“‘Welcome!'" BGM from the episode "The Cutie Map — Part 1" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S05E01).


--Overall Comments--

It’s back! It’s here!  After almost a YEAR hiatus, My Little Pony finally returns for it’s fifth season!  And boy, what a way to start it out!

We got probably one of the darkest, most phycological episodes of the series, with some pretty heavy undertones that might pass over kids’ heads.  On top of that, we have probably the most complex villain the show has had thus far: Starlight Glimmer.

But I’m not here to talk about the episode as a whole, I’m here to focus on the music and score!  And it did not fail to impress either.  First off, we have a new song, the very creepy town anthem “In Our Town”, which can definitely be counted as another villain song for the show.  It includes some of the darkest lyrics of the show hidden in an otherwise upbeat march.  Then, there’s of course the BGM.  William Anderson and Kelly Davidson continue to push the show’s music forward into new levels of greatness.  The premiere includes many new beautiful themes that we will hopefully hear again throughout the season.  It also reprises some relevant motifs from the season 4 finale, including “Princess Twilight Sparkle’s” theme.  This is definitely a well-thought out move to tie this in with that episode, since it seems like season 5 picks up not too long after season 4 time-wise.  Overall, the music in this episode blew me away, and I’ve been dying to rip it ever since Saturday.  There are 24 tracks of BGM—A record for any Pony episode I’ve ripped, and even more than Rainbow Rocks!  Enjoy!


--Track Specific Comments--

The Mane 6 begin to interact with the townsfolk, who are creepily over-welcoming to them.  This track is a (slightly off) version of the theme from “An Ordinary Village” as the girls walk through the town’s main street.

(Watch in 1080p!)



DOWNLOAD:
MP3 (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/opabcuxav996k6e/Welcome.mp3
AAC (320 kbps): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/it1of24wy02yyzn/Welcome.m4a
Apple Lossless (ALAC): http://www.mediafire.com/listen/1uvek71ljo6a7ii/Welcome.m4a
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/download/d4chzyd566ik1uh/Welcome.flac



----) Download all Songs/BGM from episode: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sx2x3t2o0eqw3/S05E01-02_The_Cutie_Map

(Download all BGM from season 4 will be added at the end of the season at the bottom of the description!)



For a playlist with all of the BGM and songs from this episode in order: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM9sv7wkNb95PdNSTbu-KTS8zOv2KnSHM



Music By: William Anderson
Additional Music & Orchestrations: Kelly Davidson


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