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"Becoming Friends” - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic BGM

467 views · Published 25 March 2018 · 0:43 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: RainShadow · 2018 · Film & Animation

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“Becoming Friends” BGM from the episode “School Daze, part 1” of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S08E01).


--Overall Comments--

Can you believe that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is back for an EIGHTH season? I certainly can't!

The season begins quickly with what seems to be one of the main focuses: Twilight's new School of Friendship.  Surprisingly picking up where the movie left off, Twilight wants to create a place to teach kids from inside and outside of Equestria about friendship. But she runs into some trouble with a strict school board.

While certainly a slightly different focus than previous seasons, the score continues to be as good as ever.  Fresh off My Little Pony: The Movie, Daniel Ingram enters into season 8 with two songs for the premiere!  Written by (also fresh off the movie) Michael Vogel, and new executive producer Nicole Dubuc, the songs have some wonderful vocals and a playful back and forth with the choir.

Daniel Ingram also had the chance to use some live instruments during the MLP Movie's recording on these songs, specifically some of the strings and brass.  You can really hear this in the brass on "Friendship Always Wins," which sounds stunning.  That song really has the style of many of the mainstay songs from the series in recent seasons, while the first song, "School of Friendship" is more of a ensemble broadway musical number.

William Anderson also doesn't disappoint with the score.  This premiere falls more in line with some of the tamer ones, with no huge big-baddie or intense plot, which leads to some more slice of life episode-style score.  New character  Chancellor Neighsay receives his own leitmotif, we hear returning themes from most of the lands we have visited the past few seasons, and Celesta's leitmotif is taking through some variations throughout.

Lots to discuss, so let's dive in!

 
--Track Specific Comments--



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MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/file/qucma86t2zyh2rs/Becoming_Friends.mp3
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FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/file/xxxj2bb452z85vc/Becoming_Friends.flac


----) Download all BGM from episode: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/cz04tdyv3oosr/E01-02_School_Daze



For a playlist with all of the BGM and songs from this episode in order: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb94EpDuuvDc4Yc6VBcH6D32l


Music By: William Anderson
Additional Music & Orchestrations: Kelly Davidson


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