Cars - Soundtrack

year 2006 review: Scorching southwestern summer temps always bust pistons on good ol' 66, so if you're planning on taking that California trip, gear up for them certain breakdowns with some hot tunes courtesy of the Cars soundtrack (Disney). A handful of new recordings on the album will move the downtime along (but we'll agree, not nearly fast enough when the barometer says 110!); classic tunes ("Sh-Boom," "Route 66") will keep our bop from being burnt, and Randy Newman's animated underscore keeps things... well, animated. In "Real Gone," Sheryl Crow's edge handles powerfully, knocking bicyclists right off the road and into the tumbleweeds (careful there, Lance... soft shoulder ahead); "Life is a Highway" maintains maximum speed with Rascal Flatt's new twang, while Brad Paisley's "Behind the Clouds" and Hank Williams' "My Heart Would Know" daydream us right into the dusty world of love gone missing. The highlight of this soundtrack, rightfully so, is Randy Newman's "Our Town," melancholily performed by beloved James Taylor. Touching on the idea that our own town changes for the worse over time, as does the world, perhaps it's not the world around us that changes but ourselves... and the best way to enjoy life is to love what we have, even if it's all caved in on us. Deeply beautiful songs like this, even though hidden in a wild comedy adventure movie about talking cars, can change lives. download depositfiles.com