The Cloudsdale Anthem" from the episode "Equestria Games" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" (S04E24). (DOWNLOAD LINK BELOW). --Overall Comments-- It's finally here! After being formally introduced in the last regular episode of season 3 (mentioned the episode before that), we get the Equestria Games in the last regular episode of season 4! Preparations for the games have been one of the key arcs to this season, and so it's great to see that arc finally come to a conclusion! And while the majority of the episode focused on Spike, we still got to see a good portion of the games, including the conclusions of everything which the episodes this season were leading up to; The CMC introducing the Ponyville team ("Flight to the Finish"), and the Cloudsdale & Ponyville teams competing in the ariel relay ("Rainbow Falls"). Besides that, it was great Spike episode utilizing and developing his character well. Plus, we get to see the Crystal Empire again! Dave Polsky balances out and interweaves the two stories together nicely, and inserts some absolutely cringe-worthy and hilarious moments to boot! William Anderson's soundtrack to this episode was fantastic, reprising many of the Equestria Games and Crystal Empire themes, and a few others from season 4, while also introducing some new tracks specifically for the games. And of course we get the unexpected cringe-worthy but equally hilarious "Cloudsdale Anthem" as sung by Spike...who doesn't know the tune or lyrics. While Spike's made-up lyrics are hysterical (some of the funniest dialogue this season), the backing track is actually really great and fitting of an anthem for Cloudsdale. Definitely check out the instrumental track for this song! --Track Specific Comments-- Whoa boy, here we go! Probably the most cringe-worthy, hilarious, and unexpected thing to come out of this episode. Spike, trying to make-up for his failure at lighting the torch, forcibly volunteers himself to since the anthem after the areal relay. However, he fails to realize that the anthem sung is for the winning team, and the Cloudsdale team won the gold! ...And he doesn't know their anthem. He can't back out of it by the time he finds out, and so he ad-libs some hysterical lyrics and melodies in their place. Great work all around on this track, from Dave Polksi's writing, to Cathy Weseluck's absolutely spot-on delivery, to William Anderson's actually really fantastic, patriotic, and fitting score for Cloudsdale's anthem. While the lyrics here are hilarious, I definitely recommend checking out the instrumental version of this song, as opposed to Spike's failure, is actually superb! (Watch in 1080p!) DOWNLOAD: MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/arl8g6bavketm1x/The_Cloudsdale_Anthem.mp3 AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qwbpcfm5t0ks1zm/The_Cloudsdale_Anthem.m4a Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/i8dbr2r070x717m/The_Cloudsdale_Anthem.m4a FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0vv88u53vji6eau/The_Cloudsdale_Anthem.flac ----) Download all Songs/BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e0069cyxzw9p7/S04E24_Equestria_Games (Download all BGM from season 4 will be added at the end of the season at the bottom of the description!) OTHER VERSIONS: Instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6NfLvtm_7o For a playlist with all of the Songs/BGM and songs from this episode in order: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb95U3H5jKww1B0sRbcfjNwdJ Music By: William Anderson Lyrics By: Dave Polsky Performed By: Cathy Weseluck Support the show by downloading this episode on iTunes! - http://bit.ly/1gTnmOy -- ***UPDATE: The COMPLETE season 4 original soundtrack is now available in two simple zip files! Get the whole thing at once here: http://bit.ly/mlpseason4soundtrack