Track Listing

1. Real Gone - Unspecified
2. Route 66 - Troup, Bobby
3. Life Is a Highway - Cochrane, Tom
4. Behind the Clouds - Unspecified
5. Our Town - Unspecified
6. Sh-Boom - Edwards, James
7. Route 66 - Troup, Bobby
8. Find Yourself - Unspecified
9. Opening Race
10. McQueen's Lost
11. My Heart Would Know - Williams, Hank [1]
12. Bessie
13. Dirt is Different
14. New Road
15. Tractor Tipping
16. McQueen and Sally
17. Goodbye
18. Pre-Race Pageantry
19. The Piston Cup
20. The Big Race

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #353 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Original language: English, Italian, Japanese, Yiddish

Amazon.com
Cars is a typical Disney-Pixar animated movie in that it deals with an anthropomorphic character (here, a car) and the heartwarming values of family and friendship. (Alas, we'll have to wait a little while longer for the company to take on greed and selfishness.) The accompanying soundtrack is equally typical in that it's split between catchy pop songs and a score by Randy Newman. The clear highlight of the pop tracks is Sheryl Crow's boisterous, huge-sounding "Real Gone" (her best song in ages). Rascal Flatts also cover Tom Cochrane's 1991 hit "Life Is a Highway," while John Mayer rocks out on "Route 66" (Chuck Berry's elegantly lean version is included as well). For his part, Newman continues his distinguished association with quality animation by supplying a nimble score. It's fun to hear him deploy riffs that wouldn't be out of place on a Quiet Riot album on the bombastic "Opening Race," while the bluesy "Bessie" does George Thorogood with a tuba. The CD's overall Southern flavor is emphasized by the frequent use of banjo and slide guitar, as well as by score tracks cantering about, like "McQueen and Sally." And, as usual, Newman delivers a nostalgic, misty-eyed song--in this case "Our Town," performed by that master of sensitive laid-back charm, James Taylor. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Very surprised!

Really enjoyed the movie, but didn't think I'd like the soundtrack as much. I was wrong, listened to it while driving from Los Angeles to San Diego and was singin' along with it the whole way!!

Parent Friendly
this is a great CD because it is parent friendly. The kids like it because it is from the movie and we like it because it is actually good music.

Cars
I bought this for my two sons. One is five and the other is three. They love it! A great buy for kids and for parents who want to create a fun car ride!