Big Machine Records announces ‘Ice Road’ all-genre soundtrack

Tim McGraw, Jason Isbell, Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce, Luke Combs and others appear on June 25th soundtrack

When it comes to the road, nobody understands hard driving like Big Machine Label Group founder and chairman Scott Borchetta. The longtime racer, NASCAR team owner, IndyCar sponsor and race historian loves the feel of the asphalt in a way that transcends transportation. When Jonathan Hensleigh, the writer and director of Netflixโ€™s The Ice Road wanted a label to deliver a multi-genre film soundtrack, he knew that Big Machine was the only choice. The Ice Road, an action thriller starring Liam Neeson, debuts on Netflix on June 25th. CD will be available on June 25th with the vinyl coming July 30th.

With a bottom-heavy train-beat, Grammy-winning Americana icon Jason Isbell kicks off the dozen song collection with Johnny Cashโ€™s truckersโ€™ truth โ€œAll I Do Is Drive.โ€ The fiddleโ€™nโ€™twang rendition sets the tone for a collection that brings together country superstar Tim McGraw covering the Cars “Drive,” stripped down rockers The Cadillac Three with an old school upright bass take on Dave Dudleyโ€™s 1963 No. 1 “Six Days On The Road,” and outlier Mark Collie with Oscar nominee Allison Moorer with the cinematic “All Coming Down.”

The Ice Road also features two of country musicโ€™s strongest female writers/artists. Triple Grammy Awards-winner Miranda Lambert brings a twin-fiddle wide-open country romp through Hank Snowโ€™s โ€œIโ€™m Movinโ€™ On.โ€ ACM Single of the Year and ACM/CMA Awards Musical Event winner Carly Pearce reprises โ€œEighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses,โ€ Kathy Matteaโ€™s folk/Bluegrass-leaning No. 1 and 1989โ€™s ACM/CMA Single of the Year.

Original songs and collaborations find John Carter Cash with the Assassinzs for the heavy rock โ€œHeart Made Of Steel,โ€ Brantley Gilbert and Florida Georgia Lineโ€™s Tyler Hubbard pairing for the ganjo-inflected swerve โ€œRubber Meets The Roadโ€ and Rascal Flattsโ€™ Gary LeVox with his debut solo single release, โ€œWe Got Fightโ€ as the coveted end credit title. Jackson Dean marks his debut offering a swampy, stomping โ€œDonโ€™t Come Lookinโ€™,โ€ chalked with swagger that drives the film.

A delightful surprise comes from all-star rock royalty, L.A. Rats, comprised of Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx and friends Rob Zombie, guitarist John 5 and drummer Tommy Clufetos who came together expressly for the project. The supergroup forged a pounding reprise of Hank Snowโ€™s 22 week No. 1, โ€œIโ€™ve Been Everywhere,โ€ which was most notably re-recorded by Johnny Cash on his Rick Rubin-produced Unchained.

โ€œThat hard-charging sense of the road is a real common ground between rock, country and Americana,โ€ Borchetta shares of the fiercely eclectic soundtrack. โ€œMusicians live the road life. They know the freedom, the speed, the gone and the get there โ€“ and every single artist on this soundtrack understands exactly why these songs have such enduring appeal.โ€

Written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, The Ice Road premieres in the US on Netflix on June 25th. Liam Neeson, Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas and Laurence Fishburne bring to life the story of a big-rig ice road driver (Neeson), who must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners after a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada. Contending with thawing waters and a massive storm, they discover the real threat is one they never saw coming. The film is produced by Code Entertainment, ShivHans Pictures and Envision Media Arts.

1. All I Do Is Drive โ€“ Jason Isbell
2. Rubber Meets The Road โ€“ Brantley Gilbert, Tyler Hubbard
3. Eighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses โ€“ Carly Pearce
4. Iโ€™ve Been Everywhere โ€“ L.A. Rats
5. We Got Fight โ€“ Gary LeVox
6. Iโ€™m Movinโ€™ On โ€“ Miranda Lambert
7. Six Days On The Road โ€“ The Cadillac Three
8. Donโ€™t Come Lookinโ€™ โ€“ Jackson Dean
9. Hurricane โ€“ Luke Combs
10. Heart Made Of Steel โ€“ The Assassinzs feat. John Carter Cash, Robin Zander
11. All Coming Down โ€“ Mark Collie, Allison Moorer
12. Drive โ€“ Tim McGraw

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn