Originally posted at the DL October 2015
What's this... oh yeah.
MUSICAL OF NON-DISNEY ORIGINS.
(No I don't plan to go back and cover the other MLP films in this format.)
Friendship Games- Sorta feels like it was intended for later in the movie, maybe a sort of duelling song with both teams having to travel to a neutral location (unlike the games being set at CHS as actually happens). The credits themselves try to build up each main character having a rival from the Shadowbolts but that doesn't really ever plan out. They just don't get enough focus time to make being the negative aspect of each Element really relevant (brutal honest, mocking laughter, so on) and only noticeable if you go in primed looking for it. So I guess it kinda serves that purpose? Eh.
CHS Rally Song- Honestly a pretty weak song. I really like the idea of it really; hey, guys, think about it, we're AWESOME. We fought literal monsters! The fuck can a bunch of high school kids do to us! But it's just kinda generic as an actual song.
What More Is Out There- Actually, wait.
What More Is Out There (Deleted Duet Version)- This is a WAY better version, in basically every sense. See, they extended the Twilight lines to keep it a full song about just her, and it comes across as... whiny and short sighted. Which kinda works for human Twilight but isn't what the scene calls for. The staging is supposed to be more "this is what any normal person would want, why isn't it enough for me." Sunset's lines much more ably capture this sentiment, reinforced by her being a much more rounded and worldly character to start with.
Also most of Twilight's new lines sound incredibly lame and having a second singer to contrast Twilight's singer is a big boon to the entire song.
ACADECA- Reasonably fun montage song. Granted this ends up meaning that 90% of the titular games takes place in just under 3 minutes of film time but eh, happens. Not much else to say about it.
Unleash the Magic- Probably the best song actually, setting aside the one that's not in the film. They do a great job selling the temptation here, love it. Especially because Twi herself doesn't even sing until the ending line, it's all just watching her expression shift from abject terror to grim determination.
Right There In Front of Me- Mmm. Actually scratch that, it's not really part of the movie, credits song and all.
I dunno, not a huge amount to say honestly? I think everything relevant I covered in the deleted song, they don't quite hit the mark they were probably going for on this one because they tweaked the plot a bit.
Not making a separate category for the shots this time. There's one I really enjoyed (All's Fair in Love and Friendship Games) but they're more separate from this one than Rainbow Rocks' were. Aside from Science of Magic, anyway, but anyways.
Rating- 7/10.
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