Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and conductor. He has composed and conducted the musical scores for many Pixar movies including Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3, and Monsters University. Besides music for Pixar, he also wrote and composed and conducted music for other movies such as Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, The Natural, Pleasantville, and Avalon, plus TV shows such as ER and Monk. Hits from early in Newman's career include "I Love LA", "Sail Away", and "Short People".
Works[]
- Toy Story
- A Bug's Life
- Toy Story 2
- Monsters, Inc.
- Cars
- Toy Story 3
- Monsters University
- Cars 3[1]
- Toy Story 4
Awards[]
- Toy Story - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Song "You've Got a Friend in Me" / Won 1 Award
- A Bug's Life - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 1 Award
- Toy Story 2 - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "When She Loved Me " / Won 2 Awards
- Monsters, Inc. - Won Academy Award for Best Original Song "If I Didn't Have You " / Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 2 Awards
- Cars - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "Our Town " / Won 3 Awards
- 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".
Trivia[]
- Randy's cousin, Thomas Newman, is also a composer and conductor for Pixar. Tom wrote the scores for Finding Nemo, WALL•E, and Finding Dory, all directed by Andrew Stanton.
- Newman has composed and conducted every Pixar film that John Lasseter has directed except for Cars 2.
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