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• • • • • • • • Website Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, (and often ) pop songs, and for. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include,,,,,,,. He has scored eight - animated films:,,,,,,, and, as well as Disney's. Newman has received twenty nominations in the and categories and has won twice in the latter category. He has also won three, seven, and the Governor's Award from the.

Newman was inducted into the in 2002 for classics such as ', and as a in 2007. Newman was inducted to the in April 2013. Newman playing piano in 1972 Songwriter [ ] Newman has been a professional songwriter since he was 17. He cites as his greatest influence growing up, stating, 'I loved Charles' music to excess.' His first single as a performer was 1962's 'Golden Gridiron Boy', released when he was 18. The single flopped and Newman chose to concentrate on songwriting and arranging for the next several years.

An early writing credit was 'They Tell Me It's Summer', used as the b-side of 1962 single, 'Lovers by Night, Strangers by Day', which led to further commissions from the Fleetwoods, and also. Other early songs were recorded by,,,,, and, among others.

His work as a songwriter met with particular success in the UK: top 40 UK hits written by Newman included 's 'I've Been Wrong Before' (No. 17, 1965), 's 'Nobody Needs Your Love' (No. 2, 1966) and ' (No. 8, 1966); and 's ' (No. Price, who was enjoying great success in England at the time championed Newman by featuring seven Randy Newman songs on his 1967 A Price on His Head album. Newman performing at the 2014 for Songwriting ceremony In the aftermath of in 2005, Newman's ' became an anthem and was played heavily on a wide range of American radio and television stations, in both Newman's 1974 original and 's cover version of the song. The song addresses the deceitful manner in which 's municipal government managed a, during which, as Newman asserts, 'The guys who ran the, the bosses in New Orleans decided the course of that flood.

You know, they cut a hole in the levee and it flooded the cotton fields.' In a related performance, Newman contributed to the 2007 release of (), contributing his version of 's '.

Domino had been rescued from his New Orleans home after Hurricane Katrina, initially having been feared dead. In October 2016, Newman released the song 'Putin'. Wrote: 'inspired by penchant for bare-chested photo ops and a geopolitical approach that's somewhat short of soft and cuddly, Newman has crafted a song that tells Putin's story from multiple perspectives.' Newman explained that the song was from a new album that would be released in 2017, but he was putting out this song early because 'I think that people will lose interest after this surfeit of political talk and attention after. I've got the thing done. I just want to see what happens. I'm curious to see how the thing is received.'

The song earned Newman a. Newman released his much anticipated new album, in August 2017. It received positive reviews, many citing its musical ambition as well as its lyrical bite. Film composer [ ] Newman's earliest scoring work was for television, creating background music for a 1962 episode of TV's, and later working briefly on the 1960s TV shows,, and and more extensively on. In 1966, an album of Newman's Peyton Place music appeared, credited to The Randy Newman Orchestra.

Olevia firmware update software. Newman claims to have been unaware of the album's existence at the time of release, and does not include it in the official 'complete discography' on his website. Newman also co-wrote pop songs for films as early as 1964, co-penning 'Look At Me' with for (1964), and 'Galaxy-a-Go-Go, or Leave It To Flint' with for (1966).

However, Newman's work as a composer of actual film scores began with 's 1971 satire. He returned to film work with 1981's, for which he was nominated for two. Newman co-wrote the 1986 film with and, wrote three songs for the film, and provided the voice for the singing bush.

His orchestral film scores resemble the work of (with whom he worked on Three Amigos). Newman has scored eight / feature films;,,,,,,,, and will return to compose. He has earned at least one Academy Award nomination for six of the seven films he has scored for Pixar, winning the award for and, both times in the category of. Additional scores by Newman include,,,,,,, and its sequel,. His score for was an nominee. He also wrote the songs for Turner's. Newman had the dubious distinction of receiving the most nominations (15) without a single win.