Cars (soundtrack)
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| Cars - Original Soundtrack | ||
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| Soundtrack by : Randy Newman • Sheryl Crow Chuck Berry • Rascal Flatts Hank Williams • John Mayer Brad Paisley • The Chords James Taylor |
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| Released | June 6, 2006 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Length | 57:24 | |
| Label | Disney Records | |
| Producer | Randy Newman | |
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The Cars soundtrack corresponds to the 2006 Disney and Pixar animated motion picture.
Nine songs from the soundtrack are from popular and contemporary artists. The styles of these songs vary between pop, blues, country and rock. The remaining eleven pieces are orchestral scores composed and conducted by Randy Newman.
The soundtrack was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
[edit] Chart performance
On November 25, 2006, the soundtrack's position on the Billboard 200 shot up from #126 to #47, with a 209% sales increase of 25,000 units. This was most likely due to the holiday season and the fact that Cars was released on DVD. This was the first Pixar soundtrack to ever achieve Gold Certification in the United States.
| Year | Chart (Name) | Peak |
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| 2006 | Billboard 200 | 6 |
| 2006 | U.S. iTunes Music Store - Top 100 Albums | 1 |
[edit] Track listing
| # | Song Name | Artist | Song Information |
| 1 | "Real Gone" Music Sample:
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Sheryl Crow | Appears during the film's opening scene. "Piston Cup" race. Original Version |
| 2 | "Route 66" | Chuck Berry | Popular Version (the original version is by Nat King Cole) . While "The New Lightning McQueen" arrives. |
| 3 | "Life Is a Highway" Music Sample:
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Rascal Flatts | Appears during the journey to California. Original Version by Tom Cochrane. |
| 4 | "Behind the Clouds" | Brad Paisley | Original Version. Faintly heard at Flo's Cafe before Lightning tells the locals that Doc is a racecar. Re-used in Pixar short film Mater and the Ghostlight. |
| 5 | "Our Town" | James Taylor | Appears during the story of the decline of Radiator Springs. Original Version. Won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominated for Best Original Song at the 79th Academy Awards. |
| 6 | "Sh-Boom" | The Chords | Appears during the light recreations of Radiator Springs. Original, Classic Version. |
| 7 | "Route 66" | John Mayer | Appears during the film's end credits. New Version. Nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. |
| 8 | "Find Yourself" | Brad Paisley | Appears over the end credits and can be heard faintly at Flo's Cafe while Red is cleaning Luigi's "Leaning Tower of Tires". Original Version. |
| 9 | "Opening Race" | Randy Newman | Score. This score can be heard during the Dinoco 400 scene in the movie. |
| 10 | "McQueen's Lost" | Randy Newman | Score. This score can be heard in the scene when McQueen is looking for Mack. |
| 11 | "My Heart Would Know" | Hank Williams | Appears in the town at night shortly before Lightning gets chased in by Sheriff. Original, Classic Version. |
| 12 | "Bessie" | Randy Newman | Score. This score is heard during the scene when Doc attempts to hook McQueen up to "Bessie". |
| 13 | "Dirt Is Different" | Randy Newman | Score. This score appears when two vistors came to town. |
| 14 | "New Road" | Randy Newman | Score. This score plays during the scene when the population of Radiator Springs notices the "fancy new road." |
| 15 | "Tractor Tipping" | Randy Newman | Score. This score can be heard when McQueen and Mater tip tractors. |
| 16 | "McQueen and Sally" | Randy Newman | Score. This song plays when Lightning and Sally go on a drive to the Wheel Well Motel. |
| 17 | "Goodbye" | Randy Newman | Score. This score is heard when McQueen leaves Radiator Springs. |
| 18 | "Pre-Race Pageantry" | Randy Newman | Score. This score plays just before the tiebreaker race. |
| 19 | "The Piston Cup" | Randy Newman | Score. This song is heard just after the scene when Doc becomes McQueen's crew chief. |
| 20 | "The Big Race" | Randy Newman | Score. This score can be heard when McQueen leaves the pits and throughout the rest of the tiebreaker race. |
A CD produced by Fred Mollin called Lightning McQueen's Fast-Tracks (Walt Disney Records) contains non-soundtrack "revved-up road tunes" inspired by the Disney-Pixar film "Cars." These include new versions of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me" (Joy Lynn White), the Delicates' "Black and White Thunderbird" (Jaime Babbitt and Britt Savage) and Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere" (Webb Wilder).
[edit] External links
Relating to the film and its soundtrack:
Relating to the soundtrack's contributing artists:
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