Ponyphonic is known for their timeless (relative to fandom lifespan) songs, and it’s about time we saw another! It’s been over a year since their last original pony song, and this certainly is a great way to make a comeback. With so many melodies and sounds being played by guitar and strings in this, you’d be surprised to hear that it’s all done using live instruments. That’s right, not a single orchestral VST in sight, something which I greatly admire when available and done properly! And with so much emotion poured into the song, it’s likely to draw up some feeling in you too.
Misc
PegasYs ft. Midnight Melody – Dental Damn (Agents of Discord Remix) | Hip-Hop
This gives me flashbacks to about a year ago when the original of this track was released. Unfortunately far too late for the remix EP, but it’s nice to see this tune still being remixed. In this particular version, AoD makes plenty of use of the horns from the original, combined with a classic break beat rhythm and hip-hop style drum sampling.
FruityFusion – Waifusquad | Future Bass / Hip-Hop
Is it just me, or is anyone else reminded of the Wii Shop music? Fruity’s new track sees him trying out not one but two styles I’ve never heard from him before. It starts off with a slower future bass section, filled with plenty of 808 kicks, sub bass, and vocal splicing. The middle section switches up into a faster tempo hip-hop section, before going back to the previous future bass style again.
StealingShad3Z – Set You Free | Electro-Pop
Well this is something different… Shady’s trying his hand at electronic music production. This upbeat piece is a very poppy and upbeat piece about Derpy and keeping an optimistic attitude in life.
SoGreatandPowerful – A Beautiful Heart (Tech’s Semi-Finished Remix) | Hip-Hop
A name that will definitely never be forgotten, SoGreatandPowerful appears again as Technickel’s wonderful remix gets a proper YouTube release along a cover art by our very own Hackd, sharing once again the magic of the legendary pony composer. A remix full of passion, it doesn’t fail to bring out the power of A Beautiful Heart with a new accompaniment, where emotional strings and piano lead the way along a gentle beat and those notes that always so delightfully evoke certain OST tracks from the Zelda games. A token of SoGreatandPowerful’s unique vision and sensitivity!
Horse Music Central – Vol. 1 | Complilation Album | Multi-Genre
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 13 November 2016.
Horse Music Central, a group for brony musicians, have released their first compilation album, organised by FruityFusion, Spectra and Violin Melody, called Horse Music Vol. 1! This album, comprising 14 tracks, features relatively established artists such as Ryazan, fractilx and FruityFusion himself, as well as other new and upcoming artists such as Filly in the Box, Intersekt and Lunar Dance. With the money made from the album going towards charity, it’s definitely something worth checking out if you like compilation projects (I know I do!). You can find the album on bandcamp for free or donation here!
Ataraxia – 5:00 At The Café on Monument Parkway | Piano Solo
A much inspired and beautiful piano piece from Ataraxia, 5:00 At The Café on Monument Parkway conveys a comforting warmth through moving melodies on that sacred instrument, reflecting on personal feelings and hence displaying once more the beauty and magic there is to heartfelt songs, in this case even more magical thanks to the added level of emotion there is to pony tracks where we can appreciate that certain connection to what we feel, and imagining the artist play this piece inside a piano bar or a café in Equestria, and attending that live performance, only makes it more emotional. Well, Ataraxia said he’s trying to go to as many conventions as possible this year, so perhaps a music live at one of those is the best equivalent we can get for now! Be on the lookout for that!
A Symphony Of Two – The Clearing | Orchestral
This new track from Orchestral/Ambient duo A Symphony Of Two, and another of my recent favorites (yes there has been a lot of them recently!), has all that it takes to perfectly embody the beauty and serenity of its theme, title and cover art. If you’re a lover of Nature like I am, you might fall in love for forest clearings as well, suitable for the appreciation of the many wonders of Nature, there among trees and bathed by sunlight. And with this song full of wonder, spirit of exploration, wooden sounds, divine choruses, and untold bliss, a new dimension has been added to the sight.
Midnight Musician – Let The Nightmare Begin (Drixale Remix) | Reggae Hybrid
Drixale’s much anticipated new release is out, and it is a much welcomed Reggae remix of Midnight Musician’s Night track, with an interesting spin! Rejoice in musical bliss while the positive and gentle vibes surround you along the enthralling rythms and beautiful guitar solos, then witness the power of a certain Night mare taking over for some extra musical inventiveness… Let The Nightmare Begin!
Lunar Drift – Octavia’s Sonata: 2nd Movement ~ Without Grace | Orchestral
Perhaps just as epic as the battle depicted by the mighty cover art by Bugplayer, this new piece by Lunar Drift and continuation to the 1st Movement pays much tribute to Octavia in a beautiful musical embodiment of her fighting spirit. Battling Without Grace, paradoxically resulting in such a gorgeous and graceful piece… Music is magic!
