Song recording behind-the-scenes with Daniel Ingram (composer), Rebecca Shoichet (Twilight's singing VA), and Adam McGhie (recording engineer)
Preparation for the "At the Gala" recording session
A snapshot of the formidable studio equipment
Sheet music for "At the Gala"
The choir of "At the Gala", Monique Creber's Cypress Singers. The voice actresses of the main characters were recorded a separate day.
Composer Daniel Ingram using the sound equipment
Daniel Ingram, busy at work
Another snapshot of the choir from "At the Gala". This choir is different from the choir that sang for "The Heart Carol", "The Flim Flam Brothers (song)", and "Smile Song".
One final picture of Daniel Ingram and Michelle Creber (Apple Bloom's VA and Sweetie Belle's S1-S3 singing VA) from the day "At the Gala"'s choir was recorded.
The room where Daniel Ingram produces most of the songs for Friendship is Magic.
The workstation where William Anderson produces the background music for the show.
This is William Anderson himself.
Lyrics of "This Day Aria" in the script for A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2. (Note the original spelling of Cadence.)
William Anderson working on One Bad Apple (S3E4), which features the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Daniel Ingram's new studio, which he moved into in late Summer 2012.
William Anderson working in another one of his studios.
Daniel Ingram, Jayson Thiessen, and the UBC (University of British Columbia) University Singers, who worked on/performed Raise This Barn and the choir portions of songs in Magical Mystery Cure.
Daniel: "Recording with ponies and Stef Lang". Stef: "I'm a pony! I'm a pony!"
The full session data for Bats (song), as created by Steffan Andrews.
The tempo track Steffan Andrews used on Glass of Water while orchestrating it.
In-universe sheet music from On Your Marks.
The choir Daniel Ingram is using for My Little Pony The Movie, from his Twitter account. They, along with the movie's orchestra (The Nashville Scoring Orchestra), will also be heard in songs from Season 8 for songs that require a choir.
Unfinished version of in-universe sheet music from The Fault in Our Cutie Marks.
Finished version of in-universe sheet music from The Fault in Our Cutie Marks.
A close look at Daniel Ingram's poster.
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