Ice Age: Collision Course (soundtrack)

Ice Age: Collision Course (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ice Age: Collision Course (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by John Debney
Released	July 22, 2016
Recorded	2016
Studio	Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Film score
Length	62:06
Label	Varèse Sarabande; Fox Music;
Producer	John Debney
Ice Age soundtracks chronology
John Debney chronology

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.

Background

John Powell, who composed for The Meltdown (2006), Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) and Continental Drift (2012), did not return to score Collision Course, due to his commitments on other projects.^[1] Instead, John Debney was announced as the film's composer in March 2016.^[2] 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".^[3] David Newman's score from Ice Age (2002) and Powell's score from Dawn of the Dinosaurs were incorporated by Debney in this film.^[3] The score was recorded at the Newman Scoring Stage.^[4]

Track listing

CD track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ice Age: Collision Course Main Title"	0:17
2.	"Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe"	2:44
3.	"Earthbound Acorn"	0:43
4.	"Family Bonding^[a]"	3:15
5.	"Clingy Sid"	0:42
6.	"Women^[b]"	1:14
7.	"Extreme Gravity"	1:23
8.	"Did You Forget?"	1:35
9.	"Peaches and Julian"	1:01
10.	"Meteor Shower"	2:45
11.	"Ancient Temple"	1:38
12.	"The Tablet"	2:38
13.	"Dino Bird Plan"	1:53
14.	"Magnets"	1:34
15.	"Electrical Storm"	2:55
16.	"Parenting"	1:41
17.	"The Herd Rests"	1:07
18.	"Kidnapping"	2:04
19.	"Crash Site"	1:44
20.	"Geotopia"	2:18
21.	"The Shangri-Llama"	2:57
22.	"A Good Life^[a]"	1:27
23.	"Proposal"	1:47
24.	"Sealing the Volcano"	2:57
25.	"Dino Birds Join the Mission"	3:16
26.	"Julian's Moment"	3:32
27.	"We Did It^[b]"	2:26
28.	"Wedding Preparations^[a]"	2:52
29.	"Mars"	1:02
30.	"Ice Age: Collision Course End Credits" (Soundtrack Edit)	0:51
Total length:		58:18

MP3/iTunes track listing
No.	Title	Artist	Length
31.	"Dream Weaver"	Trent Harmon	3:48
Total length:			62:06

^{^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".^[5] NNPAFreddie of The Washington Informer found the score "rarely less than fanciful."^[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes:^[7]

Music composer and producer – John Debney
Programming – Louis Febre
Score recordist – Tim Lauber
Digital recordist – Adam Olmsted, Erik Swanson
Recording – Shawn Murphy
Mixing – Brad Haehnel, Dennis S. Sands
Mastering – Patricia Sullivan
Music editor – Andrew Dorfman, Jeff Carson, Jim Harrison
Music supervisor – John Houlihan, Natalie Stowell, Stephanie Pereida
Executive producer – Robert Townson
Score coordinator – Lola Debney
Copyist – JoAnn Kane Music Service
Music editor – Andrew Dorfman, Jeff Carson, Jim Harrison
Music supervisor – John Houlihan, Natalie Stowell, Stephanie Pereida
Executive producer – Robert Townson
Score coordinator – Lola Debney
Copyist – JoAnn Kane Music Service

Orchestra

Performer – Hollywood Studio Symphony
Orchestration – Kevin Kaska
Additional orchestration – Andrew Kinney, Jeff Atmajian, John Kull, Louis Febre, Mike Watts
Conductor – John Debney
Contractor – Dan Savant
Concertmaster – Roger Wilkie
Prelay engineer – Jaime Hartwick
Stage engineer – Denis St. Amand
Stage manager – Damon Tedesco, Tom Steel

Instruments

Alto saxophone – Daniel L. Higgins
Bass – Adrian Rosen, Dave Stone, Drew Dembowski, Edward Meares, Geoff Osika, Ken Wild, Kevin Axt, Oscar Hidalgo, Richard Shaw, Tim Eckert, Trey Henry, Mike Valerio
Bass trombone – Andrew Martin, William Reichenbach
Bassoon – Damian Montano, Kenneth Munday, William May
Cello – Armen Ksajikian, Cecilia Tsan, Christina Soule, Dane Little, Dennis Karmazyn, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, George Kim Scholes, Giovanna Clayton, Jacob Braun, Trevor Handy, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Victor Lawrence, Steve Erdody
Clarinet – Donald Foster, Stuart Clark
Contrabass clarinet – Ralph Williams, Steve Roberts
Contrabassoon – Rose Corrigan
Drums – Bernie Dresel
French horn – Allen Fogle, Anna Bosler, Daniel Kelley, Jenny L. Kim, John Mason, Laura Brenes, Mark Adams, Mike McCoy, Sarah C. Bach, Stephanie Stetson, Teag Reaves, Dylan Hart
Guitar, mandolin – George Doering
Harp – Gayle Levant
Oboe, English horn, ocarina – Chris Bleth, Jonathan Davis
Percussion – Brian Kilgore, Daniel Greco, Terrence Schonig, Alan Estes
Piano, celesta – Michael A. Lang
Piccolo flute – Heather Clark, Jennifer Olson, Salvadore Lozano, Sara Andon, Stephen Kujala
Timpani – Donald Williams
Trombone – Craig Ware, Francisco Torres, Ryan Dragon, Alan Kaplan, Alexander Iles
Trumpet – Daniel Fornero, Daniel Rosenboom, Jeffrey Bunnell, Robert A. Schaer, Wayne Bergeron, Jon Lewis
Tuba – Douglas Tornquist
Viola – Alma Fernandez-Heath, Andrew Duckles, Caroline Buckman, Carolyn Riley, Darrin McCann, David Walther, John Hayhurst, Karie Prescott, Luke Maurer, Matt Funes, Robert Brophy, Scott Hosfeld, Shawn Mann, Victoria Miskolczy, Brian Dembow
Violin – Alyssa Park, Armen Anassian, Barbra Porter, Bruce Dukov, Carolyn Osborn, Charlie Bisharat, Clayton Haslop, Darius Campo, Helen Nightengale, Jackie Brand, John Wittenberg, Josefina Vergara, Katia Popov, Kevin Connolly, Lisa Dondlinger, Maia Jasper White, Marina Manukian, Mark Robertson, Natalie Leggett, Nina Evtuhov, Paul Henning, Peter Kent, Phillip Levy, Rafael Rishik, Rebecca Bunnell, Roberto Cani, Sara Parkins, Songa Lee, Tamara Hatwan, Tereza Stanislav, Tiffany Yi Hu, Julie Gigante

