sentences:  The cost to license the soundtrack from "Ice Age" was prohibitive, so Thinkwell hired Jean-Francois Cote, a composer from Cirque du Soleil, and created their own that was reminiscent of the film’s theme song, but it was actually a whole new piece.They also had to hire German voice actors to do the voices of the characters in the ride.The voice actors from the German release of "Ice Age", such as Otto Waalkes, who voices Scrat and Sid, were too expensive, so Thinkwell hired other sound-alike voice actors.