- Born
- Birth nameRandall Stuart Newman
- Nickname
- The New Man
- Height1.80 m
- 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.- IMDb mini biography by: Christian Frates
- SpousesGretchen Preece(1990 - present) (2 children)Roswitha Schmale(June 16, 1967 - 1985) (divorced, 3 children)
- Children
- ParentsIrving George NewmanAdele Fox
- RelativesJoey Newman(Cousin)Maria Newman(Cousin)David Newman(Cousin)Tim Newman(Cousin)Thomas Newman(Cousin)Alfred Newman(Aunt or Uncle)Emil Newman(Aunt or Uncle)Lionel Newman(Aunt or Uncle)Carroll Newman(Cousin)Jaclyn Newman(Cousin)Jessica Frank(Cousin)Sarah Maria Newman(Cousin)Martha Montgomery(Aunt or Uncle)
- Use of melodious piano tunes (e.g. Monstres & Cie (2001), Forrest Gump (1994))
- Distinctive baritone voice
- Frequent composer for Pixar films (Toy Story (1995), 1001 Pattes (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monstres & Cie (2001), Cars : Quatre Roues (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), Monstres Academy (2013))
- In March 2002, Newman finally won his first Academy Award for writing the Best Song in Monstres & Cie (2001). In his acceptance speech, he thanked the music branch of the academy for giving him all those chances "to be humiliated".
- On February 12, 2002, he broke the all-time record for most Oscar nominations without any wins (the previous record was 15; Newman got two nominations for Monstres & Cie (2001) and succeeded to 16). (This record has been surpassed. As of March 2011, sound re-recording mixer Kevin O'Connell has 20 nominations but not a single Oscar.).
- Beside being a composer of film music and pop/rock songs, Newman is also is a singer and piano player. Many popular musicians made his songs more famous by doing their own versions: Joe Cocker sang "Guilty", Tom Jones sang "You Can Leave Your Hat On", Three Dog Night covered "Mama Told Me Not to Come", etc.
- As a child, he was invited by a girl to a country club cotillion, but was subsequently asked not to come by the girl's father, who told him that no Jews were allowed at their club. After hanging up the phone, Newman had to go and ask his father what a Jew was.
- Was born in Los Angeles, California. A week after his birth, Randy's family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana (his mother's hometown). At age 11, he moved with his family back to Los Angeles.
- 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.
- [on the Bush administration] The US and the world just didn't deserve these people. They're a good deal worse. They don't even know the rules.
- [on the underestimated value of compact discs and record stores, eclipsed by MP3's and the Internet] Did you ever try to autograph an I-Pod? I tried, once... which, for me, was plenty.
- Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
- I think that Les Simpson (1989) is probably the funniest show in the history of television. Alf Clausen does a great job in a difficult situation. If I live long enough and they stay on the air they'll make fun of me some day.
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