Fresh off of his Nocturnal Harmonies album which is dedicated to helping raise funds for The Seapony Orchestra, Sonic.z.Hooves brings us this brilliant piano composition. With melodies reflecting the mystery and allure of the stars in the night, Reflection of Night creates the sensation of vastness of the galaxies that appear so vividly in the progression of the track. Beautiful, moving, and exciting all at once, be sure to check out this song and the new album as well!
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Straight From The Heart – Somethings Coming (Herd of Us) | Hip-Hop
Warning: Profanity. Quite a lot of it.
This track was a big collaboration project among several members of the brony hip-hop community. Showing that they take pride in their art, the group collectively known as “Straight from the Heart” uses this debut track to welcome all like-minded producers to their familial and always helpful musical community. Something’s Coming uses a great backing track and beat to support the excellent and diverse flow of each rapper on the track. With a broad display of talent and refreshing revival of brony hip-hop, there’s definitely a lot to be excited about for the future of the genre within the fandom!
Ponysphere & Secret Metal – She’s all mine | Hard Rock
Warning: Some swearing and implied violence in this track!
Taking influence from early, violent fanfics, She’s All Mine is a great piece of hard rock fan music. Achieving a very classic rock sound via the late 70s and early 80s, Ponysphere provides the instrumentation that drives the track in combination with Secret Metal’s vocals that bring it home. Add in a solid percussive beat and some old-school guitar solos and you’ve got well executed, rare, hard rock gem!
Inkwel – Magical Insanity | Future Bass
Inkwel’s just getting better and better at making fun and interesting little future bass tracks that incorporate chiptune elements. This one has some great melodies and very cleanly mixed sounds that all fit together nicely, and there might be more to come in the form of an EP soon. Subscribe to Inkwel for more deets on that!
Ponies At Dawn – Rebirth | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
Listening to the live album release stream for Rebirth, the thing that strikes me most is how brony musicians are always able to make such diverse songs, and to such a high level of production. From the (admittedly majority) range of electronic styles to the big rock and metal songs, to a full range of acoustic and orchestral tracks, there are constant surprises in store.
We’ll be featuring plenty of songs from the album as they’re released on YouTube by the respective artists or the P@D YouTube channel over the coming weeks. Until then, the album is available to download for any given price on Ponies At Dawn’s bandcamp page.
Modern Bard – The Future Of Equestria V | Electronic
Part 5 of Modern Bard’s vintage electronica EP takes a turn towards 70s synthpop with a little hint of breakbeat style drum programming in there. Super mellow pads and bass sounds give this an ethereal, chill vibe too. There’s still more to come apparently, hopefully with a download link soon!
4everfreebrony – Lilyana’s Theme (Starved For Light: Original Soundtrack) | Orchestral
Written for the upcoming indie, platforming-adventure video game “Starved for Light”, 4everfreebrony give us this bright, flowing track as a musical descriptor to Lilyana, the brave and loving older sister to young Iris. Lilyana’s Theme utilizes brilliant piano chords with flutes to set the lighter tone of the protecting protagonist while strings come in with a moving, adventurous feel to set the scene for action. Expertly put together and thematically excellent, 4everfreebrony gives us plenty of reason to be excited for the development of this project!
AndNoOneDriving – In The Magical Land | Rock
The landscape begins rushing by seemingly never-ending and full of vistas each more epic than the last. In the Magical Land takes you on a grand journey through the fantastical land of Equestria by gently inviting your gaze toward a simple landscape, gradually guiding you into increasingly epic sights and experiences, and finally allowing you to settle down in a peaceful field to take it all in. This piece by AndNoOneDriving is a wonderful musical portrait that may even enhance one’s personal image of just how beautiful Equestria could be. If you enjoyed this song be sure to check out more of AndNoOneDrving’s incredibly inspired music such as For Queen Chrysalis.
Edit: The song appears to have been deleted from the channel for unknown reasons, so in the meantime you can listen to it from here.
Rarity Advocate – 7 Vignettes | Piano Sonata
As a piece of fine piano composition, Rarity Advocate gives us this great piece written in seven parts – one for each of the Mane 6 plus Starlight. Each movement is unique in style and reflects well with its attributed pony, while the sonata as a whole fits well together through its use of dissonant tones. Varying tempos and levels of brightness keep the composition interesting and help make 7 Vignettes a truly original track.
Drixale – A Little Mad | Future House
Everyone’s favorite commander is in a bad mood and you’ll feel it in this dark, ambient banger. Drixale mixes a great, thumping bass along with ambient and futuristic synths to create a fun, yet edgy house track. Unique in style, and fun all around to listen to, make sure to check out A Little Mad!
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