Our Town is the song from Pixar's Cars that received an Academy Award nomination.
Written and performed by Randy Newman, the song plays over the closing credits and reflects Radiator Springs' history, decline, and renewed sense of community. Its lyrics emphasize how places and relationships change over time, matching the film's nostalgic Route 66 themes.
At the 79th Academy Awards, Our Town was nominated for Best Original Song. The award went to Melissa Etheridge for I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth.
Cars also features prominent songs by other artists, including Rascal Flatts' Life Is a Highway and Sheryl Crow's Real Gone. Those tracks are strongly associated with the soundtrack, but they were not the film's Oscar-nominated song.