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 was 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.

Newman did not compose the sequels to Ice Age; the subsequent sequels were scored by John Powell and John Debney.

Reception Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks described it as "a solid effort and easy listen, but unremarkable in its lack of major theme or instrumentation". 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." Joe Leydon of Variety called the score "fascinating". 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."

Track listing

Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes:

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 +AwardsCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultAnnie AwardsAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature ProductionDavid NewmanBMI Film & TV AwardsFilm Music Awards

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