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Randy Newman talks about his all-star recording of Goethe's 'Faust'.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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September 22, 1995
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1995 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Randy Newman once tried to write simple, normal, direct pop songs.
``I remember, back in '65, I tried,'' says the most savagely funny of veteran American pop composers, ``but I could never really write conventional love-song lyrics. I just got bored.''
This day, there's plenty to keep his boredom at bay. He's up at 7:30 a.m., watching cartoons with the two youngest of his five children _ Alice, 3, and Patrick, 1 _ and getting ready to spend the day ``waving my arms around in front of an orchestra,'' for the score of ``Toy Story,'' the Disney animated film due in November; it features Tom Hanks' and Tim Allen's voices and three new Randy Newman songs.
And he's talking ...
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