 The film won and was nominated for various other awards including a Kids ' Choice Award , MTV Movie Award , and a British Academy Film Award , among others . John Lasseter received an Academy Special Achievement Award in 1996 " for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature @-@ length computer @-@ animated film . " Additionally , the film was nominated for three Academy Awards , two to Randy Newman for Best Music — Original Song , for " You 've Got a Friend in Me " , and Best Music — Original Musical or Comedy Score . It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay for the work by Joel Cohen , Pete Docter , John Lasseter , Joe Ranft , Alec Sokolow , Andrew Stanton and Joss Whedon , making Toy Story the first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award writing category . 
