My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (or simply Equestria Girls) is an animated spin-off franchise based on the children's television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, which in turn is based on the My Little Pony toyline created by American toy and game manufacturer Hasbro. Much like Friendship Is Magic, the franchise also has musical elements, featuring songs performed onscreen by its characters in the movies and other media.
Overall, as of 2019, the spin-off franchise has featured over 50 original songs.
Featured songs
Feature films
Equestria Girls (2013)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character)1 | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Friendship Is Magic" (Remix) | Daniel Ingram | Lauren Faust | Rebecca Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | - | Opening credits; remix version of the series' main theme. |
| 2 | "This Strange World" | Daniel Ingram | Having arrived in the human world, Twilight wonders what this strange new world is. | |||
| 3 | "Equestria Girls" (Cafeteria Song) | Daniel Ingram, Meghan McCarthy |
Shannon Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Kazumi Evans (Rarity), Ashleigh Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Andrea Libman (Fluttershy), Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | Twilight and her new friends sing to create unity between the students and boost Twilight's popularity so she can recover her magical crown. (Note: only song of the movie performed on-screen by the characters) | ||
| 4 | "Time to Come Together" | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy) | The newly united human Mane Six clean and redecorate the school auditorium; soon, the entire school gathers to help them. | ||
| 5 | "This Is Our Big Night"[1] | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy)4 | The Mane Six get dressed for the Fall Formal party; during a reprise, they enjoy the party. | |||
| 6 | "A Friend for Life"[2] | Daniel Ingram | Jerrica Santos3[3] | - | Ending credits. | |
1In the case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters (of the first of their characters in case they voice several) start singing.
3The singer is not portraying a character.
4As the song only features several characters singing in harmony, there are no lead vocals per se.
Rainbow Rocks (2014)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character)1 | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rainbow Rocks" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy) | Opening credits. |
| 2 | "Better Than Ever" | Daniel Ingram, Meghan McCarthy[4] |
Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy) | The Rainbooms, composed of Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy, perform a song during a rehearsal about how life at Canterlot High School has improved. | |
| 3 | "Battle" | Evans (Adagio Dazzle) | Shylo Sharity (Aria Blaze), Madeline Merlo (Sonata Dusk), Eva Tavares, Paula Berry, David Mongar (background characters), Canterlot High students | The Dazzlings use their magic to charm the students of Canterlot High, turning them against each other and convincing them to compete in a Battle of the Bands so they can feed on their energy. | ||
| 4 | "Bad Counter Spell"[5][6] | Meghan McCarthy | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | - | The Rainbooms, now with Twilight, are rehearsing a song they hope to use to break the Dazzlings' spell on Canterlot High. However, Twilight's lyrics are approximative and she sings off-key, distracting the rest of the band. | |
| 5 | "Shake Your Tail" | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram |
Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Ball (Applejack) | Ball (Rainbow Dash), Libman (Fluttershy) | The Rainbooms perform in the first round of the Battle of the Bands. The song turns into a near-complete disaster when the other competitors sabotage their performance. This song is also featured in the animated short of the same name released before the movie, in which the Rainbooms try to think of a theme for a school dance. They eventually decide to combine the several themes they proposed for the dance, in which they perform the song. | |
| 6 | "Under Our Spell" | Meghan McCarthy | Evans (Adagio Dazzle) | Sharity (Aria Blaze), Merlo (Sonata Dusk) | The Dazzlings perform in the first round of the Battle of the Bands; Canterlot High still doesn't realize that they use their songs to hypnotize and feed on them. During the rest of the song, a montage of the Battle of the Bands is shown. | |
| 7 | "Tricks Up My Sleeve" | Daniel Ingram, Meghan McCarthy |
Kathleen Barr (Trixie) | Kaylee Johnston (Trixie's bandmates) | Trixie and the Illusions perform in the semifinals of the Battle of the Bands. Only a small part of the song is heard in the movie, but the soundtrack features the full version. | |
| 8 | "Awesome As I Wanna Be" | Ball (Rainbow Dash) | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Ball (Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy) | The Rainbooms perform in the semifinals of the Battle of the Bands; as Sunset Shimmer notices that Dash is about to fully transform in front of the Dazzlings, she interrupts the song in the middle of it. | ||
| 9 | "Welcome to the Show"7 | Evans (Adagio Dazzle), Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer) | Sharity (Aria Blaze), Merlo (Sonata Dusk), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), choir (Canterlot High students) | Consists of two songs interrupting each other regularly, one by the Dazzlings during the finale of the Battle of the Bands, as they try to suck all of the energy left in Canterlot High, and one by the Rainbooms who try to break their spell with their music. As the Rainbooms are nearly defeated, Sunset Shimmer joins them; together, they rally the school to their side and break the spell. | ||
| 10 | "Shine Like Rainbows" | Daniel Ingram | Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Evans (Rarity), Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Libman (Fluttershy), rest of the cast | The Rainbooms rehearse this song during the ending credits. |
1In the case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters (of the first of their characters in case they voice several) start singing.
