“Our Town” from Pixar’s Cars won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Randy Newman wrote “Our Town,” a reflective song about places changing over time. In Cars, it plays over a montage showing the history and decline of Radiator Springs after the main highway bypasses the town. The song’s subject matches the film’s interest in memory, community, and the fading importance of Route 66.
The award was presented at the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, honoring songs from films released during 2006. Newman performed the song at the ceremony and won the Oscar for his work. This was one of the film’s major awards-season recognitions.
Cars also features “Real Gone,” performed by Sheryl Crow, and “Life Is a Highway,” performed by Rascal Flatts. Those songs are strongly associated with the movie but were not its Academy Award winner. “Our Town” is the specific song that received the Oscar.