Newman Typically Contributes Songs That While Not Sung
Toy Story 4 again features the musical stylings of Randy Newman, including a couple of new songs in addition to an old favorite. This latest Toy Story film finds Woody and the gang with their new kid, Bonnie, and the change in living situation makes the film a bit of a departure from earlier installments. Not that fans should worry, though, because Toy Story 4 retains the same zany humor and heartfelt moments audiences have come to expect of the film series.
Newman's music has been a part of the Toy Story franchise since the very beginning and it's impossible to imagine a Toy Story movie without his signature songs. Along with scoring each film, Newman typically contributes songs that while not sung by any of the characters (and usually performed by Newman himself), are used to reflect their emotions. For example, the beautiful "When She Loved Me" isn't sung by Jessie in Toy Story 2 (instead it's Sarah McLachlan), but the way it's used in the film highlights Jessie's heartbreak at being abandoned by her previous child owner.
In having Newman return to not only score the film but write a few songs, Toy Story 4 manages to feel familiar all the while the franchise embarks on this new era. Here's every song heard in Toy Story 4:
You've Got A Friend In Me - Written and performed by Randy Newman
I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away - Written and performed by Randy Newman
The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy - Written by Randy Newman, performed by Chris Stapleton
Don't Keep Me Waitin' - Written by Ken Morrison, performed by The Wranglers featuring Bonnie Guitar
Midnight, The Stars And You - Written by Henry Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, performed by Ray Noble & His Orchestra, vocals by Al Bowlly
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Forever Tilt - Written and performed by Jake Monaco
Newman wrote the song, "You've Got A Friend In Me" for the first Toy Story to accompany the budding friendship between Woody, and Buzz and the song has since become synonymous with the franchise. Unsurprisingly, it's again heard in Toy Story 4, playing over a montage recapping some of the events from the first three Toy Story films, reminding viewers of Woody's time with Andy and how the toys came to be with Bonnie. In addition to that classic song, Newman wrote two new songs for the film.
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" is a song which plays over Forky's many attempts at returning to the trash where he believes he belongs, all the while Woody valiantly rescues and returns him to Bonnie's side. Newman sings this song as well, and it highlights how Woody's devotion to making his kid happy extends beyond playtime. "The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy" is the other of Newman's new contributions to the film, playing over Toy Story 4's end-credits. The version heard in theaters is performed by Chris Stapleton, not Newman, but it remains a perfect send-off for the pull-string sheriff.
Besides the new songs from Newman, Toy Story 4 also incorporates a few other pieces of music. There's "Forever Tilt", written and performed by television and film composer, Jake Monaco, as well as the country song, "Don't Keep Me Waitin'" by The Wranglers and Bonnie Guitar. The film's best use of non-Newman music, however, comes during a scene in the antique shop with Gabby Gabby. As she welcomes Woody and Forky, escorting them in her stroller around the store, the song "Midnight, The Stars and You" by Ray Noble & His Orchestra plays on a record player. Audiences will recognize the number from its use in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, and just as it does in that film, the song's use in Toy Story 4 gives the antique store - and Gabby Gabby and her ventriloquist dummy henchmen, in particular - an appropriately menacing vibe.
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