“Pinkie’s Present" (Instrumental Version) from the episode “A Hearth’s Warming Tail" of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” (S06E08). --Overall Comments--. What an episode. My Little Pony takes on the classic Charles Dickens' tale “A Christmas Carol” with Starlight Glimmer filling the shoes of “bah, humbug” himself Ebenezer Scrooge. Producer-turn-writer Michael Vogel pulls out all the stops with this one, as it is this season’s musical episode. That’s right, prepare for six amazing holiday-themed songs from Daniel Ingram here, plus some fantastic backing score from him and orchestrator Caleb Chan, as they take over for William Anderson (as with all musical episodes). Not only is this a nice, abridged retelling of the classic story, it nicely mirrors Starlight’s own past. Plus, there’s solo songs by Pinkie, Applejack, and Luna; the last two of whom receive their first full solo number. The songs and story intertwine nicely, and deliver one of the most enjoyable My Little Pony episodes to date, I’d say. As with all of the MLP musical episodes, Ingram and Chan weave the orchestrations for the songs into the backing score between them, allowing for a seamless experience musically. This leads to almost 20 minutes of uninterrupted music for “A Hearth’s Warming Tail!”. Without further ado, let’s dive into this episode. We’ve got a lot to cover. --Track Specific Comments--. Pinkie Pie is revealed to be portraying the Spirit of Hearth’s Warming Present… GET IT?. She delivers us the fourth song of the episode: a very upbeat, New Orleans-style, big band jazz number, complete with plenty of horns, saxophone, guitar, and piano. This song itself marks several other events production-wise. First off, in addition to Caleb Chan’s orchestration, Steffan Andrews returns to the series for the first time since Season 4 to help with the horn arrangement, along with Dave Corman. In a first for the series, the song was recorded with a live band at The Warehouse Studios, the same place where the previously released MLP Christmas Album was recorded. The additional quality of the live horns most certainly shows in the final product, and it’s awesome that Daniel Ingram had the opportunity to record this song with them. Shannon Chan-Kent’s vocals for Pinkie are perfect, as always. It’s fantastic hearing the pink pony sing again, as she hasn’t had a solo song since ~her~ musical episode, “Pinkie Pride,” all the way back in Season 4. (Watch in 1080p!). DOWNLOAD:. MP3 (320 kbps):.