Kick your party into high gear with Disney's Cars CD. Disney Cars Soundtrack, Real Gone, Route 66, Life is a Highway, Behind the Clouds, Our Town, Sh-Boom, Find Yourself.
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:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
my son loved the cd:
The CD came very quickly and my son(2 yrs old), being a huge fan of the movie, LOVES it. He would listen to it most of the day and I actually like many of the songs too. The case did come broken, that is the only reason it didn't get 5 stars.
Soundtrack to Sanity:
I bought the CD for my 3yr old son for car rides. He loves it!
Rockin' to CARS CD:
Bought for my 2 year old grandson and both he and his mommy LOVE this CD!!
He won't go to sleep without it!:
My son will not go to sleep unless this CD is playing. He loves everything that has to do with CARS so ending his day on a CARS note is fitting. He does have his favorites and it's cute to watch him act out the scenes. We need to make sure we have another copy so we have a backup when this one gets played to death. It is a great music CD for the whole family! A great gift idea!
