Randy Newman

Randy Newman
Background information
Fullname	Randall Stuart Newman
Born	November 28, 1943 (age 81) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, pianist
Years active	1961-present
Family information
Spouse	Roswitha Schmale (1967-1985) Gretchen Preece (1990-present)
Children	Alice Patrick

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist. He has composed the film scores and iconic songs for several Disney films, although mainly for Pixar releases. He won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song for Monsters, Inc. and Toy Story 3.

Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, Newman began his songwriting career at the age of 17 upon graduating from University High School. After writing for artists, such as Dusty Springfield, The Fleetwoods, Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set, Newman began recording his own music which included songs, like "Short People" and "I Love LA".

Having already created background music for television shows, such as Lost in Space, Peyton Place, and Judd For The Defense, Newman transitioned into composing film scores. His scores can be heard in films, like Cold Turkey, Ragtime, Avalon, Parenthood, Seabiscuit, The Paper, Meet the Parents, Marriage Story, and Pleasantville.

He was named a Disney Legend in 2007.

Feature Film Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
1995	Toy Story	Music/Songs Written and Performed	Pixar
1996	James and the Giant Peach	Original Songs/Music	Walt Disney Pictures Skellington Productions
1998	A Bug's Life	Music	Pixar
1999	Toy Story 2
2001	Monsters, Inc.
2006	Cars	Original Score Composed and Conducted
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Original Songs and Composed and Conducted/Voice Actor (Cousin Randy)	Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures
2010	Toy Story 3	Music Composed and Conducted	Pixar
2013	Monsters University	Original Score Composed and Conducted
2017	Cars 3
2019	Toy Story 4	Music Composed and Conducted

Compositions for Disneyland

Theme Park	Song
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney California Adventure and Tokyo DisneySea	Toy Story Midway Mania!/"You've Got a Friend in Me"

Awards

Academy Awards

• Toy Story - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Song "You've Got a Friend in Me"
• James and the Giant Peach - Nominated for Best Musical or Comedy Score
• A Bug's Life - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Musical or Comedy Score
• Toy Story 2 - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "When She Loved Me"
• Monsters, Inc. - Won Academy Award for Best Original Song "If I Didn't Have You"
• Monsters, Inc. - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score
• Cars - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "Our Town"
• Toy Story 3 - Won Academy Award for Best Original Song and World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song written directly for a Film for the song "We Belong Together"
• Toy Story 4 - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away".

Gallery

John Goodman performing "If I Didn't Have You" with Newman at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony.

Newman accepting the Oscar for Best Original Song for "If I Didn't Have You."

Randy Newman at premiere of The Princess and the Frog in November 2009.

Randy Newman at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in May 2010.

Newman accepting the Oscar for "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3.

Randy Newman at premiere of Toy Story 4 in June 2019.

Newman performing "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony.

Trivia

• Newman is the first out of six composers to work on a Pixar film, and the first Pixar composer to have worked for Disney.
• Thomas Newman, Randy's cousin, has also been a composer for Pixar, having composed the films: Finding Nemo, WALL-E, and Finding Dory. Andrew Stanton directed all three of these films.
• In a live performance at the Jazz Open Stuttgart festival in 2006, Newman admitted that when working on the music for Toy Story in 1995, he didn't initially notice that the picture was animated because he was thinking mainly about the music: "I knew the guy didn't look exactly like Tom Hanks but it was like close".
• His first ever direct contribution to a Disney hand-drawn animated feature was in The Princess and the Frog.
• He is the cousin of fellow composers David Newman and Thomas Newman.

External links

• Official Website
• Randy Newman on Wikipedia
• Randy Newman on IMDb
• Randy Newman on Facebook
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• Randy Newman on Instagram
• Randy Newman on YouTube

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In The Past Glenn McQueen • Daniel Gerson • John Kahrs • Joe Ranft • Justin Wright • Dan Lee • Lee Unkrich • John Lasseter • Rob Gibbs Brain Trust Directors Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird Directors Angus MacLane • Peter Sohn • Sanjay Patel • Dan Scanlon • Ronnie del Carmen • Mark Andrews • Brenda Chapman • Steve Purcell • Brian Fee • Enrico Casarosa • Domee Shi Producers Jonas Rivera • Kori Rae • Katherine Sarafian Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter Associated Figures Bob Iger • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • George Lucas • Bob Chapek Signature Voice Actors John Ratzenberger • Bob Peterson • Bonnie Hunt • Josh Cooley • Jerome Ranft • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Jeff Pidgeon Signature Musicians Randy Newman • Michael Giacchino • Thomas Newman • Mychael Danna • Jeff Danna • Chris Stapleton • Trent Reznor • Atticus Ross