Randy Newman Filmography

Born:: November 28, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA
Occupation:: Actor, Composer (Music Score), Songwriter
Biography:: Though he perhaps was most famous during the 1960s and 1970s for writing quirky, darkly funny, or sharply satirical songs that often painted vivid portraits detailing the foibles and lives of lifelike characters, there is much more to Randy Newman's music than humor or novelty. Stylistically, his...Read More

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Toy Story 3

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn

Synopsis: Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo co-director Lee Unkrich strikes out on his own with this installment into the popular computer-animated series detailing the adventures of wide-eyed cowboy doll Woody and space-ranger action figure Buzz Lightyear. Oscar-nominated scribe Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine Read More

6/18/10
The Princess and the Frog

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: Anika Noni Rose, David Keith, Jenifer Lewis, John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey

Synopsis: After being summoned back to the Mouse House by Pixar founder John Lasseter in 2006, Alladin and Treasure Planet directors Ron Clements and John Musker join forces once again for this traditionally animated 2-D fantasy for the entire family, set in New Orleans. Former Dreamgirl Anika Noni Rose Read More

12/25/09
Leatherheads

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Gerety

Synopsis: Good Night, and Good Luck director George Clooney pulls double duty once again in this sports-oriented romantic comedy set against the formation of professional football in the 1920s. Dodge Connelly (Clooney) is a brash and handsome gridiron giant who is equally comfortable leading his team in a Read More

4/4/08
Cars

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Conductor

Actors: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: A pedal-to-the-metal race car determined to prove his worth on the tracks discovers that life isn't always about crossing the finish line first in Toy Story director John Lasseter's mechanically minded tale of friendship and loyalty. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) may be just a rookie Read More

6/9/06
Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?

Actors: Harry Nilsson, Jimmy Webb, Micky Dolenz, Rick Jarrard, Doug Hoefer

2006
American Jobs

Crew: Featured Music

Synopsis: When independent filmmaker Greg Spotts heard that a staggering three million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. had simply disappeared between 2000 and 2003, he grabbed his camera and hit the road in hopes of documenting the effect this widespread cutback had on everyday workers firsthand. For the Read More

2005
Monk: Season 04

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford

Synopsis: Season Four of Monk offers 16 new episodes (and a bonus) delineating the adventures of obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). Functioning as Monk's erstwhile caregiver and assistant this season is Traylor Howard as Valerie Teeger, who had taken over from our hero's previous Read More

2005
Meet the Fockers

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner

Synopsis: After suffering the humiliation of being given the third degree by his girlfriend's father, one man now faces the even more embarrassing task of introducing his own mother and father in this star-studded sequel to the box-office smash Meet the Parents. After getting off on the wrong foot (to put Read More

12/22/04
Seabiscuit

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens

Synopsis: For his sophomore effort, director Gary Ross re-teams with Tobey Maguire and William H. Macy, stars of his directorial debut Pleasantville, for this depression-era sports drama about the legendary racehorse, Seabiscuit. Unlike 1949's fictionalized The Story of Seabiscuit starring Shirley Temple Read More

7/25/03
Soundstage: Lyle Lovett with Randy Newman & Mark Isham

Actors: Lyle Lovett

Synopsis: For years singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett has been championed as one of modern country & western music's most reliable and sincere stalwarts; now fans who have yet to experience Lovett live and in person can see the next best thing as he brings his memorable act to the Soundstage. Backed by a Read More

2003
Monsters, Inc.

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn

Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) and his one-eyed assistant Read More

11/2/01
Great Streets: Sunset Boulevard with Randy Newman

Synopsis: This PBS video is part of a series that sees the world through streets. The famous thoroughfares of America and Europe come to life through the eyes of the various celebrities who lead the way. In this program, native son Randy Newman takes viewers on a tour of the most famous road in Los Angeles Read More

2001
Meet The Parents

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, James Rebhorn

Synopsis: In this comedy from Austin Powers director Jay Roach, Ben Stiller plays a young man who endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend's parents. Greg Focker (Stiller) is completely in love with Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house on Long Island Read More

10/6/00
Toy Story 2

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles

Synopsis: Woody the Cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of their friends from the toy box return in this computer-animated sequel to the 1995 hit Toy Story. This time around, Andy, the young boy who is the proud owner of most of our cast of characters, is off at summer camp, giving the toys a few weeks off Read More

