The music for Pony Town keeps on coming. This is currently the BGM heard in the game’s houses, but may soon be repurposed for a potential building mode. It’s a solo piano piece that consists of soft chords at a steady tempo, making it feel homely as can be. Just got home from a long day? This’ll make you feel better!
Orchestral
Toby Macarony – I Wanted To Make You Smile | Hybrid Orchestral
Part of the Shenanigans album, I Wanted To Make You Smile… comes from the darker side of Toby Macarony’s musical production, in the same vein as I’ve Watched You. The piece’s main idea revolves around a piano and twisted Pinkie vocals from the Smile Song. It begins with storm sounds in order to set the tone from the very start, the beautiful sad piano melodies are powerful so as to emphasize on the gravity of whatever happened. The middle section goes even deeper in the dark as the melodies disappear, making way for ominous sound design and gravelly low-pitched vocals from the end of the Smile Song, giving them a monstrous feel. The song then ends how it started. Apart from the fact that we can feel something tragic happened, the song is very much open to interpretation. Are the dreadful events the magnitude of a lost cupcake, or the fruit of Pinkie Pie’s theoretical very dark side?
Liam King – Lock & Booker Smith | Soundtrack
This piece feels like something straight out of an RPG game. Lock & Booker Smith is a collection of two songs from Liam King’s latest EP, UNCANON:Wasteland. The first half is Lock Smith, a soft orchestral piece that features prominent use of a piano riff with some soft strings accompanied with a visual of a pony standing in a brutal snowstorm. After fading out, Booker’s Fault begins, completely changing up the feel. This half of the piece trades orchestral instruments for brooding electronic sounds. The processed drum beat and dark synths playing in the background gives off the feeling of travelling around in a dank dungeon. Despite their different identities, the tracks fit greatly together!
Altius Volantis – Winter Is Coming | Hybrid Orchestal
Prepare yourselves, everypony! Winter is coming! Altius Volantis’ latest track is the official anthem for the Snowfall Ponymeet of 2020, located in Poland. The song starts out with an orchestral intro that builds up before culminating with Twilight announcing that Winter is on the way. We’re then thrust into another build up, this one mostly consisting of electronic synths and drums, eventually ending with a wind sound along with some bells, giving the track a really Wintery feeling.
Ocean Melody – Of Love and Devotion | Orchestral
Let’s let some love out into the air, shall we? Of Love and Devotion is a purely relaxing orchestral piece that serves as a tribute to the Princess of Love while also being a late Valentine’s Day gift. While a slow track with mainly strings and an oboe leading it, it gives off peaceful vibes, fitting as the soundtrack to the peaceful loving land that is the Crystal Empire.
[ASOS] Ice Angel & GrazySmash – Unscathed | Hybrid Orchestral
Ready for your first taste of A State of Sugar: Brownie? Track 24 from the upcoming compilation is Unscathed, a hybrid orchestral collab between Ice Angel and GrazySmash that combines elements of orchestral music, moombahton and big room house. The song starts off with a beautiful orchestral intro that slowly fades in with a soft synth riff and a pretty choir before being joined by orchestral percussion and then drums you’d expect from EDM before jumping into a drop, filled with a heavy bassline and powerful synth chords. After finishing a soft breakdown, the song’s tempo slowly begins to speed up before jumping back into the synth and drums full force, only becoming heavier and more menacing. Combining big room and orchestral music is no easy feat, but these two have pulled it off like it’s nothing! ASOS: Brownie releases on March 6th.
Radiarc – Button Forest | Orchestral
If you ever wanted a chill, relaxing piece of instrumental/orchestral brony music, this is definitely a song I’d recommend. The music, made up of violins, piano, and other orchestral elements, is honestly amazing, and the whole thing just comes together and gives off a “walking through a forest” vibe.
Lukas Vokrinek – Celebrating the Past | Orchestral
Lukas Vokrinek returns with a love letter to the fandom in the form of an orchestral piece that sounds like it would fit the show’s tone perfectly! The strings and piano create an optimistic feeling of triumph, making it a good fit for the show’s ending. If you like the background music in the show, you’ll definitely like this too!
General Mumble – Oats (Covering Francis Vace) | Piano Ballad
Lots and lots of swearing here. Click ahead if the F-bomb doesn’t make your ears hurt.
Lukas Vokrinek – A Silver-Eyed Warrior | Orchestral/Soundtrack
Short and sweet, A Silver-Eyed Warrior is an orchestral piece that takes its influence from MLP as well as RWBY. Strings and orchestral percussion unite at the climax with a distorted guitar which plays a low riff to compliment the strings before slowing down again and introducing a piano, an acoustic guitar and some soft bells. Not bad for a year’s long hiatus away from composing!
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