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"The Challenge" - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic BGM

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Channel: RainShadow · 2014 · Music

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"The Challenge" BGM from the episode "Pinkie Pride" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" (S04E12).


--Overall Comments--

Here it is—probably the most anticipated episode of the season, and maybe for some the series, so far!  The one and only Weird Al graces My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with his presence a couple years after posting pony onto his Twitter feed.  It truly is amazing how this episode came about.  He's also technically the one of the first "guest stars" of an episode, and the first that has actually been advertised as such.

And boy, does he deliver!  Of course this episode is filled with tons of polka in the songs and BGM, as you should be expecting from an episode centering around not only Weird Al, but Pinkie Pie as well.  However, Al also gives a stellar acting performance as Cheese Sandwich, nailing both a comedy side, and a super-serious western-inspired side.

The episode also marks the return of writer Amy Keating Rogers, who was absent from season 3.  It's fantastic to have her back on-board, as she always writes some of the best and most fun episodes of the series, and this one continues that tradition.  The story for the episode is credited to Jayson Thiessen, making this the first episode he has been credited for that.

This episode was jam-packed with music also, with almost the entire 21 minute runtime filled with either songs or fantastic BGM.  As in the previous musical episode, "Magical Mystery Cure," normal BGM composer William Anderson stepped aside and let Daniel Ingram, Steffan Andrews also handle the soundtrack.  As in the season 3 finale, this allowed the backing music to be very, tightly tied in with the songs, much of the time reprising themes from the songs themselves afterward.  They both did an absolutely fantastic job with the soundtrack on this episode.  On a related note, this episode has 18 unique tracks, not including the instrumentals—the most I've ever pulled from a single episode (even "Magical Mystery Cure"!). 


--Track Specific Comments--

Pinkie Pie challenges Cheese Sandwich to a Goof-off.

We get a little "Ride of the Valkyries" as Pinkie is yelling her challenge.

  (Watch in 1080p!)


DOWNLOAD:
MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5rwbz8dr5t45u8a/The%20Challenge.mp3
AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/okb306qb1e6a6aa/The%20Challenge.m4a
Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3teacrhqpqdiy2y/The%20Challenge.m4a
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/download/8s2ja22629d6wva/The%20Challenge.flac

----) Download all Songs/BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sf1g6sc0mwy4x/S04E12%20Pinkie%20Pride

(Download all BGM from season 4 will be added at the end of the season at the bottom of the description!)



For a playlist with all of the Songs/BGM and songs from this episode in order: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb95RDItl9Hunf_o1NnMWi4LN


Music By: Daniel Ingram & Steffan Andrews


Support the show by downloading this episode on iTunes! - http://bit.ly/19qJpNC --

***UPDATE: The COMPLETE season 4 original soundtrack is now available in two simple zip files! Get the whole thing at once here: http://bit.ly/mlpseason4soundtrack

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