Randy Newman

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Randy Newman has composed the music for many of the Pixar movies, including Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and Cars. He has won at least 13 awards for his music in these movies, including an Academy Award for the song "If I Didn't Have You" in Monsters, Inc.. Besides music for Pixar movies, he wrote and composed the music for movies such as Meet the Fockers, Meet the Parents, The Natural and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, plus TV shows such as ER and Monk. Hits from early in his career include "I Love LA", "Sail Away" and "Short People."

Newman was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, CA into a famous musical family; one of his cousins is Thomas Newman, who composed the Scores of Finding Nemo and WALL•E.