Randy Newman
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Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman’s own biography. For example, the 1972 song “Sail Away” is written as a slave trader’s sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of “Political Science” is a U.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution. One of his biggest hits, “Short People” was written from the perspective of “a lunatic” who hates short people. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored six Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars and most recently Toy Story 3.
He has been awarded an Academy Award, three Emmys, four Grammy Awards, and the Governor’s Award from the Recording Academy. Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, Newman was inducted as a Disney Legend.
Newman grew up in a musical family with Hollywood connections; his uncles Alfred and Lionel both scored numerous films. By age 17, Randy was staff writer for a California music publisher. One semester short of a B.A. in music from UCLA, he dropped out of school. Lenny Waronker, son of Liberty Records’ president, was a close friend and, later, as a staff producer for Warner Bros., helped get Newman signed to the label.
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Sail Away
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Toy Story
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“What I wanted, more than money or sales or fame, was praise, and now that I've got it, it seems I'm worried that I won't get it again.” - In 1974, Randy Newman was on the brink of quitting the music industry and returning to his 9 to 5. That same year, Newman revealed all of his songwriting demons in an exhilarating one hour confessional with Bruce Pollock: http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/randy_newman/
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CDPETE01
listenin to good old boys,don't know what it's about but i like it.
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Nakkinak
boom goes london and boom paris
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newmusicmark
New political song from Randy available for free: http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/new-randy-newman-song-im-dreaming-available-for-free-download-2012-09-18
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u2theedge
genius he's the man
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RonZol
Excellent!
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clairelovesyou
idk why but at 1am this song jus randomly came into my head lala you've got a fweeend in me
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TheFructose
It's hard to believe the same guy that wrote "Rednecks" did so many Disney soundtracks. Regardless, the man's a genius. One of the only artists that can make me want to laugh and cry at the same time.
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BihMusic
"Monsters, Inc." and "The Scare Floor" <333
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Gabriel_Opeth
The Cleaner is genius
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dream0N_
Well, "You've got a friend in me" is a masterpiece :)
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blevon
Such a shame that most people only know 'You've got a friend in me', his only song that's not on my ipod...
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Charles_Heres
Lovely! true genius. 'Let it shine'
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Thank you, kindly last.fm person.
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Fixed.
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Hope the moderators will soon fix this bug. Looks ugly.
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CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL. But seriously. Change it back.
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MarcusBurt
Ughh, can we get his name changed back to normal?
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yeah, who did that?
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