Randy Newman

Randall Stewart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He has composed the film scores for several Disney films, mostly for Pixar releases. He won two Oscars for Best Original Song for Monsters, Inc., and Toy Story 3. His first ever music composition in a Disney hand-drawn animated feature, was in The Princess and the Frog.

Awards

 * Toy Story - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Song "You've Got a Friend in Me" / Won 1 Award
 * A Bug's Life - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 1 Award
 * Toy Story 2 - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "When She Loved Me " / Won 2 Awards
 * Monsters, Inc. - Won Academy Award for Best Original Song "If I Didn't Have You " / Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 2 Awards
 * Cars - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song "Our Town " / Won 3 Awards
 * Toy Story 3 - Won Academy Award for Best Original Song and World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song written directly for a Film for the song "We Belong Together"

Trivia

 * Randy's cousin, Thomas Newman, is also a composer for Pixar. Tom wrote the scores for Finding Nemo and WALL•E, both directed by Andrew Stanton.