11/19/99
A Bug's Life

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller

Synopsis: John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort, another Disney-released children's epic entitled A Bug's Life. Blending classic Disney storytelling characters and the mysterious underground world of bugs, Lasseter has Read More

11/20/98
Pleasantville

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh

Synopsis: Gary Ross, Oscar nominated for his Dave and Big screenplays, made his directorial debut with this comedy. The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire), who has an almost obsessive Read More

10/23/98
Cats Don't Dance

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie Cole, Ashley Peldon, Lindsay Rideway, John Rhys-Davies

Synopsis: This animated comedy for the family, which gently parodies the movie musicals of the '30s and '40s, follows Danny (voice of Scott Bakula), a cat from Kokomo, Indiana, who loves to sing and dance and longs to be in show business. One day, Danny decides to do something about his ambitions instead of Read More

1997
Michael

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Conductor, Songwriter

Actors: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli

Synopsis: There are angels among us...and they like lots of sugar in their coffee. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folks. When Malt gets word that a Read More

1996
Party of Five: M.Y.O.B.

Synopsis: Sarah (Jennifer Love Hewitt) decides that she wants nothing more to do with Bailey (Scott Wolf), who is squandering all his money on liquor--even as his sister Julia (Neve Campbell) remains in denial that his drinking problem exists. But when Bailey steals money from her boyfriend Sam, Julia is Read More

1996
James and the Giant Peach

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: Joanna Lumley, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Pete Postlethwaite, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Terry, Susan Sarandon

Synopsis: A young boy's discovery of a gigantic peach triggers an eventful journey across the sea in this strikingly designed and surprisingly twisted animated adventure. A live-action framing device establishes the dark yet fanciful mood one might expect from an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story, as young Read More

1996
Toy Story

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn

Synopsis: Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be assured that the film is as chock-full of heart and warmth as any Disney cartoon feature. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a pull-string cowboy toy Read More

11/22/95
Politically Incorrect: Politics Tonight

Synopsis: In January 1996, Politically Incorrect moved to Los Angeles and began booking local talent on the program. In this video Bill Maher hosts two 1996 installments of his provocative and irreverent round-table talk show. Jay Leno headlines both episodes. In the first, Maher, the prodding moderator Read More

1995
Maverick

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Noah Emmerich, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, James Coburn

Synopsis: A gunslinging con man develops a tricky scheme to make a killing at a major poker tournament in this comic Western inspired by the popular television show. Mel Gibson assumes the role of Bret Maverick, the handsome rogue who hopes to cheat his way to success. In need of a large stake to enter a Read More

1994
The Paper

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Director Ron Howard's drama follows a beleaguered reporter during a hectic 24 hours at a New York City tabloid. Michael Keaton stars as Henry Hackett, a metro editor for the struggling New York Sun. Hackett is being wooed by the Sentinel, a more upscale paper, but he's addicted to the Read More

1994
Awakenings

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller

Synopsis: Based on a true story as related by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings stars Robin Williams as the Sacks counterpart, here named Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Something of a klutz and naif, Dr. Sayer takes a job at a Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. Here he's put in charge of several seemingly catatonic Read More

12/20/90
Avalon

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eve Gordon, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Lou Jacobi, Leo L. Fuchs, Joan Plowright, Elijah Wood

Synopsis: The third of director Barry Levinson's autobiographical "Baltimore Trilogy" (the first two entries were Diner and Tin Men), Avalon covers nearly forty years in the lives of an immigrant Jewish family. Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) emigrates to Baltimore in 1914, where Sam's brothers Gabriel Read More

10/5/90
How to Get a Record Deal

Synopsis: How to Get a Record Deal is a video made for musicians looking to break into the recording industry. Acknowledging the huge challenge unknown musicians face, the program arms viewers with insider information on the industry and advice on what it takes to succeed. Artists Michael Bolton, Phil Read More

1990
Yakety Yak: Take It Back

Synopsis: An informative presentation that includes a guide to recycling. Includes an information booklet and stars a large group of celebrities. Bugs Bunny, B.B. King, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler and many others are here to spread the word. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Parenthood

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Jr., Rick Moranis

Synopsis: This feel-good ensemble comedy tracks a quartet of suburban siblings and their families over the course of a single summer. Hardworking Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) and his stay-at-home wife, Karen (Mary Steeenburgen), have just a few months to help their oldest son, Kevin (Jasen Fisher), overcome Read More

8/2/89
Saturday Night Live: John Larroquette [2]

Actors: John Larroquette, Randy Newman, Mark Knopfler

Synopsis: This 1988 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Larroquette and features musical guests Randy Newman and Mark Knopfler. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
Three Amigos!

