Randy Newman

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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 Think It's Going to Rain Today" (1968), and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1972). His own hits as a recording artist include "Short People" (1977), "I Love L.A." (1983), and "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995). Three of his eleven studio albums have charted in the U.S. top 40: Good Old Boys (1974), Little Criminals (1977), and Harps and Angels (2008).

Newman has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards (out of 22 nominations), three Emmys, seven Grammy Awards as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and seven Golden Globe Awards. His award-winning film work includes Ragtime (1981), The Natural (1984), Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Pleasantville (1998), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Cars (2006), The Princess and the Frog (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Marriage Story (2019). He was honored with the Recording Academy's Governors Award in 2003, a Disney Legend award in 2007, and inductions into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Randall Newman, dit Randy Newman, né le 28 novembre 1943 à Los Angeles, est un auteur-compositeur, chanteur et pianiste américain. Il est connu pour avoir contribué à de nombreuses musiques de film et génériques de séries télévisées. Il est reconnu comme compositeur et interprète de chansons, parfois satiriques et mordantes.

Connaissant un succès florissant dans les années 1970, Randy Newman n'hésite pas à rajouter des touches autobiographiques et des thèmes engagés dans les paroles de ses chansons. Une de ses plus célèbres ballades, Sail Away, va même jusqu'à critiquer les mœurs américaines, tout comme Short People, qui dénonce les moqueries à l'égard des personnes de petite taille. À partir des années 1980, il oriente sa carrière musicale vers la composition de musiques de films, entamant alors une grande collaboration avec le cinéma. Crédité au générique de films comme Ragtime, Le Meilleur, L'Éveil, Mon beau-père et moi, Pur Sang, la légende de Seabiscuit ou encore Jeux de dupes, Randy Newman s'impose surtout comme un compositeur de cinéma à part entière grâce à la relation qui le lie aux studios Disney-Pixar. Depuis, dix longs métrages Pixar portent sa signature musicale : Toy Story, 1 001 pattes, Toy Story 2, Monstres et Cie, Cars, Toy Story 3, Monstres Academy, Cars 3, Toy Story 4 et Toy Story 5.

Récompensé à de multiples reprises, notamment par deux Oscars, trois Emmy Awards et cinq Grammy Awards, il a également été intronisé au Songwriters Hall of Fame en 2002. Son travail avec les studios Disney-Pixar lui a aussi permis de faire partie des Disney Legends depuis 2007.

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