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"The Inattentive March" - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic BGM

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Channel: RainShadow · 2014 · Music

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"The Inattentive March" BGM from the episode "Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" (S04E21).


--Overall Comments--

Amy Keating Rogers with one of the best episodes of the season, everyone!  Rainbow Dash is set to join the Wonderbolts Reserves, but she must first pass a test on their history.  But learning appears to be so un-Rainbow!  Twilight and the rest of her friends must quickly find a way to aid Rainbow learn all of the mundane details of the Wonderbolts' history to help her pass!

This episode had everything going for it— a character-driven story with a main focus on two characters, fantastic comedy, and stunning animation.  The premise and lesson were good, and the pairing of Rainbow Dash and Twilight provided for some excellent situations.  The animation was absolutely breathtaking—from the shadows, to all the different wing animations, to the ending scene's forward 3D pan through the town.  It's great to see the animators trying new things.

And speaking of new things...we can't glance over Pinkie's rap.  Firstly, the animation was superb here too, such as Pinkie's movements.  But it's more than just that: To add to the already absurd nature of this scene, they put a nice VHS tape filter on it, and shot the scene in the 4:3 aspect ratio.  That, and the early-90s nature of the backdrops, and you've got comedy gold.  And of course you've gotta love the actual rap: a parody of the many, many terrible educational videos of the 90s which tried to appeal to kids with cringe-inducing rap numbers.  This scene emulates those, as well as actual rap videos from the late-80s/early-90s to a T.  I never thought's we'd have this musical style in the FiM series, but Amy Keating Roger and William Anderson really pulled it off for comedy here!

William Anderson and team also deliver with the rest of the episode's BGM, introducing some fantastic and emotional new tracks throughout the episode—especially the last few tracks!


--Track Specific Comments--

Rainbow Dash creates a beat with her stool instead of studying, with a little help from Spike and Owlowiscious.  This is, of course, a reprise of the "Wonderbolts' March", which we heard this season in "Rainbow Falls" and heard first in season 3's "Wonderbolts Academy."


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DOWNLOAD:
MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ch66zjv7ghf4bcf/The_Inattentive_March.mp3
AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/body17c3zj1v3dj/The_Inattentive_March.m4a
Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/b9z8wqan8vnstqw/The_Inattentive_March.m4a
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/download/6apv2nj7yxd2x1i/The_Inattentive_March.flac



----) Download all BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/epaq9wkew437d/S04E21_-_Testing%2C_Testing%2C_1%2C_2%2C_3

(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=PLM9sv7wkNb97cxsgCZ0iCuBIAjNC1NfTw



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


Support the show by downloading this episode on iTunes! - http://bit.ly/1gTnmOy --

***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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