Seabiscuit was released in 2003. Someday, perhaps in a doctoral thesis or a book on film scoring, someone is going to address the question of why it is, given the sardonic character of Randy Newmans songwriting for himself, that his film scores are so warm and sweet. When this study is done, Newmans soundtrack to Seabiscuit, writer and director Gary Ross film biography of the legendary racehorse of the 1930s based on Linda Hilllenbrands book Seabiscuit: An American Legend, will stand as a prime example