The musical score of a film can really make it or break it. It can be the difference between making the film a cult classic ...

Randy Newman Wins First Oscar After. ... Some have compared O'Connell and Newman to soap-opera actress Susan Lucci, an 18-time Emmy loser until she finally picked up an award in 1999.

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.