Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an Academy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, conductor, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores. Newman often writes lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from his own experiences, sometimes using the point of view of an unreliable narrator. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer and conductor. His film scores include Ragtime (1981), The Natural (1984), Awakenings (1990), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Meet the Parents (2000), Seabiscuit (2003) and The Princess and the Frog (2009). He has scored eight Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Toy Story 4 (2019) with many more to come. Newman has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards. He has also won three Emmys, Grammy Awards, and the Governor's Award from the Recording Academy. Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, he was inducted as a Disney Legend. Newman was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2013.
Wins[]
- 74th Academy Awards, 2001
- Best Original Song — "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc.
- 83rd Academy Awards, 2010
- Best Original Song — "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3
Nominations[]
- 54th Academy Awards, 1981
- Best Original Score — Ragtime
- Best Original Song — "One More Hour" from Ragtime
- 57th Academy Awards, 1984
- Best Original Score — The Natural
- 62nd Academy Awards, 1989
- Best Original Song — "I Love To See You Smile" from Parenthood
- 63rd Academy Awards, 1990
- Best Original Score — Avalon
- 67th Academy Awards, 1994
- Best Original Song — "Make Up Your Mind" from The Paper
- 68th Academy Awards, 1995
- Best Original Score — Toy Story
- Best Original Song — "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story
- 69th Academy Awards, 1996
- Best Original Score — James and the Giant Peach
- 71st Academy Awards, 1998
- Best Original Score — Pleasantville
- Best Original Score — A Bug's Life
- Best Original Song — "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City
- 72nd Academy Awards, 1999
- Best Original Song — "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2
- 73rd Academy Awards, 2000
- Best Original Song — "A Fool in Love" from Meet the Parents
- 74th Academy Awards, 2001
- Best Original Score — Monsters, Inc.
- Best Original Song — "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc.
- 79th Academy Awards, 2006
- Best Original Song — "Our Town" from Cars
- 82nd Academy Awards, 2009
- Best Original Song — "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
- Best Original Song — "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog
- 83rd Academy Awards, 2010
- Best Original Song — "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3
- 92nd Academy Awards, 2019
- Best Original Score — Marriage Story
- Best Original Song — "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4
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