Choir

Contractor – Bobbi Page
Choir – Aaron Page, Amick Byram, Amy Fogerson, Ann Sheridan, Arnold Geis, Ayana Haviv, Beth Andersen, Bob Joyce, Bobbi Page, Charissa Nielsen, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Guter, Debbie Hall Gleason, Diane Freiman Reynolds, Donna Medine, Dorian Holley, Dylan Gentile, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Elin Carlson, Elizabeth Hayhurst, Eric Bradley, Fletcher Sheridan, Gary Stockdale, Gerald White, Greg Whipple, Gregg Geiger, Guy Maeda, Harry James Campbell, Holly Sedillos, Joanna Bushnell, John Kimberling, Karen Whipple Schnurr, Katie Hampton, Kevin Dorsey, Kimberly Lingo, Laura Jackman, Michael Geiger, Michael Lichtenauer, Monica Lee, Oren Waters, Reid Bruton, Rick Logan, Scott Oatley, Susie Stevens-Logan, Suzanne Waters, Walt Harrah

Management

Music clearance for 20th Century Fox – Ellen Ginsburg
Business affairs for 20th Century Fox – Tom Cavanaugh
Executive in charge of music for 20th Century Fox – Danielle Diego
Soundtrack coordinator for 20th Century Fox – Jo Ann Orgel
Music production supervisor for 20th Century Fox – Anton Monsted, Rebecca Morellato

Accolades


Awards	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards	Top Box Office Films	John Powell	Won	^[8] ^[9]

References

^ Sarto, Dan (July 22, 2016). "Manny, Diego, Sid and Scrat Return in 'Ice Age: Collision Course'". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ "John Debney to Score 'Ice Age: Collision Course'". Film Music Reporter. March 27, 2016. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "John Debney Scores 'Ice Age: Collision Course'". Animation World Network. July 9, 2016. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ Goldwasser, Dan (August 5, 2016). "John Debney scores Ice Age: Collision Course". ScoringSessions.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ "Ice Age: Collision Course (John Debney)". Filmtracks. September 15, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ NNPAFreddie (July 19, 2016). "Film Review: Ice Age: Collision Course". The Washington Informer. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ John Debney. Ice Age: Collision Course (Original Motion Picture Score) (Media notes). Varèse Sarabande.
^ Stutz, Colin (May 17, 2017). "'Wicked' Composer Stephen Schwartz Receives Top Honor at ASCAP Screen Music Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ Levy, Dani (March 8, 2017). "'Wicked' Composer Stephen Schwartz to Be Honored With ASCAP Founders Award". Variety. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[AWNMannyDiegoSidScratReturn-1] Sarto, Dan (July 22, 2016). "Manny, Diego, Sid and Scrat Return in 'Ice Age: Collision Course'". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.

[2] "John Debney to Score 'Ice Age: Collision Course'". Film Music Reporter. March 27, 2016. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[:0-3] "John Debney Scores 'Ice Age: Collision Course'". Animation World Network. July 9, 2016. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[4] Goldwasser, Dan (August 5, 2016). "John Debney scores Ice Age: Collision Course". ScoringSessions.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[5] "Ice Age: Collision Course (John Debney)". Filmtracks. September 15, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[6] NNPAFreddie (July 19, 2016). "Film Review: Ice Age: Collision Course". The Washington Informer. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[7] John Debney. Ice Age: Collision Course (Original Motion Picture Score) (Media notes). Varèse Sarabande.

[8] Stutz, Colin (May 17, 2017). "'Wicked' Composer Stephen Schwartz Receives Top Honor at ASCAP Screen Music Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[9] Levy, Dani (March 8, 2017). "'Wicked' Composer Stephen Schwartz to Be Honored With ASCAP Founders Award". Variety. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

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