7 This song starts before "Rainbooms Battle", and continues after it; the two are performed as one song but are credited as two separate songs.
Friendship Games (2015)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character)1 | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Friendship Games" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), Kaylee Johnston, Gabriel C. Brown, and Company (Canterlot High)[7][8] | Opening credits. |
| 2 | "CHS Rally" | Josh Haber, Daniel Ingram |
Ball (Rainbow Dash) | Johnston (Brass band leader), Brown, and Company (Canterlot High) | Rainbow Dash leads a pep rally to motivate the Canterlot High students for the upcoming Friendship Games. | |
| 3 | "What More Is Out There?" | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | - | The human counterpart of Twilight Sparkle laments that she feels trapped at Crystal Prep Academy and cannot find somewhere she belongs. | ||
| 4 | "ACADECA" | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer) | Johnston, Brown, and Company (Canterlot High and Crystal Prep Academy) | Canterlot High School and Crystal Prep Academy face each other in several trials. (Note: "ACADECA" stands for "Academic Decathlon") | ||
| 5 | "Unleash the Magic" | Iris Quinn (Principal Cinch), Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | Johnston, Brown, and Company (Crystal Prep Academy) | Principal Cinch and the students of Crystal Prep Academy pressure Twilight into releasing the magic she collected in her pendant and using it to win the Friendship Games. | ||
| 6 | "Right There in Front of Me" | Daniel Ingram | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer) | Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy) | Ending credits. |
1In the case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters (of the first of their characters in case they voice several) start singing.
Legend of Everfree (2016)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character)1 | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Legend of Everfree" | Daniel Ingram | Kristine Songco, Joanna Lewis, Daniel Ingram |
Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), Ensemble4 | Opening credits. | |
| 2 | "The Midnight in Me" | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | - | Twilight despairs as she fears the evil Midnight Sparkle is still inside of her. | ||
| 3 | "Embrace the Magic" | Kristine Songco, Joanna Lewis |
Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | Sunset convinces her friends to embrace their new powers instead of fearing them. | ||
| 4 | "We Will Stand for Everfree" | Kelly Metzger (Gloriosa Daisy) | Gloriosa, transformed by Equestrian magic, decides to keep Camp Everfree permanently open, even if it means keeping the Canterlot High students trapped inside. | |||
| 5 | "Legend You Were Meant To Be" | Kristine Songco, Joanna Lewis, Daniel Ingram |
Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer), Libman (Fluttershy), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Evans (Rarity) | Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | The Rainbooms, now including the human world Twilight Sparkle, perform this song at the Crystal ball fundraiser to save Camp Everfree from bankruptcy, interspersed with scenes of them preparing for the fundraiser with the other campers. | |
| 6 | "Hope Shines Eternal" | Daniel Ingram | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle), Evans (Rarity), Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Libman (Fluttershy), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | - | Ending credits. | |
1In the case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters (of the first of their characters in case they voice several) start singing.
