Ice Age (soundtrack)

Ice Age (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
David Newman
ReleasedMay 14, 2002
Recorded2001–2002
StudioNewman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles
GenreFilm score
Length34:16
Label
ProducerDavid Newman
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Ice Age (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2002 Blue Sky Studios-animated film Ice Age directed by Chris Wedge. The film's music composed by David Newman and released under the Varèse Sarabande and Fox Music labels on May 14, 2002.

Background

David Newman composed the film score to Ice Age. It was recorded at the Newman Scoring Stage of 20th Century Fox Studios performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Varèse Sarabande and Fox Music released the soundtrack on May 14, 2002.[1][2]

Newman did not compose the forthcoming sequels in Ice Age; the subsequent sequels were scored by John Powell and John Debney.[1]

Reception

Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks described it as "a solid effort and easy listen, but unremarkable in its lack of major theme or instrumentation".[3] Dan Goldwasser of Soundtrack.Net wrote "this is a very solid album, running about 35-minutes long, and features some solid playful music by David Newman."[4] Joe Leydon of Variety called the score "fascinating".[5] Steven Horn of IGN wrote "The score by David Newman (Anastasia, Galaxy Quest, Scooby Doo) is mostly frenetic and vibrant and often matches some of the more Looney Tunes-ish sequences in the film."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Opening Travel Music"1:15
2."Angered Rhinos"2:14
3."Humans / Diego"1:43
4."Tigers Going for Baby"3:11
5."Dodos"0:42
6."Fighting Over the Melons"2:01
7."Walking Through[a]"1:24
8."Baby's Wild Ride"1:56
9."Checking Out the Cave"3:43
10."Running from the Lava"2:27
11."Baby Walks"1:33
12."Tigers Try to Get Baby"5:41
13."Giving Back the Baby"6:26
Total length:34:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes:[7]

  • Music composer and producer – David Newman
  • Sound designer – Marty Frasu
  • Engineer – Bill Talbott
  • Recording and mixing – Bruce Botnick, John Kurlander
  • Recordist – John Rodd
  • Mastering – Erick Labson
  • Music supervisor – Geoff Bywater, Michael Knobloch
  • Music consultant – Krystyna Newman
  • Executive producer – Robert Townson
Orchestra
  • Orchestrators – David Newman, Gregory Jamrock, Rebecca R. Liddle
  • Conductor – David Newman
  • Orchestra contractor – Sandy de Crescent
  • Vocal contractor – Bobbi Page
  • Stage crew – Damon Tedesco, Tom Steel
Instruments
  • Bass – Bruce Morgenthaler, Christian Kollgaard, Chuck Domanico, Drew Dembowski, Nico Abondolo, Oscar Hidalgo, Paul Zibits, Rich Feves, Sue Ranney, Tim Barr
  • Bassoon – Peter Mandell, Ron Jannelli
  • Cello – Tony Cooke, Christina Soule, Dennis Karmazyn, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Kevan Torfeh, Mary Anne Steinberger, Matthew Cooker, Paul Cohen, Steve Erdody, Todd Hemmenway, Andrew Cook, Barry Gold, Cecilia Tsan, Christine Ermacoff, Dane Little, David Low, David Speltz, Delores Bing, Douglas Davis, Gloria Lum, Jen Kuhn, John Walz, Judith Johnson, Kirsten Vogelsang, Nadine Hall, Robert Adcock, Roger Lebow, Rowena Hammill, Sebastian Toettcher, Steve Richards, Timothy Landauer, Vahe Hayrikyan
  • Clarinet – Gary Bovyer, Jim Kanter
  • Flute – Gerry Rotella, Jim Walker, Paul Fried
  • Guitar – George Doering
  • Harmonica – Tommy Morgan
  • Harp – Katie Kirkpatrick, Gayle Levant, Jo Ann Turovsky
  • Horn – Jim Thatcher, John Reynolds, Phil Yao, Todd Miller, Brian O'Connor, Carol Drake, Jerry Folsom, Mark Adams, Steve Becknell
  • Keyboards – Ralph Grierson, Thomas Ranier, Chet Swiatkowski, Randy Waldman
  • Oboe – John Ellis, Jon Clarke
  • Percussion – Alan Estes, Greg Goodall, Michael Fisher, Steve Schaeffer, Alex Neciosup-Acuña, Dale Anderson, Don Williams, Larry Bunker, Luis Conte, Mark Zimoski, Paulinho Da Costa, Peter Limonick, Timm Boatman, Tom Raney
  • Saxophone, woodwinds – Dan Higgins, Glen Garrett, Greg Huckins, Joel Peskin
  • Trombone – Andy Malloy, Robert Sanders, James Sawyer, William Booth, Alan Kaplan, Bill Reichenbach, Dick Nash, Phil Teele
  • Trumpet – Jon Lewis, Larry Hall, Tim Morrison, David Washburn, Burnette Dillon
  • Tuba – James Self, Doug Tornquist, Tommy Johnson
  • Viola – Brian Dembow, Carrie Holzman-Little, Dan Neufeld, Joel Lish, John Scanlon, Keith Greene, Linda Lipsett, Marlow Fisher, Nancy Roth, Rick Gerding, Simon Oswell, Victoria Miskolczy, Andrew Picken, Carole Kleister-Castillo, Darrin McCann, David Walther, Denyse Buffum, Dmitri Bovaird, Jennie Hansen, Jerry Epstein, Jody Rubin, John Hayhurst, Karen Van Sant, Kazi Pitelka, Meredith A. Snow, Mihail Zinovyev, Mick Wetzel, Miriam Granat, Richard Elegino, Robert Berg, Shawn Mann, Suzanna Giordano
  • Violin – Anatoly Rosinsky, Armen Garabedian, Berg Garabedian, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, David Stenske, Dimitrie Leivici, Endre Granat, Eun Mee Ahn, Franklyn D'Antonio, Joel Derouin, Josefina Vergara, Julie Gigante, Katia Popov, Ken Yerke, Liane Mautner, Lily Ho Chen, Marcy Vaj, Michael Ferril, Miran Kojian, Miwako Watanabe, Natalie Leggett, Rachel Purkin, Rebecca Bunnell, Richard Altenbach, Robert Lipsett, Robin Olson, Roger Wilkie, Sungil Lee, Susan Rishik, Tamara Hatwan, Tiffany Hu

Accolades

Awards Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
Annie Awards Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production David Newman Nominated [8]
BMI Film & TV Awards Film Music Awards Won [9]

Notes

  1. ^ incorporates "The Comedians" composed by Dmitri Kabalevsky

References

  1. ^ a b "Ice Age [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - David Newman - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ice Age (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. May 14, 2002. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  3. ^ Clemmensen, Christian (July 6, 2002). "Ice Age (David Newman)". Filmtracks. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  4. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (June 13, 2002). "Review: Ice Age". Soundtrack.Net. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  5. ^ Leydon, Joe (March 15, 2002). "Film Review: Ice Age". Variety. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  6. ^ Horn, Steven (October 29, 2002). "Ice Age". IGN. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  7. ^ David Newman. Ice Age (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Media notes). Varèse Sarabande.
  8. ^ "Legacy: 30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2002)". Annie Awards. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  9. ^ "2003 BMI Film and TV Music Awards - Exclusive". Soundtrack.Net. May 14, 2003. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
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