He returns to his typical upbeat fare with "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" which includes light-hearted brass and Ray Charles'-style background choir. As he said to Variety, "in some ways it's easier, because I could use.music that I had from before."īesides the repeat of that entire song, Newman also reprises themes within new music such as "Operation Pull-Toy" with it's upbeat strings and epic brass, and "A Spork in the Road", a mostly somber affair using low strings and piano that also hearkens back to themes from the original Toy Story. It's a wonderful piece and the only question is whether the audience wants to hear this yet again, or would the movie have been better served by something new? With Newman it's a win-win situation but probably a bit less work to re-use this award winning piece. It's a great mid-tempo track that keeps things light and bouncy with instrument choices like a brush-snare drum and Newman's patented ragtime, bluesy style. Some of his pieces we've heard before like the famous, "You've Got a Friend in Me". Toy Story 4 uses a three-pronged mix of Randy's own music, songs from other famous bands such as "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, and some light orchestral non-vocal music such as "Operation Pull Toy". Randy has cited Ray Charles as a primary influence and he lives up to a great name like that with his own songwriting. ![]() He is just an incredible songwriter with a distinctive sound that often mixes jazz and blues together in an upbeat way that is perfect for a movie like Toy Story. We love Randy Newman not only for his soundtrack work but his long career writing great songs for award-winning artists such as Tom Jones' "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (made famous in 'The Full Monty' below) and Three Dog Night's "Mama Told Me Not To Come". ![]() Woody, Buzz and the gang are back together on-screen, and off-screen it is Randy Newman once again working his soundtrack magic for the movie. Toy Story 4 has opened to a $120 million weekend at the box office, in the top four opening weekends of all-time for Disney and ahead of Toy Story 3.
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