live in London
Film · 2010
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Film · 2010
The Princess and the Frog
Film · 2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Film · 2009
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Film · 2008
Lyle Lovett - In Concert
Film · 2007
The Pixar Story
Film · 2007
Geared-Up
Film · 2006
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Film · 2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Film · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
I Am, Unfortunately, Randy Newman
Film · 2003
Van Dyke Parks: An Obsession with Music
Film · 2002
Ally McBeal
Series · 1997
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Film · 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Series · 1996
The Making of Toy Story
Film · 1995
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
Film · 1995
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America
Film · 1994
For Our Children
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Later... with Jools Holland
Series · 1992
Prince: Musical Portrait
Film · 1989
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Film · 1987
Darlin' Clementine
Film · 1986
¡Three Amigos!
Film · 1986
Tall Tales & Legends
Series · 1985
Randy Newman: Live at the Odeon
Film · 1982
The BRIT Awards
Series · 1977
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Rock Concert
Series · 1973
The Midnight Special
Series · 1972
Bobbie Gentry
Series · 1968
Miss USA
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Film
Monty and the Movies
Film
All About Alfred
Film