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“The Journal’s Purpose” - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic BGM

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Channel: RainShadow · 2017 · Film & Animation

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“The Journal’s Purpose” BGM from the episode “Fame and Misfortune” of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S07E14).


--Overall Comments--

Twilight decides to publish the Mane 6’s old Friendship Journal in an attempt to try and spread more friendship lessons across Equestria.  It unfortunately doesn’t pan out quite the way she wants it to!

It’s pretty interesting and neat to have an episode focused on the friendship journal again, especially so many years down the line.  In addition to some fun tracks that take us through the Mane 6 going more and more insane after the book’s release, William Anderson also gives us some now older themes to bring us back.  The most prominent is the full version of the “Magic of Friendship” theme, which was prominently used throughout Season 4, but hasn’t been used as much in Seasons 6 or 7.  It was nice to see its reuse in a prominent moment in this episode, which centers around the book also from the fourth season.

Most surprisingly, however, this episode contains another song, riding off one we heard just last week!  “Flawless” is another beautiful group number for all of the Mane 6, which also features solos for each.  It’s great to hear another song so quickly, even if that means we only have one more to go this season…

Let’s dive in!


--Track Specific Comments--

Twilight attempts to explain the purpose of the Friendship Journal to the angry mob.

As she does so William Anderson reprises one of the key motifs from season 4: the “Magic of Friendship” motif.  This theme, if you don’t know by now, first appeared at the end of Season 3’s “Magic Duel,” and has been used for scenes involving friendship in seasons 3-5, but mainly in Season 4, where it was used extensively.  Its use has fallen on the wayside the past few seasons in favor of newer themes.  Its reappearance here, however, is a great example of MLP’s fantastic use of leitmotifs to build hidden auditory meaning behind scenes, being that Twilight is talking about the Friendship Journal, something that also made extensive appearances in Season 4, and who is also tied directly to this motif.  The version used in this scene is the fully orchestrated one.

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DOWNLOAD:
MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/file/oreztcsy7nn3i83/The_Journals_Purpose.mp3
AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/file/tgux6o7gmyfo1y6/The_Journals_Purpose.m4a
Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/file/yyr8fa83j2uyx9s/The_Journals_Purpose.m4a
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/file/37ij7aww7uj4me8/The_Journals_Purpose.flac



----) Download all Songs/BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/dzuvnkz0t26n0/E14_Fame_and_Misfortune
(Download all Song/BGM from season 7 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: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb972ghrIdWz7o4qAKGi-vvbd


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


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