Talk:Songs/@comment-26463720-20160117111608/@comment-4531340-20160128034112

A quick and easy way to tell if an episode is a musical episode is if the background score was composed by Daniel Ingram instead of William Anderson like usual.

At least, that seems to be the wiki's definition, as the three episodes classified as "musical episodes" are also the only three with a backing score by Ingram instead of Anderson (Magical Mystery Cure, Pinkie Pride, and Crusaders of the Lost Mark).

Also, while Crusaders of the Lost Mark was counted as having six songs by both the credits and Daniel Ingram (preludes and reprises separate, obviously), The Mane Attraction had four songs by the credits' count, but only three by Ingram's (he combined Equestria, The Land I Love and its reprise, if I'm not mistaken). Go figure