From composers, to orchestrators, arrangers, and conductors, the Newman family has plenty of musicians that have made an impact in the world of film music. Learn about these musicians and hear the music they created on this week’s episode of Soundtrack.
Meet the Newmans
Randy Newman and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in rehearsal, 23 August 1979. (Photo: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
Randy Newman: Toy Story 5 (Don Davis)
“Bonnie and Blaze”
Studio Orch/Joey Newman
Randy Newman: Toy Story 5 (Don Davis)
“Tire Swing Hill”
Studio Orch/Joey Newman
Randy Newman: Toy Story 5 (Don Davis)
“Back Home”
Studio Orch/Joey Newman
Randy Newman: Pleasantville
“Real Rain”
Studio Orch/Randy Newman
Jerry Herman: Hello, Dolly! (Lennie Hayton; Lionel Newman)
“Just Leave Everything to Me”
Barbara Streisand, singer; Studio Orch/Lionel Newman
Lionel Newman: The Best Things in Life Are Free
Main Title
Studio Orch/Lionel Newman
Lionel Newman: The Best Things in Life Are Free
“It All Depends on You”
Studio Orch/Lionel Newman
David Newman: Matilda
“Newborn”
Studio Orch/David Newman
David Newman: Matilda
“Matilda Writes her Name”
Studio Orch/David Newman
David Newman: Matilda
“To the Library and Beyond”
Studio Orch/David Newman
David Newman: Matilda
“Teardrop”
Studio Orch/David Newman
David Newman: Some Time Ago
Knauer, p; rhythm section; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
Maria Newman: Rhapsody for a Golden Age
Robert Thies, p; LA Film Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Randy Newman: Family Album
2. “Emil Teaches Sonja Henie How to Skate”
Gloria Cheng, p
Randy Newman: Seabiscuit (Joey Newman)
Main Title
Studio Orch/Randy Newman
Randy Newman: Seabiscuit (Joey Newman)
“A Nice Ride”
Studio Orch/Randy Newman
Thomas Newman: Shoulder Length
Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
Thomas Newman: American Beauty (David Le Page)
Theme
David Gordon, p; Orch of the Swan/David Le Page
Alfred Newman: Gunga Din (1939) (William Stromberg)
“Reading the Poem”
Brandenburg Phil Orch/Richard Kaufman
Alfred Newman: How The West Was Won (David Newman)
“No Goodbye”
Sebastian Knauer, p; Berlin German Sym Orch/David Newman
