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Randy Newman

Highest Rated: 100% Toy Story (1995)

Lowest Rated: 37% Michael (1996)

Birthday: Nov 28, 1943

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Singer-songwriter-film composer Randy Newman had been one of the most oft-nominated individuals at the Academy Awards without ever having won - that is, until he finally took home the award for his original song, "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc." (2001). Prior to courting the Oscars, Newman had been a popular writer of novelty songs that were both sardonic and catchy throughout the 1960s and 1970s. One of his most famous was "Short People," which became his biggest hit. Though he had his start writing songs and themes for television and film, Newman would not be officially associated with scoring movies until he wrote the music for "Ragtime" (1981), which deviated wildly from his sarcastic ditties from a decade prior. Newman would go on to score the music and write songs for some of the biggest movies of the next two decades, including "The Natural" (1984), "Parenthood" (1989), "Toy Story" (1995), "A Bug's Life" (1998) and "Babe: Pig in the City" (1998). While all earned him Academy Award nominations, he became almost as famous for not winning as he did for the compositions themselves. But after 16 tries and finally winning the coveted statue, there had never been any doubt within the industry or with movie fans that Newman was one of the most revered and prolific film songwriters of all time.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 92% Toy Story Watchlist 100% 87% Toy Story 2 Watchlist 98% 90% Toy Story 3 Watchlist 97% 94% Toy Story 4 Watchlist 96% 90% Monsters, Inc. Watchlist 95% 85% Marriage Story Watchlist 92% 73% A Bug's Life Watchlist 91% 83% Score: A Film Music Documentary Watchlist
91% 66% James and the Giant Peach
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89% 66% The Paper
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Filmography

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Marriage Story 95% 85% 2019 Original Music Toy Story 4 97% 94% 2019 Original Music A Toy Story: Alles hört auf kein Kommando 2019 Original Music Cars 3 69% 69% 2017 Original Music Score: A Film Music Documentary 91% 83% 2016 Self Monsters University 80% 81% 2013 Original Music Monsters University 2013 Original Music Toy Story 3 98% 90% 2010 Original Music The Princess and the Frog 86% 74% 2009 Original Music The Princess and the Frog 2009 Original Music Leatherheads 53% 38% 2008 Original Music Cars 74% 80% 2006 Original Music Meet the Fockers 38% 58% 2004 Original Music Seabiscuit 78% 76% 2003 Original Music Monsters, Inc. 3D 2001 Original Music Monsters, Inc. 96% 90% 2001 Original Music Meet the Parents 85% 79% 2000 Original Music Toy Story 2 100% 87% 1999 Original Music Toy Story 2 3D 1999 Original Music Toy Story 2 1999 Original Music A Bug's Life 92% 73% 1998 Original Music All About Alfred 1998 Actor Cats Don't Dance 71% 80% 1997 Original Songs James and the Giant Peach 91% 66% 1996 Original Music Michael 37% 45% 1996 Original Music
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