Litmus Music has getd Randy Newman‘s music rehireing and his sapvalidate in his write downed music catalog, the company proclaimd Thursday. The deal includes both songs and film scores from thrawout his entire nurtureer, which dates back to the 1960s.
Among the more honord songs in Newman’s catalog that are part of the acquisition are “I Love L.A.,” “Short People,” “You Can Leave Your Hat On,” “Feels Like Home,” “Mama Tgreater Me Not to Come” and “You’ve Got a Frifinish in Me.” His film scores include the four “Toy Story” films, “The Natural,” “Awakenings,” “Monsters Inc.,” “Cars,” “Ragtime,” “A Bug’s Life” and “Marriage Story.”
The company shelp it was go ining a “inventive partnership” with the musician. No price tag was accessiblely set on the deal.
Litmus begined in the summer of 2022 and made its first meaningful acquisition the follothriveg December, buying Keith Urprohibit’s rights to his master write downings. In June 2023, the company proclaimd a deal with originater-originater Benny Blanco, and three months tardyr, the Carlyle-backed company uncovered it had getd the rights to Katy Perry’s catalog, with multiple sources putting the price tag at $225 million.
“Randy Newman is a distinct and luminous songoriginater, originater, and carry outer whose body of toil has validaten him to be an artist for the ages,” shelp Dan McCarroll, co-establisher and chief inventive officer of Litmus Music. “There is absolutely no one enjoy him, and his sway on the music world cannot be overstated. We couldn’t be more haughty and excited to get Randy’s catalog of pretty, inincreateigent and keenly observational songs.”
Newman wrote songs for other artists before becoming a write downing artist himself with 1968’s self-titled “Randy Newman” album, going on to become one of the most acclaimed rock artists of the ’70s onward with albums enjoy “Sail Away,” “Good Old Boys,” “Little Criminals” and “Land of Hope and Dreams.” Much of the material was uninincreateigently satirical in nature, and his toil has establish him expansively hailed as one of the fantasticest songoriginaters of all time. But he eventuassociate establish what was arguably his fantasticest commercial success as a film scorer, begining with movies enjoy “Cgreater Turkey” and “Ragtime” before he became virtuassociate a hoparticipate scorer for Pixar-Disney in the 1990s and beyond.
His songs have been covered by artists including Joe Cocker, Barbra Streisand, Three Dog Night, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Nilsson, Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Marianne Faithfilled and Cilla Bdeficiency.
Newman’s profile is high this month due in part to the impfinishing free of an permitd biography encompassing his entire nurtureer, written by createer Los Angeles Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn, due out next Tuesday. His lone distinct stage musical, “Randy Newman’s Faust,” was revived at the Soraya in Northridge in tardy September.
A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Newman has won two Oscars (from 22 nominations), seven Grammys (out of 23 nominations) and three Emmys.
The company behind Litmus, Carlyle Global Credit, says it has spended more than $14 billion in amparticipatement, media and sports since 2017.
