A Conversation with Randy Newman

Mark Horowitz talks with award-winning composer and performer Randy Newman about the creative process.

Speaker Biography: The composer of a long list of notable film scores -- "The Natural," "Awakenings," "Ragtime," all three "Toy Story" pictures, "Seabiscuit," "James and the Giant Peach," "A Bug's Life" and many others -- Newman's many accolades include two Oscars, three Emmys, and six Grammys. His unforgettable songs include "I Think It's Going to Rain Today," "Louisiana 1927," "Short People," "Sail Away," and "You've Got a Friend in Me."

Speaker Biography: Mark Eden Horowitz is a specialist in the Library's Music Division.

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