“The Baby" BGM from the episode “The Crystalling, part 1” of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S06E01). --Overall Comments-- The Crystalling was quite a different two-parter than we are used to seeing, and had two simultaneous storylines, which collided in the end. Twilight Sparking and friends are off to the Crystal Empire once again to attend the Crystalling of Princess Cadance and Shining Armor's new foal, Flurry Heart. Twilight think this would be an excellent opportunity for her new pupil, Starlight Glimmer, to tag along and learn a lesson. After learning that Starlight's old friend Sunburst was in the Crystal Empire, Twilight tasks her new student to seek him out and befriend him again. However, both Sunburst and baby Filly Heart are not what they seem. This premiere was definitely a nice change of pace. While Twilight Sparkle and the Mane 6 were part of one story, the episode overall seemed to focus on Starlight Glimmer, not Princess Twilight for once. This is even more apparent by Starlight receiving top billing during the voice credits. She also received some fantastic characterization, along with Sunburst, and here's to hoping we see more of both this season. (Being that Starlight is now in the intro, I'm sure we will!) William Anderson and Kelly Davidson's score throughout this episode is fantastic, drawing both on old and new melodies to drive the episode along. We hear reprises of a new version of Starlight Glimmer's motif, along with numerous season 5 score as well as some themes from season 3's premiere "The Crystal Empire." At 25 tracks, this ties last season's record for most score rips from a single episode (w/ two parters grouped together.) Also, this is the first two-parter in which the music for the first part's credits is replaced with a custom score, along with part 2! I have a feeling this might be a red this season. Without further ado, let's get into the episode's score. --Track Specific Comments-- In "The Baby" we get our first taste of Flurry Heart's upbeat piano motif. The score shifts to a short orchestral-driven part as Princess Luna talks, before returning to the wild music for the baby. As Princess Celestia begins to speak, a theme is used which has appeared multiple times since season 3. It usually appears with Celestia herself, so I might refer to it as her motif. It was first heard as a beautiful part of the track "Passing the Test" in the season 3 premiere "The Crystal Empire, part 2." It's reuse is very fitting here, as that scene not only took place in the original episode about the Crystal Empire and the Crystal Heart, but also involved Celestia delivering a small speech to Twilight. The melody of the theme itself bears a resemblance to the Season 2 theme, which appeared throughout that season, most noticeably in the credits of its opener and finale. The motif appeared next in the season 4 premiere "Princess Twilight Sparkle" in the track "Saving Twilight & The Tree" as Celestia and Luna are released from the vine's grasp, and as she is talking to Twilight afterward. It makes a slightly altered appearance in the finale "Twilight's Kingdom" as Twilight is talking to Celestia about finding her purpose in the track "The Princess of Friendship." (Watch in 1080p!) DOWNLOAD: MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/download/asi518mfaih89y7/The_Baby.mp3 AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/download/gzz5040d0b6pk9c/The_Baby.m4a Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/download/98sx5zd3t6s9wci/The_Baby.m4a FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/download/uv4de373ddpbg9h/The_Baby.flac ----) Download all Songs/BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/aigkbqk7k9j31/E01-02_The_Crystalling (Download all BGM from season 6 will be added at the end of the season at the bottom of the description!) For a playlist with all of the Songs/BGM from this episode in order: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb95HC-iLdPL0xxX9lcoWZXuk Music By: William Anderson Additional Music & Orchestrations: Kelly Davidson Support the show by downloading this episode on iTunes! - http://apple.co/1Rz4Crq —