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Newman is generally considered to be among the greatest living American songwriters, with a legion of dedicated followers. After contributing music to the 1971 movie ''Cold Turkey'', Newman formally entered the film music fray in 1981 with the score for Milos Forman's ''[[Ragtime]]'', for which he received the first of his 20 Oscar nominations. Since then, Newman's film music output has been small but of consistently high quality, and has included works such as:
Most of these scores in the list were Oscar nominated for either the score or one of his brilliant songs. He finally won his first Oscar, in 2001, for the song 'If I Didn't Have You' from "Monsters, Inc." He won his second Oscar in 2011, for the song, "We Belong Together" from "[[Toy Story 3]]."
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In 2003, he wrote and sung the Emmy Award-winning theme song for ''[[Monk]]'', used from its second season onwards, titled "It's a Jungle Out There". In 2009, he returned to write and sing the closing song to the entire series, "When I'm Gone", and won that Emmy too.
Ever the innovator, Newman
Most recently{{when}}, Newman wrote the songs and score for [[Disney
▲Most recently, Newman wrote the songs and score for [[Disney|Disney’s]] ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' as well as ''[[Toy Story 3]]''. He has earned two more Academy Award nominations (19 total) in the Best Original Song category for Almost There and Down In New Orleans. On June 2nd 2010 Newman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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{{tropenamer|Randy Newman's body of work is the Trope Namer for:}}
* [[You Can Leave Your Hat On]]
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* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Mocked in "The Women In My Life".
* [[Cleveland Rocks]]: "Burn On", about the Cuyahoga River's unfortunate tendency to catch on fire.
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{{quote|"Never in my life have I heard so much bullshit/even from you/the master of bullshit!"}}
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Subverted; at least a couple of songs are about an innocent redheaded girl being taken advantage of by the narrator.
* [[Incest Is Relative]]: Implied in the lyrics of "Naked Man":
{{quote|He said, "They found out about my sister/Kicked me out of the Navy/They would have strung me up if they could/I tried to explain that we were both of us lazy/And were doing the best we could."}}
* [[Isn't It Ironic?]] (see below)
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** In the recording of "Faust" released on CD, Newman voices the Devil, who tends to be the voice of reason during the production.
* [[Take That]]: "Mr. President, Have Pity On The Working Man", probably his bitterest song. Arguably the entire score of "Faust", as well, at least to fundamentalists.
** His 1979 album ''Born Again'' has two examples aimed at other musicians. On the cover, he's wearing [[KISS]]-like makeup, and the song "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band" is a parody of [[Electric Light Orchestra]].
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Another of his favorite lyrical devices; as a general rule, whoever the song is from the perspective of is not somebody you should trust. About anything.
* [[Villain Song]]: "Friends on the Other Side" from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''. Also a common trope in his non-movie work: "Kathleen" is from the perspective of a man tricking a woman into thinking they're married to get in her pants; the subtitle (Catholicism Made Easier) got Newman into a LOT of trouble.
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[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Randy Newman]]▼
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