randy newman
In summer 2025, Chaiken was hired by songwriter and composer Randy Newman to assemble and catalog his vast personal archive of lyric drafts, arrangement sketches, acetates, home demo recordings, notebooks, photographs and correspondence.
![Randy Newman in Orlando with Woody and Buzz Lightyear [Disney].png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/d17e82be-4014-43b7-bedd-6f9233c652e1/Randy+Newman+in+Orlando+with+Woody+and+Buzz+Lightyear+%5BDisney%5D.png)
![You've Got a Friend in Me [Faust notebook ca. 1994] Faust Box III.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/eb99116f-3d82-429a-8f94-e3868c8771f5/You%27ve+Got+a+Friend+in+Me+%5BFaust+notebook+ca.+1994%5D+Faust+Box+III.jpeg)
![Johnny Cutler's Birthday [Box cover] copy.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/f44888b0-baf6-4c36-81f1-7a61164f4b49/Johnny+Cutler%27s+Birthday+%5BBox+cover%5D+copy.jpeg)
![I Think It's Going to Rain Today [Acetate] copy.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/afef674c-d1c1-49c0-aa9f-1bae8c8481bc/I+Think+It%27s+Going+to+Rain+Today+%5BAcetate%5D+copy.jpeg)
![Randy Newman. Cowboy. Color Kodachrome ca. 1948 - 49 [Land of Dreams cover].jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/87a60d75-dcc2-499a-9011-afaeb5847954/Randy+Newman.+Cowboy.+Color+Kodachrome+ca.+1948+-+49+%5BLand+of+Dreams+cover%5D.jpeg)
![Short People [Lyric fragment ms. ca. 1976 - 77] copy.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/8d6763c5-c133-4ebd-af8f-34d2dbf32a06/Short+People+%5BLyric+fragment+ms.+ca.+1976+-+77%5D+copy.jpeg)
![Randy Newman ca. 1968 [Reprise Records].jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371aeefcc3e2d3006099161/ecdaba6e-f0c7-46e5-8d68-48ce52d2695e/Randy+Newman+ca.+1968+%5BReprise+Records%5D.jpeg)
