The Academy Would Like To Recognize Randy Newman ... Again
This morning, The Academy announced its nominations for the 79th Annual Oscars and, much to the surprise of nobody, Randy Newman got a nomination! Not to slag on Randy, he's obvs got this film scoring thing down, but our initial thought was, doesn't dude win every year? Not so! He may get nominated every year, but he's suffered a fair share of empty-handed Oscar nights. Here's a list of every Oscar nomination Randy's received. (Yeah, we could've just said he WON in 2001, but it's more dramatic this way.)
1981 - Ragtime Best Original Score [LOST]
1981 - Ragtime Best Original Song - "One More Hour" [LOST]
1984 - The Natural Best Original Score [LOST]
1989 - Parenthood Best Original Song - "I Love To See You Smile" [LOST]
1990 - Avalon Best Original Score [LOST]
1994 - The Paper Best Original Song - "Make Up Your Mind" [LOST]
1995 - Toy Story Best Original Score [LOST]
1995 - Toy Story Best Original Song - "You've Got A Friend In Me" [LOST]
1996 - James And The Giant Peach Best Original Score [LOST]
1998 - Pleasantville Best Original Score [LOST]
1998 - A Bug's Life Best Original Score [LOST]
1998 - Babe: Pig In The City Best Original Score [LOST]
1999 - Toy Story 2 Best Original Song - "When She Loved Me" [LOST]
2000 - Meet The Parents Best Original Song - "A Fool In Love" [LOST]
2001 - Monsters, Inc. Best Original Score [LOST]
2001 - Monsters, Inc. Best Original Song - "If I Didn't Have You" [WON]
2007 - Cars Best Original Song - "Our Town" [???]
So sports fans, that's a stunning 1 for 17, yielding a .058 batting average. Maybe we want him to win after all -- even though we lost him at "I Love L.A." Rounding out the category are a Melissa Etheridge cut for An Inconvenient Truth and three from Dreamgirls, the latter of which got the snub for Best Picture. But hey, a nod for 10-year-old Little Miss Sunshine? No complaints. And for some Newman history and MP3s, head to jefitoblog's Complete Idiot's Guide To Randy Newman. That'll keep ya busy.
Posted at 4:00 PM
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I will totally slag on Randy Newman. I really wish this guy would stop. I think Clint Mansell's The Fountain score is much more interesting. I just saw Kronos Quartet perform Death Is The Road to Awe and lost my mind.
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its really a shame that he wasnt nominated for any of his fine work in "Three Amigos". cmon, my little buttercup???
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If you think you know Randy Newman's music because your little brother owns the Toy Story 2 DVD, please do drop dead. Ditto if your only real exposure is via a fifteen-second parody on the Family Guy, or, even worse, a YouTube video in which some pimpled teenager reenacts said Family Guy parody with his dog.
His self-titled debut is one of the most underappreciated albums of the 1960s. Just ask Van Dyke Parks, Joanna Newsom, Harry Nilsson, Etc. It's amazing. So cut some slack.
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Is SG going to comment on the police reunion at the grammys or did I already miss it/was fooled by a fake rolling stone report?
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it's a shame that Paul Westerberg's "Love You In The Fall" from Over The Hedge wasn't nominated... would've loved to see him and Tommy Stinson performing on stage together and also winning an Oscar!
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haha oh man, his song in cars was atrocious. it was like he set out to write the cheesiest shittiest song filled with as many hackneyed cliches as humanly possible. I couldn't stop laughing.
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Randy Newman scraps better songs than most artists write in their entire careers, so he pretty much has license to do whatever the hell he wants to pay his bills, as far as I am concerned.
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No Westerberg, no justice.
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And PLUS, he knows his politics:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/opinion/24newman.html
Go Randy!
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And PLUS, he knows his politics:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/opinion/24newman.html
Go Randy!
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in 1998 he had 3 scores up for the award and didn't win? that's really sad.
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DeVotchKa wuz robbed.
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Babe: Pig in the City should have won. It should still be getting awards all over town!
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