Ice Age: Collision Course (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2016 film Ice Age: Collision Course, the fifth instalment in the Ice Age franchise and the sequel to Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). The film score is composed by John Debney and released through Varèse Sarabande on July 22, 2016.
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Background
John Powell, who composed for The Meltdown (2006), Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) and Continental Drift (2012), was unavailable to return for Collision Course. Instead, John Debney was announced as the film's composer in March 2016. Debney, who admitted as a fan of the franchise, called that "With a spirit of fun and great collaboration, we tried to create a score that is fun, a little outer spacey, and of course: full of heart". Some of Powell's themes, as well as those of David Newman's from the first film, were incorporated by Debney in this film. The score was recorded at the Newman Scoring Stage.
Track listing
^a Contains David Newman's "Checking Out The Cave" from Ice Age (2002)
^b Contains John Powell's "End Credits" from Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Reception
Filmtracks wrote "Ice Age: Collision Course doesn't reinvent the wheel (except for using existing franchise themes... imagine that!), but it's a very competent, overachieving score and an easy listening experience on album". NNPAFreddie of The Washington Informer found the score "rarely less than fanciful."
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes: