“The Vote" from the episode “Crusaders of the Lost Mark" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S05E18). (DOWNLOAD LINK BELOW). --Overall Comments-- Wow. Just wow. I could just say that here and leave it at that, but I guess I need to write more. This is it! The episode we’ve all been waiting for. And wow, did it deliver. On the 5th Anniversary of MLP, no less! More pip, Silver Spoon finally stands up to Diamond Tiara, the former gets a beautiful redemption, and we cap it all off with the CMC, after 5 seasons and over 100 episodes, receiving their cutie marks! And if that wasn’t enough, it’s another musical episode written by Amy Keating Rogers with songs and score my Daniel Ingram. Like with Magical Mystery Cure and Pinkie Pride, Ingram did the score in addition to the songs in this episode, instead of William Anderson handling the score. Since there are so many songs in this kind of episode, it helps to have the score and songs flow together nicely, and they do wonderfully here! I could gush over this episode for much, much longer. But instead, let’s get right into the music, ‘cause there’s a lot to cover! TECHNICAL NOTE: The songs for this episode are unfortunately mixed differently than most others of the series, and there is no sound at all (other than effects) in the surround channels during songs. This means that for most of the songs it is impossible to get a completely clean instrumental. Sorry! --Track Specific Comments-- A dueling song between the CMC and Diamond Tiara as it’s Pip vs the former in a class election race! This song offers quite a bit. First off, we get our first taste of some extended Diamond Tiara singing by Chantal Strand, after we heard a few lines sung by her at the beginning of the previous musical episode (hilariously enough also by Amy Keating Rogers). Definitely excited she got a chance to sing more in this episode, as she has a great voice. “The Vote” also offers Silver Spoon’s first singing lines by Shannon Chan-Kent. This track encompasses almost the entirety of the first act of the episode, and encompasses Diamond Tiara’s downfall. It is also comprised of two different styles of songs melded into one. With a more traditional, and really catchy CMC march with fantastic harmonies on one end, and a sinister villain song sung by Diamond Tiara on the other end, comprised of a lot of bass and harpsichord. One thing this show does really well is telling story through song, and not just having them there just to have them there. And all of the songs in the episode encompass that. The entire episode is set up in this one song, from Diamond Tiara’s bullying of Silver Spoon, to everypony turning on the former, the the CMC helping another filly. According to Amy Keating Rogers, the lyrics for this song were inspired by the song “What Is This Feeling?” from the hit musical “Wicked”. (Watch in 1080p!) DOWNLOAD: MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/download/rharpoagmpmg5rq/The_Vote.mp3 AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/download/tbwx2pegv933jfb/The_Vote.m4a Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/download/e3t1ntl18dx8qnm/The_Vote.m4a FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/download/q7t1a6iv6ijj75t/The_Vote.flac ----) Download all Songs/BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/zdhg... OTHER VERSIONS: Instrumental w/ Chorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikjXF... Diamond Tiara Vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFNra... For a playlist with all of the Songs/BGM and songs from this episode in order: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Music By: Daniel Ingram Orchestrations By: Caleb Chan & Trevor Hoffman Lyrics By: Daniel Ingram & Amy Keating Rogers Performed By: Michelle Creber Claire Corlett Madeleine Peters Chantal Strand Shannon Chan-Kent Support the show by downloading this episode on iTunes! - http://apple.co/1WbSrCB —