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter, Songwriter

Actors: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Patrice Martinez, Alfonso Arau

Synopsis: This slapstick farce features Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short), as three silent movie cowboy stars who get the axe from their Hollywood studio. Just at that opportune moment, a woman named Carmen (Patrice Martinez) asks them to come to her Read More

12/12/86
April Fool's Day

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Jay Baker, Pat Barlow, Lloyd Berry, Deborah Foreman, Deborah Goodrich, Leah King Pinsent

Synopsis: April Fool's Day just happens to be the birthday of rich college student Buffy (Deborah Foreman), so she invites a group of friends from Vassar over to her family's island getaway to spend the weekend partying. Though some practical-joke shenanigans on the ferry over from the mainland lead to Read More

3/27/86
Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: Darlin' Clementine

Actors: Shelley Duvall, David Dukes, Ed Asner, Michael Richards

Synopsis: No relation to the similarly titled John Ford film, My Darlin' Clementine originated as a 47-minute TV special. Shelley Duvall (who also produced) plays the title character, the daughter of a miner (forty-niner) whose shoes are number nine. Ed Asner costars as Clementine's dad, while David Dukes Read More

1986
Saturday Night Live: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short

Actors: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Randy Newman

Synopsis: This 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short and features musical guest Randy Newman. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Randy Newman: Live at the Odeon

Synopsis: Award-winning singer/songwriter Randy Newman is joined by Ry Cooder and Linda Ronstadt in this 1983 concert presentation. Randy Newman: At the Odeon Rock features Newman on the songs "I Love L.A.," "Burn on, Big River," "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear," "Marie," "Christmas in Capetown," Read More

1985
The Natural

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley

Synopsis: The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a Read More

1984
Saturday Night Live: Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Randy Newman

Synopsis: This 1983 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges and features musical guest Randy Newman. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1983
Ragtime

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, James Olson, Mandy Patinkin, Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Synopsis: E. L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime was a sprawling fictional account of American manners and mores in the years between 1900 and 1913. Among the mosaic of colorful factual and fictional characters in the novel were escape artist Harry Houdini and radical Emma Goldman. Both characters are all but Read More

1981
Saturday Night Live: Howard Hesseman [1]

Actors: Howard Hesseman, Randy Newman

Synopsis: This 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Howard Hesseman and features musical guest Randy Newman. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

Crew: Singer

Synopsis: The life and times of demagogic Louisiana governor Huey Long has been fictionalized by two Hollywood films, All The King's Men (1949) and A Lion is in the Streets (1953). Made for television, The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish endeavors to tell the true story, with few names changed. Read More

1976
Saturday Night Live: Paul Simon [1]

Actors: Paul Simon

Synopsis: The second episode of NBC's Saturday Night is dominated by music. Host Paul Simon is joined by musical guests Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel, who, together and separately, perform a total of 11 songs. Notable non-musical content includes a short film by Albert Brooks and a humorous Read More

1975
Cold Turkey

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Edward Everett Horton, Jean Stapleton, Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Bob Newhart

Synopsis: This comedy is notable as the final onscreen appearance (non-speaking) of Edward Everett Horton, a staple comic supporting actor from the early '30s onward. Dick Van Dyke plays an ambitious small-town minister who rallies the whole town to meet a challenge bet by a tobacco corporation. Cooked up Read More

1971
Performance

Crew: Musical Direction/Supervision

Actors: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton, Ann Sidney

Synopsis: Even in an era of cinematic experimentation, Performance stands out as a visually daring major-studio film that deals with questions of sanity and identity rarely touched on in mainstream filmmaking. The elements of Performance certainly looked attractive to studio executives at Warner Bros. -- a Read More

1970
The Pursuit of Happiness

Crew: Singer, Songwriter

Actors: Barbara Hershey, Michael Sarrazin, Ruth White

Synopsis: William Popper (Michael Sarrazin) is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter. His participation in some prison violence Read More

1970
Tony Rome

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland

Synopsis: Frank Sinatra brings a sneering Rat Pack ethos to his first hard-boiled detective role in Tony Rome. Tony is an ex-cop who lives on a houseboat off Miami, accepting fees for private-eye work. His former partner, Ralph Turpin (Robert J. Wilke), asks Tony for help in locating Diana Pines (Sue Lyon) Read More

1967

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