The performance was visceral and devastating. “Louisiana 1927,” a classic from Randy Newman’s album “Good Old Boys” (1974), could have easily been written any time in the past hundred years.

From 'Toy Story' to 'Monsters Inc' and beyond, Randy Newman has been responsible for some of Disney's best songs.

Randy Newman’s ingenious lyricism earned him devoted fans but not mainstream success. His turn to Hollywood would bring wider ...

For the last 55 years or so, you’ve had a friend in Randy Newman, if you have a thing for songs that offer eviscerating, uncompromising, even devastating dissections of the human condition and ...

“Randy Newman’s Faust,” the only musical comedy ever written for the stage by the dean of barbed American singer-songwriters, has never been produced in its creator’s hometown before.

Randy Newman talks about the one-weekend-only revival of his brilliant musical, 'Faust,' being put on in the L.A. area at the Soraya in Northridge.

Randy Newman is the subject of a new biography, 'A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,' from longtime Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn.

Randy Newman wrote the songs and scores for all of Pixar's Toy Story movies. As the fourth film opens on June 20, Newman reflects on his time with Woody, Buzz and friends.

That song, “Rednecks,” sparked in Newman the interest in doing a kind of concept album. All the songs would depict the life of this character.

Litmus Music said Thursday that it has acquired Randy Newman's share of his recorded music and publishing catalog. The deal includes rights to the scores of the composer-singer-songwriter’s ...