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 ...

The life of Randy Newman, a rock star without the rock Robert Hilburn’s “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” is a biography of a musician famous for both sarcasm and sentiment.

Randy Newman at home in Pacific Palisades in 2017. The musician and songwriter is the subject of a new biography by former Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn.

Repeated listenings this past week of the “Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1,” “Sail Away,” “Trouble in Paradise” and “Faust” produced great pleasure but also great confusion.

Randy Newman, the Sugar Bowl and the Joan of Arc Parade roll in the first week of 2011. Susan Poag / The Times-PicayuneThe metal band Thou, from left, Josh Nee,Woody Johnson, Matthew Thudium, Andy ...

Randy Newman is the subject of a new biography, 'A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,' from longtime Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn.

Since we are talking about the mix of music and movies, you would be remiss if <b>Randy Newman</b> wasn't mentioned in the conversation. Though he has won the bulk of his awards post-'80s, our ...

Randy Newman finally got his Oscar on Sunday night, minutes after he tied an Oscar record with 15 losses. The singer-songwriter won the Academy Award for best song for his duet "If I Didn't Have ...

Randy Newman talks hitting the romantic notes of Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story." ...

Randy Newman is the subject of a new biography, 'A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,' from longtime Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn.