“The Magic of Friendship” BGM from the episode “The Last Problem” of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S09E26).
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(Overall description cut down due to the length of this track's comments. See the other BGM uploads for the full description!)
And so here we are, the final episode of Friendship is Magic, an epilogue set partially 20 years after the events of the previous two-parter. Much the the other two finale episodes, this one is packed with music. This includes more wonderful score from William Anderson, and one final song from Daniel Ingram to round out the episode, season, and series.
William Anderson’s score makes me insanely emotional. We hear many returning cues one final time throughout the episode. The most notable for me is one final, beautiful reprise of the Magic of Friendship motif near the end of the episode. It’s one of the final pieces of score in the episode. I was insanely excited to have it play a role in the episode’s score, and I’ll go more into that in that track’s description.
For one final time, let’s dive in!
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This is it, the final track of score from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I think this is a fitting title for it, for a variety of reasons.
For this big sendoff to the series' score, William Anderson reprises four iconic themes in an extremely grand way.
The track begins with a reprise of the lovely, emotional score that ended this season's "Between Dark and Dawn" in the track "Sunrise and Moonset." This was a beautiful piece of score, and it's wonderful to hear it once more time here.
From there, the score shifts over to a gorgeous rendition of Princess Twilight Sparkle's theme as she and her friends talk after the coronation. This offers a slightly different take on the theme, while keeping the main motif intact. Much like some of the previous theme reprises in this finale, it's backed by an acoustic guitar, which to me adds some wonderful additional emotion to these reprises. As the theme progresses, the instrumentation expands to a grand sendoff to the motif.
The next part certainly had me emotional. If you've followed my descriptions over the past 7 seasons, you'll know how much I talk about the "Magic of Friendship" leitmotif. It was first introduced all the way back in Season 3's "Magic Duel" in the track of the same name, which of course was the season I began ripping music from the series. It was used extensively as one of the main themes of Season 4, and has continued to be used since then for scenes relating to the magic of friendship. It's my favorite theme of the entire series, and certainly the one I consider to be the most iconic for FiM.
William Anderson using it in this final big scene with the Mane 6, reflecting on their friendships and how they have changed, as one of the final pieces of score for the episode, was just perfect. It begins with a simple instrumentation, and quickly builds to the full orchestra for an emotional, triumphant goodbye to the iconic motif. I loved everything about this.
From there, Celestia and Luna enter the scene one final time. For the final piece of returning score, William Anderson uses an amazing reimagining of Princess Celestia's leitmotif, which has followed her since the Season 4 premiere. This grand, regal theme it made all the more emotional here thanks to the instrumentation. Backed by an acoustic guitar, and some driving strings, it really ups the emotion and weight of this final scene. Just beautiful.
From there, the score interludes with some sentimental, yet triumphant score as we lead into the final song.
A huge thank you to William Anderson, Kelly Snow, Christopher Gee, and everyone else who contributed to this series' amazing score over the years. This show wouldn't have been the same without you, and the amount of thought, effort, and emotion put into your work has been very much appreciated by myself. I hope the work of myself and others over the years has brought more people to appreciate your work as well. Thank you.
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DOWNLOAD:
MP3 (320 kbps): www.mediafire.com/file/zwq3nlvqsn44t8l/The_Magic_of_Friendship.mp3/file
AAC (320 kbps): www.mediafire.com/file/hwi5mjfawp0t9ph/The_Magic_of_Friendship.m4a/file
Apple Lossless (ALAC): www.mediafire.com/file/yu65den9pj1g8eb/The_Magic_of_Friendship.m4a/file
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/file/0qw4fskaf65x6po/The_Magic_of_Friendship.flac/file
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For a playlist with all of the Songs/BGM and songs from this episode in order: ua-cam.com/play/PLM9sv7wkNb97ftmMj9Di59pZWJfpb5XAE.html
Music By: William Anderson
Additional Music & Orchestrations: Kelly Snow & John Houston
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