Randy Newman

About

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...

Known for

Ally McBealSeries • 1997Toy Story 5Movie • 2026HacksSeries • 20213rd Rock from the SunSeries • 1996Toy StoryMovie • 1995Monsters, Inc.Movie • 2001Toy Story 3Movie • 2010Toy Story 2Movie • 1999Toy Story 4Movie • 2019Monsters at WorkSeries • 2021Everything Everywhere All at OnceMovie • 2022Monsters UniversityMovie • 2013Cars 3Movie • 2017CarsMovie • 2006The Princess and the FrogMovie • 2009You've Got MailMovie • 1998A Bug's LifeMovie • 1998Meet the FockersMovie • 2004Marriage StoryMovie • 2019Meet the ParentsMovie • 2000AwakeningsMovie • 1990Tall Tales & LegendsSeries • 1985Babe: Pig in the CityMovie • 1998¡Three Amigos!Movie • 1986