And I’ve been writing songs for myself for a record.

A musical version of Tootsie is interesting to me, and a Face in the Crowd musical.

I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to make him like what I was going to do, and it worked better, I think. He had something from Parenthood in the ending in the temp version, and he loved it. Lee Unkrich temped the score with music from other pictures I’ve done. Certainly the picture was set up to do that. I was sobbing, but for a different reason. When you were writing the score, did you expect it to have that effect on audiences? Were you just sobbing at the piano while composing? Speaking of crying, everybody left the theater in tears after seeing Toy Story 3. I was worried - “Jesus, I’m going to cry or something.” But it didn’t happen. But when I won, the orchestra stood up and that really touched me. It’s just a very strange event is what it is. I learned not to take it personally, the Academy stuff. When I did win an Oscar, I didn’t expect to be particularly moved in any way. The year got beat by Passage to India, I thought maybe I could have won. At those other eighteen Oscar ceremonies, how many times did you think, My score or song was way better than the guy’s who won? It would have been funny.īefore this one, you were nominated nineteen times and only won once, for “If I Didn’t Have You” from Monsters, Inc. And I think they tried, except one’s in London and one’s in Chicago. Someone who’s sort of good, like Katy Perry or Lady Gaga, who’s very good. And again, I tried to get them to hire someone really inappropriate to perform it for me. I don’t know if they’ve officially announced anything, but that’s my understanding. Will you be performing the song at the Oscars? But no, they wanted me to do it, to retain that consistency because I was the voice in the first movie and to some extent the second. Maybe get John Mayer and Lady Gaga, or I don’t know, Katy Perry? But Pixar thought not. I actually wrote it thinking it would be a duet. When you write a song like Toy Story 3’s “We Belong Together,” are you writing from a certain character’s perspective? Were you writing as Woody?Ī little bit. So someone I didn’t know but usually it’s, immediately when they get the news, someone will call me and wake me up. I think it was some sort of PR service or something. How did you find out about this one? Do you still wake up early on nomination day? Released by Walt Disney Records in 2010 (Disney/Intrada D000470502) containing music from Toy Story 3 (2010). We spoke with the legendary songwriter last week about who he wishes would perform in his stead at the Oscars, his future plans (which might include a Tootsie musical), and scoring 2010’s most tear-jerking movie.Ĭongratulations on your twentieth Oscar nomination. Toy Story 3 soundtrack from 2010, composed by Randy Newman. Making even Meryl Streep look like a slouch, Randy Newman is currently celebrating his twentieth Oscar nomination, this one for “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3, up for Best Original Song.

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