One thing I love about this show is that it has so many
great songs. Not just canon ones, but
there are also some great fan works, as well.
Here are my personal favorites.
16. Ballad of the Crystal Empire (The Mane Six)
Doesn't quite capture the urgency of the situation, but it's a nice song.
15. Discord (Eurobeat Brony)
What better way to demonstrate the agony of being
controlled by Discord than to sing a dance mix?
14. BBBFF (Twilight Sparkle)
A heartfelt piece about the connection Twilight has
with her brother. I love how cute filly
Twilight looks as she’s prancing around joyfully. The reprise (sung after her brother disowns
her) is pretty sad.
13. Cutie Mark Crusading (Instrumental)
A memorable, but unobtrusive, muzak piece that many
bronies have used as background music.
12. The Failure Song (Twilight Sparkle)
This misleadingly titled song is actually rather pretty. The animation is great and I love the flow at 1:17, but the song is short we don't really hear that motif again.
11. Deceptive Cadence (Arvianth)A very solid classical theme from this fan.
10. Stop the Bats (Applejack, Fluttershy, et al.)
"Bats" was the first worthwhile episode of the new season, and partially because of this song.
A very catchy and enjoyable song with a slight country
quality. I believe “Winter Wrap Up” is
one of the best episodes of the series, and this song is one of the reasons
why. Hey, wait, how come Fluttershy's not in that intro?
8. The Caves Beneath Canterlot (Instrumental)
This ominous, ambient score unfortunately has a lot of
dialogue over it, but it’s one of the best scoring moments in the show.
7. My Little Pony Theme Song (Italian Version)
It's...so...much....better than ours...it's...just epic.
6. Babs Seed (Cutie Mark Crusaders)
I
confess that there are some catchy, girly pop songs I like. The show
already sank to the level of bad pop music in "Canterlot Wedding" and
did the first genuinely awful song in the series.
However, I love this newer song. It's catchy, and I love how the
animation is synced with the beat. Dear Gosh, Sweetie Bell looks so
damn cute the way she's holding her smoothie.
5. The Cutie Mark Crusaders Theme (Cutie Mark Crusaders)
One of the great moments of the show is the CMC’s power
ballad about the trials and tribulations of finding a cutie mark. The slapstick is good, and the song is
genuinely fun to listen to. I find
Applebloom’s impressionistic dancing particularly funny. If you think Scootaloo’s singing isn’t so
bad, listen to the isolated version of it.
4. This Day Aria (Princess Cadance/Queen Chrysalis)
You might catch some motifs from some Alan Menken Disney
songs, but this is still a great song.
The show’s first great villain song.
Britt McKillip is quite a singer.
3. Nightmare Night (Wooden Toaster)
Wooden Toaster is a bit of a celebrity in the brony
community for his fan songs. This song actually has quite a good melody.
2. The Smile Song (Pinkie Pie)
It's about ponies smiling, and it's seriously one of the best songs I've ever heard. Another example of how this show can take an idea
that's ridiculously schmaltzy and make it awesome.
I love how one pony starts singing about smiling, and everyone in town
decides they want a piece of that shit. If this song doesn't cheer you up, you have no soul.
1. Rainbow Factory (Wooden Toaster)
Though possibly overshadowed by the fanfic it
inspired, this song is far more effective
because it remains vague and mysterious.
It doesn’t implicate any character or contradict canon, so it could very
well exist as a nameless fear in that universe.
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