Randy Newman

Artist:  Randy Newman
Birth Name:  Randall Stuart Newman
Born:  November 28, 1943.  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Rock, Pop, Folk, Contemporary Pop, Film Music, Soundtracks,  Film Score
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Arranger, Pianist, Composer
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Randy Newman is an American Singer, Songwriter, Arranger,  Composer and Pianist.  He may have been slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, but his music more to New Orleans R&B and Traditional Pop than Folk.  Since the 1980s, he has worked mostly as a Film Composer and his Film Scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, Cars, Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., A Bug's Life and many more!.  He has received Twenty Academy Award nominations in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song, he also won three Emmys, six Grammy Awards.  He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2002 and he was inducted to Rovk And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2013.

Title:  Dark Matter  (2017)
Genre:  Rock, Pop, Folk, Contemporary Pop, Film Music, Soundtracks,  Film Score
Label:  Nonesuch Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  The Great Debate  (8:09)
 2.  Brothers  (4:54)
 3.  Putin  (3:45)
 4.  Lost Without You  (3:55)
 5.  Sonny Boy  (4:42)
 6.  It's A Jungle Out There  (3:19)
 7.  She Chose Me  (3:12)
 8.  On The Beach  (4:32)
 9.  Wandering Boy  (3:04)

Dark Matter is the eleventh studio album by Randy Newman, was released on August 4, 2017.  His best work of the '70 and '80s., that his trademark combination of New Orleans Piano, includes song "Putin".