This then leads into the tense orchestral action of 'Tigers Going For Baby'. It takes a bit of an edge, though, when Diego starts to track the baby. 'Humans / Diego' is a tender cue using strings and choir, featuring a secondary theme played on flute. Meeting Manfred the wooly mammoth (Romano). There's even a bit of a heroic climax that plays off the comedy of the scene, which ends with Sid The main theme works its way into the cue a few times, but for the most part it's a nice example of the type of 'animated Mickey-Mousing' that Newman does so well in the score. 'Angered Rhinos' underscores a rather amusing confrontation between Sid the sloth (Leguizamo) and a pair of rhinos, and musically Newman is definitely having fun with the orchestra. It's heavy on the brass, and the theme is in some regards, annoyingly 'in your face' - but it certainly fits for a herd on the move. Music') heralding the opening titles of the film, where a herd ofĬreatures is heading south to avoid the impending ice age. The album begins with a pounding fanfare ('Opening Travel Also keeping the pace moving in this computer-animated film was a dramatic and exciting score by David Newman. Voice actors Ray Romano, Denis Leary, and John Leguizamo, kept the momentum going. Scrat had audiences on the floor from the beginning of the film, and eventually, with the help of Yes, the saber-toothed squirrel obsessed with his acorn.

Ice Age, while focusing on the story of a mismatched group of prehistoric creatures and their quest to return a human baby to it's father, is ultimately about Scrat.

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