- Real Gone, song - Sheryl Crow - Jeff Rothschild - John Shanks - Unspecified
- Route 66 - Chuck Berry - Bobby Troup
- Life Is a Highway - Tom Cochrane - Dann Huff - Justin Niebank - Rascal Flatts
- Behind the Clouds, song - Richard Barlow - Justin Niebank - Brad Paisley - Frank Rogers - Unspecified - Brian David Willis
- Our Town, song - Frank Filipetti - Randy Newman - James Taylor - Unspecified - Frank Wolf
- Sh-Boom, song - Chords - James Edwards - William Edwards - Carl Feaster - Claude Feaster - James Keyes - Floyd McRae
- Route 66 - Niko Bolas - Steve Jordan - John Mayer - Bobby Troup
- Find Yourself, song - Richard Barlow - Justin Niebank - Brad Paisley - Frank Rogers - Unspecified - Brian David Willis
- Cars, film score~Opening Race - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~McQueen's Lost - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- My Heart Would Know, song - Hank Williams
- Cars, film score~Bessie - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~Dirt is Different - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~New Road - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~Tractor Tipping - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~McQueen and Sally - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~Goodbye - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~Pre-Race Pageantry - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~The Piston Cup - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
- Cars, film score~The Big Race - Darla K. Anderson - Russell Bartmus - Jonathan Belzley - Jon Berkowitz - Drew Bollman - Tim Burby - Neal Cappellino - Bryan Clements - Mark Cross - Sandy De Crescent - Brian Dixon - Sean England - Mark Eshelman - Andrew Felluss - Steve Gerdes - Mark Graham - Tim Hankins - Greg Hayes - Judy Kirschner - Glen Lajeski - John Lasseter - Greg Loskorn - Gavin Lurssen - Tom Coyne MacDougall - David Marquette - Adam Michalak - Chris Montan - Randy Newman - Charlie Paakkari - Andrew Page - Lydia Paweski - Glenn Pittman - Patrick Spain - Dann Thompson - Rich Toenes - Frank Wolf - Clayton Wood
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Overview
With a track listing that's roughly half rock, country, and pop songs and half Randy Newman's score, the Cars soundtrack is probably the least inspired collection of music to support a Pixar film. However, that's only in comparison to the brilliant soundtracks to their other movies -- especially Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Both the pop music and score for Cars fit the film perfectly, and neither is totally predictable. Indeed, the biggest surprise may be the soundtrack's opening salvo, Sheryl Crow's "Real Gone." With a stomping beat and driving (no pun intended) riff that echoes the Who's "I'm Free," this is the most fun her music has been in years. As good as she is at the thoughtful, mellow ballads that made up Wildflower, she's truly incandescent as a smart but happy-go-lucky rock chick. There's also a '50s undercurrent to the soundtrack, nodding to the fact that many of the characters in the film are cars designed during that decade, including a 1959 Impala and a 1959 Fiat 500. The Chords' "Sh-Boom" and Chuck Berry's "Route 66" add a sweetly nostalgic feel to the album (later on, John Mayer contributes a blandly slick version of "Route 66" that could appear on virtually any soundtrack). The soundtrack also ties in the film's NASCAR motif with country songs like Rascal Flatts' version of "Life Is a Highway," which sounds like a slightly twangier take on Tom Cochrane's smash hit, and Brad Paisley's "Behind the Clouds," a sweet, affable, traditional country song that is one of Cars' highlights. Newman's score, meanwhile, follows in the tradition of his Toy Story and A Bug's Life work, translating his witty musical style into orchestral pieces that are rooted in traditional film music but never sound stuffy. "Opening Race" alternates between brass fanfares and revved-up guitar riffs, while the thrilling strings on "McQueen's Lost" and "Dirt Is Different" suggest curving roads and wide-open landscapes. And as always, the whimsical love theme "McQueen and Sally" and self-explanatory "Goodbye" show that Newman is still capable of being sentimental without being schmaltzy. Even though a soundtrack that consisted entirely of Newman's pieces and songs would be more in keeping with Pixar tradition, Cars does a good job of balancing its pop and score elements. ~ Heather Phares
Product Details
Release Date: | 06/06/2006 |
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Label: | Walt Disney |
UPC: | 0050086134977 |
Rank: | 49686 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Rascal Flatts Primary Artist,Vocals,EnsembleJuan Luis Martin Varona Primary Artist
The Chords Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Band,Ensemble
Sheryl Crow Primary Artist,Vocals
Brad Paisley Primary Artist,Vocals
James Taylor Primary Artist,Vocals
John Mayer Primary Artist,Vocals
El Sueno de Morfeo Primary Artist
Randy Newman Primary Artist,Vocals,Conductor
Hank Williams Primary Artist,Vocals
Chuck Berry Primary Artist,Vocals
The Drifting Cowboys Featured Artist
John Lasseter Director
James "J.T." Taylor Vocals
Technical Credits
Greg Hayes RecordingPatrick Spain Crew
Tom Cochrane Composer
Glenn Pittman Crew
Floyd McCrae Composer
Greg Loskorn Crew
Rich Toenes Crew
Lydia Rose Paweski Music Coordinator
Andrew Page Music Production Supervisor
Russell Bartmus Supervising Copyist
Bryan Clements Crew
Glen Lajeski Composer,Marketing
Mark Graham Supervising Copyist
Darla K. Anderson Producer
Mark Eshelman Crew
Jonathan Belzley Crew
Steve Gerdes Creative Director
Tom Coyne MacDougall Music Supervisor
Sandy De Crescent Score Conductor
Jon Berkowitz Crew
Clayton Wood Crew
Tim Burby Crew
Paul Cichocki Post Production Supervisor
Adam Michalak Recording
Richard Barlow Recording
David Marquette Crew
Charlie Paakkari Crew
Tim Hankins Design
Sean England Crew
Steve Jordan Producer
Andrew Felluss Crew
Brenda Heins Music Editor
William Edwards Composer
Unspecified Composer
Lydia Paweski Music Coordinator
Sheryl Crow Composer
James Edwards Composer
Frank Filipetti Recording
Carl Feaster Composer
James Keyes Composer
Frank Rogers Composer,Producer
Gavin Lurssen Mastering
Floyd McRae Composer
Dave Marquette Crew
John Shanks Mixing,Composer,Producer,Recording
Mark Cross Recording
John Mayer Producer
Bobby Troup Composer
Justin Niebank Mixing,Recording
Niko Bolas Mixing,Recording
Randy Newman Composer,Producer
Brian David Willis Recording
Hank Williams Composer
Dann Huff Producer
Dann Thompson Crew
Brad Paisley Composer
Bruno Coon Music Editor
Brian Dixon Crew
Drew Bollman Crew
Judy Kirschner Crew
Chris Montan Executive Producer
Jeff Rothschild Mixing,Recording
Claude Feaster Composer
Frank Wolf Mixing,Recording
Richard Barrow Recording
Neal Cappellino Crew
Rascal Flatts Producer
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