Randy Newman(I)

Music Artist
Music Department
Composer

Randy Newman at an event for Monsters, Inc. (2001)

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Cars 3 (2017)

Randy Newman is an American film composer and singer who is well-known for composing The Princess and the Frog, Meet the Parents and various Pixar films including the Toy Story, Monsters, Inc and Cars franchises as well as A Bug's Life. He wrote iconic songs such as "Short People", "You've Got A Friend in Me" and "We Belong Together". He won Best Original Song for Toy Story 3.

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Won 2 Oscars
- 48 wins & 120 nominations total

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Known for

John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos, Terrence Howard, Jim Cummings, Keith David, Jenifer Lewis, Ritchie Montgomery, Anika Noni Rose, Michael-Leon Wooley, Paul Briggs, Jennifer Cody, and Don Hall in The Princess and the Frog (2009)

The Princess and the Frog

7.2

Music Department

2009

Monk

8.1

TV Series

Music Department("It's a Jungle Out There")

Toy Story

8.3

Music Department(uncredited, piano)

1995

Marriage Story

7.9

Music Department

2019

Credits

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Music Department

Monsters at Work
7.0
TV Series
- composer: Monsters Inc. opening credits and logos
- 2021
Toy Story 3 in Real Life
8.4
Video
- conductor
- 2020
Dolittle
5.6
- composer: unused score
- 2020
Marriage Story
7.9
- conductor
- musical director
- 2019
Toy Story 4
7.6
- conductor
- 2019
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
6.5
- composer: additional music (uncredited)
- 2019
Cars 3
6.7
- conductor
- 2017
The Meyerowitz Stories
6.9
- music performed by
- 2017
Monsters University
7.2
- conductor
- score orchestrator
- 2013
Toy Story 3
8.3
- conductor
- orchestrator
- 2010
Monk
8.1
TV Series
- composer: "It's a Jungle Out There"
- composer: "When I Am Gone"
- performer: "It's a Jungle Out There" ...
- 2003–2009
The Princess and the Frog
7.2
- conductor
- orchestrator
- original songs by ...
- 2009
Leatherheads
6.0
- conductor
- orchestrator
- 2008
Cars
7.3
- conductor
- 2006
Meet the Fockers
6.3
- original songs written and performed by
- 2004

Composer

Baltimore - in Four Movements - Sam Waymon and the Magic Man Band
Music Video
- Composer
- 2025
Toy Story 3 in Real Life
8.4
Video
- Composer
- 2020
Toy Story 4: Carnival Prizes
5.7
Video
- Composer
- 2019
Marriage Story
7.9
- Composer
- 2019
Toy Story 4
7.6
- Composer (music composed and conducted by)
- 2019
Battle for Palace Objects Reloaded
6.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 2017
Cars 3: Cars D'oeuvres
7.7
Video
- Composer
- 2017
Cars 3
6.7
- Composer (original score composed & conducted by)
- 2017
The Meyerowitz Stories
6.9
- Composer (music composed by)
- 2017
Randy Newman: Putin
Music Video
- Composer
- 2016
Randy Newman: I'm Dreaming
Music Video
- Composer
- 2016
Monsters University
7.2
- Composer (original score composed and conducted by)
- 2013
Barbra Streisand: I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Lyric Version)
6.5
Music Video
- Composer
- 2012
Aleks Syntek & Danna Paola: Yo soy tu amigo fiel
Music Video
- Composer
- 2010
Toy Story 3
8.3
- Composer (music composed and conducted by)
- 2010

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Personal details

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Last.fm
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- November 28, 1943
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouses
Children
- Eric Newman
Parents
Relatives
Other works
Single: "Short People" (Warner Bros.).
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Trivia
In March 2002, Newman finally won his first Academy Award for writing the Best Song in Monsters, Inc. (2001). In his acceptance speech, he thanked the music branch of the academy for giving him all those chances "to be humiliated".

Quotes
My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.