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| label = Buena Vista Records
| producer = Ross Bagdasarian Jr. <br> Janice Karman
| chronology = The Chipmunks and the Chipettes
| prev_title = Songs from Our TV Shows
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = The Chipmunks and the Chipettes: Born to Rock
| next_year = 1988
Before the film's release, Bagdasarian Jr. visited London to hire composer Randy Edelman and the London Philharmonic Orchestra to score the film. The soundtrack was originally released by Buena Vista Records. On March 17, 1998, the soundtrack was released on CD by MCA Records. The CD was a bonus included on the VHS re-release of the film by Universal Studios Home Video. The film was shown one year before its release, at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. The film was originally scheduled to be released in December 1986, but the film was still in-production at the time. The Chipmunk Adventure opened on May 22, 1987, through The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Bagdasarian Productions.
According to Anne Thompson of The Orange County Register, it was initially predicted to outperform The Care Bears Movie, which was the most successful release distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company at the time.