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"Not a Fair Trade" - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic BGM

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Channel: RainShadow · 2014 · Music

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"Not a Fair Trade" BGM from the episode "Trade Ya!" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" (S04E22).


--Overall Comments--

As we near the end of season four (say it ain't so!), the Mane 6 pay a visit back to Rainbow Falls to visit the Trader's Exchange.  As part of Twilight's new duties as a princess in Equestria, it is her turn to oversee the exchange and make sure that all trades are fair (acting as a judge if someone claims a trade is not).  The rest of the crew, including Spike, go there in hopes of trading some of their possessions for things which they long for.  In the end, however, they all learn that their most valuable possession is their friendship (cue audience 'aww!').

The second foray into pony for Scott Sonneborn is a fun one, interlaced with many great references, continuity, humor, and heart.  He seems to have a thing for multi-headed beasts, no?  Besides seeing Twilight take on some more princess tasks, we also get some fantastic and even emotional interaction between the Mane 6, and see how much they really do care for each other.  Fluttershy's strong friendship with Rainbow Dash really shined in this episode, with many of Flutters' lines being truly "aww"-inducing.  Even Applejack and Rarity, after arguinging a but, show that in the end they really do care about each other.  Despite the vast differences between these four friends, their friendship is stronger than anything.  Heck—even Pinkie, once hearing that Twilight wants to sell her books, goes out-of-her-way to help her to sell them, channeling her inner-Flim Flam and Twilight's princessness to attempt to sell them.  In the end, Pinkie inadvertently helps Twilight to discover how much some of these books actually mean to her, recalling what her friends and her were doing at the time of reading each one.  This was a very heartfelt story, even if it doesn't look like it on the surface.

William Anderson's BGM has some really nice highlights for the emotional scenes too, especially many of the tracks near the end of the episode.  We hear some returning themes, such as the "Rainbow Falls" theme, and some fantastic new ones, as usual!


--Track Specific Comments--

Rainbow Dash convinces the pony she traded the book with that it was not a fair trade for her, thus nullifying the Dog/Fluttershy/Book trade.

This track starts out with a reprise of the end of the fantastic track "It Doesn't Feel Right" from the season 4 opener "Princess Twilight Sparkle."  This time we get a slightly extended version of the theme.  Parts of this track are also interspersed with variations on a theme from the first part of that same track from "Princess Twilight Sparkle" when the Mane 6 were all looking at Twilight's new stained glass window.  We then end the track with a short little victory march.


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MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/69zg58307kfjpz9/Not_a_Fair_Trade.mp3
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----) Download all BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/3p699sjznnooc/S04E22_Trade_Ya!

(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 BGM and songs from this episode in order: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb97drhKo7Au9kgt9J7IEQkl1



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


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***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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