Litmus Music has acquired Randy Newman‘s music publishing and his stake in his recorded music catalog, the corporate introduced Thursday. The deal contains each songs and movie scores from all through his whole profession, which dates again to the Sixties.
Among the many extra well-known songs in Newman’s catalog which can be a part of the acquisition are “I Love L.A.,” “Quick Folks,” “You Can Depart Your Hat On,” “Feels Like House,” “Mama Instructed Me To not Come” and “You’ve Obtained a Pal in Me.” His movie scores embody the 4 “Toy Story” movies, “The Pure,” “Awakenings,” “Monsters Inc.,” “Vehicles,” “Ragtime,” “A Bug’s Life” and “Marriage Story.”
The corporate mentioned it was getting into a “artistic partnership” with the musician. No price ticket was publicly set on the deal.
Litmus launched in the summertime of 2022 and made its first main acquisition the next December, shopping for Keith City’s rights to his grasp recordings. In June 2023, the corporate introduced a cope with writer-producer Benny Blanco, and three months later, the Carlyle-backed firm revealed it had acquired the rights to Katy Perry’s catalog, with a number of sources placing the value tag at $225 million.
“Randy Newman is a novel and good songwriter, composer, and performer whose physique of labor has confirmed him to be an artist for the ages,” mentioned Dan McCarroll, co-founder and chief artistic officer of Litmus Music. “There’s completely nobody like him, and his affect on the music world can’t be overstated. We couldn’t be extra proud and excited to amass Randy’s catalog of gorgeous, witty and sharply observational songs.”
Newman wrote songs for different artists earlier than changing into a recording artist himself with 1968’s self-titled “Randy Newman” album, occurring to develop into some of the acclaimed rock artists of the ’70s onward with albums like “Sail Away,” “Good Outdated Boys,” “Little Criminals” and “Land of Hope and Goals.” A lot of the fabric was darkly satirical in nature, and his work has discovered him broadly hailed as one of many best songwriters of all time. However he finally discovered what was arguably his best business success as a movie scorer, beginning with films like “Chilly Turkey” and “Ragtime” earlier than he grew to become just about a home scorer for Pixar-Disney within the Nineties and past.
His songs have been coated by artists together with Joe Cocker, Barbra Streisand, Three Canine Night time, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Nilsson, Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Money, Ray Charles, Marianne Faithfull and Cilla Black.
Newman’s profile is excessive this month due partially to the approaching launch of a licensed biography encompassing his whole profession, written by former Los Angeles Occasions pop music critic Robert Hilburn, due out subsequent Tuesday. His lone authentic stage musical, “Randy Newman’s Faust,” was revived on the Soraya in Northridge in late September.
A member of the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, Newman has received two Oscars (from 22 nominations), seven Grammys (out of 23 nominations) and three Emmys.
The corporate behind Litmus, Carlyle International Credit score, says it has invested greater than $14 billion in leisure, media and sports activities since 2017.
