RandyNewmanwritessongsthatrangefromthemordantandironictothehilarious,thedeeplyheartfeltandpainful,theunderstated,andtherockin’.Aclassicallytrainedmusicianskilledincomposition,hismusicisoftenmorecomplexandinterestingthanmostmaterialthatflirtswithpopappeal.NewmanalsotendstowritemoredifficultlyricsbuthehasprovedhisabilitytocraftthePopSong,andafewofhishavebeenwidelycovered.Newmanalsohasasolidcultfollowing.Hehashadonemajorhitsingle-“ShortPeople”(#2,1978)-andrecordedotherpopularsongs,including“TheBlues”(#54,1983)and“ILoveL.A.”Sincethe’80shehasalsoestablishedhimselfasaleadingcomposerofmoviesoundtracks,collecting13Oscarnominationsforhisefforts.NewmangrewupinamusicalfamilywithHollywoodconnectionshisunclesAlfredandLionelbothscorednumerousfilms.Byage17,RandywasstaffwriterforaCaliforniamusicpublisher.OnesemestershortofaB.A.inmusicfromUCLA,hedroppedoutofschool.LennyWaronker,sonofLibertyRecords’president,wasaclosefriendand,later,asastaffproducerforWarnerBros.,helpedgetNewmansignedtothelabel.Newman’searlysongswererecordedbyanumberofperformers.HisfriendHarryNilssonrecordedanentirealbumwithNewmanonpiano,NilssonSingsNewman,in1970.JudyCollins(“IThinkIt’sGoingtoRainToday”),PeggyLee(“LoveStory”),andThreeDogNight-forwhom“MamaToldMe(NottoCome)”hit#1-allenjoyedsuccesswithNewman’smusic.NewmanbecameapopularcampusattractionwhentouringwithNilsson.Hisstatusasacultstarwasaffirmedbyhiscriticallypraiseddebut,RandyNewman,in1968,whichfeaturedhisowncomplexarrangementsforfullorchestra,andlaterby1970’s12Songs.Healsosang“GoneDeadTrain”onthesoundtrackofPerformance(1970).LiveandSailAwaywereNewman’sfirstcommercialsuccesses,buthisaudiencehasbeenlimitedtosomedegreebecausehissongsareoftencoloredbyhisironic,pointedsenseofhumor,whichisrarelysimpleandfrequentlymisunderstood.GoodOldBoys,forexample,wasaconceptalbumabouttheSouth,withthelyricsexpressingtheviewpointofwhiteSoutherners.Lyricssuchas“We’rerednecks,andwedon’tknowourassfromaholeintheground”madepeoplewonderwhetherNewmanwasbeingsatiricalorsympathetic.Hetoured(toAtlantaandelsewhere)behindthealbumwithafullorchestrathatplayedhisarrangementsandwasconductedbyhisuncleEmilNewman.LittleCriminals,in1977,containedNewman’sfirsthitsingle,“ShortPeople,”whichmockedbigotryandwastakenseriouslybyavocaloffendedminority.“Baltimore”fromthatalbumwascoveredbyNinaSimone.Followingthatalbum’srelease,Newmantouredforthefirsttimesince1974.Heclaimedthatintheinterimhe’ddonenothingbutwatchtelevisionandplaywithhisthreesons.In1979hisBornAgainfeaturedguestvocalsbymembersoftheEagles.In1981NewmancomposedthesoundtrackforthefilmRagtime(thefirstofmanysoundtrackassignments)andwasnominatedfortwoOscars(BestSong,BestScore).His1983album,TroubleinParadise,includedguestappearancesbyLindaRonstadt,membersofFleetwoodMac,andPaulSimon,whosangaverseof“TheBlues.”Thatalbum’s“ILoveL.A.”becamesomethingofananthem,thanksinparttoaflashymusicvideodirectedbyNewman’scousin,TimNewman(whowentontoshootpopularvideosforZZTop,amongothers).LandofDreams(#80,1988)spawnedaminorhitin“It’sMoneyThatMatters”(#60,1988).ItwouldtakeNewman10moreyearstomakeanotherstudioalbum,1999’scriticallyacclaimedBadLove.Withthatrecordpeakingat#194,hecontinuestomeethisbiggestsuccessinHollywood,wherehespentmostofthe’90sbecomingoneofthetown’smostsought-afterfilmcomposers.Althoughthematerialonhisownrecordsisliterateandbiting,thesongshewritesformoviesaredecidedlysimplerandwithasunnieroutlook-andtheyusuallymeetwithmoresuccess.Both“ILovetoSeeYouSmile”fromParenthoodand“WhenSheLovedMe”fromToyStory2,forinstance,werenominatedforOscarsin1998alone,NewmangarneredthreeOscarnominationsforthreedifferentmovies.In1995NewmanwroteamusicaladaptationofGoethe’sFaust.BoththeplayandtheaccompanyingCD(whichfeaturedguestssuchasBonnieRaitt,LindaRonstadt,EltonJohn,DonHenley,andJamesTaylorintheroleofGod)werecommerciallyunsuccessful.In2000hereceivedtheBillboardCenturyAward.fromTheRollingStoneEncyclopediaofRockRoll(SimonSchuster,2001)*withsomeeditsafterthefact,becauseRollingStonedoesn’tknowanything*http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/randynewman/biography

目录

1 基本信息 2 获奖经历 3 高清写真

基本信息

星座: 射手座

出生日期: 1943年11月28日

出生地: 美国,路易斯安那州,新奥尔良

职业: 音乐 / 演员 / 配音

更多外文名: Randall Stuart Newman (本名) / The New Man (昵称)

imdb编号: nm0005271

获奖经历

2020年 第92届奥斯卡金像奖 最佳原创配乐(提名) 婚姻故事。

2019年 第85届纽约影评人协会奖 特别奖 。

2014年 第41届动画安妮奖 最佳配乐(提名) 怪兽大学。

高清写真

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