4As the song only features several characters singing in harmony, there are no lead vocals.
Specials
Dance Magic (2017)
| Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character)1 | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Dance Magic" | Daniel Ingram | G.M. Berrow, Daniel Ingram |
Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle) and Libman (Pinkie Pie) | Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Evans (Rarity), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie), and Libman (Fluttershy) | The Crystal Rainbooms' (composed of the Rainbooms' regular members along with Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, and Lemon Zest) entry for the Chance to Prance music video competition. |
Forgotten Friendship (2018)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "We've Come So Far" | Daniel Ingram, Trevor Hoffmann | Nick Confalone | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Evans (Rarity), Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Libman (Fluttershy), and Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | Sunset Shimmer sings about the friendships she has made since reforming while working on the school yearbook with the Equestria Girls. |
| 2 | "Invisible" | John Jennings Boyd, Lisette Bustamante | Chan-Kent (Wallflower Blush) | - | Wallflower Blush sings about her high school experiences as a shy and ignored loner. |
Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018)
| Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Photo Booth" | John Jennings Boyd, Lisette Bustamante | Nick Confalone, John Jennings Boyd | Ball (Applejack), Evans (Rarity) | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle), Libman (Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie), and Ball (Rainbow Dash) | The Rainbooms perform as the centerpiece for the Equestria Land theme park's light parade, interspersed with scenes of them enjoying the park. |
Spring Breakdown (2019)
| Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "All Good" | Jessica Charlotte Vaughn, Jess Furman, Ethan Roberts | Ball (Rainbow Dash), and Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer) | Evans (Rarity), and Libman (Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy) | The Rainbooms perform this song during a spring break cruise, but their concert is cut short when Rainbow Dash transforms and the ship experiences a power failure. | |
Sunset's Backstage Pass (2019)
| Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "True Original" | Jessica Charlotte Vaughn, Jess Furman, and her0ism | Marie Hui (Kiwi Lollipop), Arielle Truliao (Supernova Zap), Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer), and Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | - | Pinkie Pie and Sunset Shimmer perform this song with Kiwi Lollipop (K-Lo) and Supernova Zap (Su-Z) during the first night of the Starswirl Music Festival. | |
Equestria Girls music videos (2017)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mad Twience" | John Boyd[9] | John Boyd[10] | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | - | Twilight Sparkle builds an android mate for Spike. |
| 2 | "Monday Blues" | John Boyd[9] | John Boyd[10] | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle) | - | Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle walk to school in the pouring rain through a series of parallel frustrations. |
| 3 | "Shake Things Up!" | Mason Rather[9] | Mason Rather[11] | Ball (Applejack) | - | Applejack mixes new, original drinks while working at a juice bar at the Canterlot Mall. |
| 4 | "Get the Show on the Road" | Bill Sherman[12] | Chris Jackson[12] | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), and Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | - | The Rainbooms use their geode powers to restore an old school bus to go on tour. |
| 5 | "Coinky-Dink World" | Mason Rather[9] | Mason Rather[11] | Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | - | Pinkie Pie works as a cafe waitress and tries to play a matchmaker between two patrons. |
| 6 | "Good Vibes" | Daniel Ingram[13] | Daniel Ingram[13] | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), and Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | - | The Equestria Girls and other characters pay forward a string of good deeds to each other at the Canterlot Mall. |
Web series
Season 1 (2017-18)
| # | Title | Short | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rise Up!" | "The Finals Countdown" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Gillian Berrow |
Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer), Ball (Applejack, Rainbow Dash), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), and Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | Twilight Sparkle helps her friends study for their upcoming final exams. |
| 2 | "Room to Grow" | "My Little Shop of Horrors" | Daniel Ingram | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | - | Twilight Sparkle waters Principal Celestia's garden. | |
| 3 | "5 to 9" | Mason Rather | Gillian Berrow | Ball (Applejack) | - | Applejack does her farmhouse chores and performs at a party in her barn. | |
| 4 | "So Much More to Me" | Kate Leth | Libman (Fluttershy) | - | Fluttershy sings to the animals at the animal shelter after declining to go to a karaoke party with her friends. | ||
| 5 | "The Other Side" | John Jennings Boyd, Lisette Bustamante | Evans (Rarity) | - | Rarity overcomes her creative block designing outfits. | ||
Season 2 (2019-20)
The show's second season is expected to have "ten original songs and six music videos."[14]
| # | Title | Short | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character) | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I'm on a Yacht" | John Boyd and Lisette Bustamante | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer), Evans (Rarity), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), and Libman (Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie) | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle) | The Equestria Girls perform a music video parody of The Lonely Island's and T-Pain's "I'm on a Boat" while on the Luxe Deluxe cruise ship for spring break. | ||
| 2 | "Run to Break Free" | Jess Furman, Jessica Vaughn, and Dan Whittemore | Ball (Rainbow Dash) | - | Rainbow Dash sings about constantly living life in slow motion. | ||
| 3 | "Find the Magic" | Jarl Aanestad, Jess Furman, and Jessica Vaughn | Evans (Adagio Dazzle), Sharity (Aria Blaze), and Chan-Kent (Sonata Dusk) | - | The Dazzlings perform this song at the Starswirled Music Festival. | ||
| 4 | "Let It Rain" | John Boyd, Jess Furman, and Jessica Vaughn | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | - | Sunset Shimmer performs this song on the Starswirled Music Festival stage during a rainstorm. | ||
| 5 | "Cheer You On" | John Boyd, Jess Furman, and Jessica Vaughn | Vincent Tong (Flash Sentry) | - | Flash Sentry and his band perform this song in the school gymnasium when Micro Chips' out-of-control robot JVJ-24601 goes on a rampage. Flash helps the Equestria Girls as they use their powers to defeat it while continuing to perform the song which praises them in its lyrics. | ||
Other
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer (character)1 | Backing vocals | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "My Little Pony Friends"[15][16] | Daniel Ingram | Lauren Faust, Daniel Ingram |
Kaylee Johnston3 | AJ Woodworth,3 Laura Hastings3 | Original ending credits song for Equestria Girls, replaced by "A Friend for Life"; featured in a music video of the same name, published on Hasbro's YouTube channel on August 14, 2014. |
| 2 | "Perfect Day for Fun" | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram |
Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Evans (Rarity), Libman (Fluttershy), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | - | The Rainbooms spend time together at a carnival; featured in the music video "Perfect Day for Fun!" on June 19, 2014. | |
| 3 | "Friendship Through the Ages" | Daniel Ingram | Shoichet (Twilight Sparkle), Libman (Fluttershy), Evans (Rarity), Ball (Rainbow Dash, Applejack), Chan-Kent (Pinkie Pie) | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | The Rainbooms sing about their everlasting friendship with Sunset Shimmer; featured in the self-titled music video on April 2, 2015. | |
| 4 | "My Past Is Not Today" | Shoichet (Sunset Shimmer) | - | Sunset Shimmer disavows her former life as the bully of Canterlot High School; featured in the self-titled music video on April 2, 2015. | ||
| 5 | "Life Is a Runway" | Evans (Rarity) | Johnston3 | Rarity proclaims her philosophy about empowerment through fashion; featured in the self-titled music video on April 2, 2015. | ||
| 6 | "Equestria Girls Forever" | Jessica Charlotte Vaughn, Jess Furman, Dan Whittemore | Sophia Montero3 | - | A promotional song for the YouTube web series "Equestria Girls: Better Together"; was featured in the music video of the same name on November 24, 2017. | |
1In the case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters (of the first of their characters in case they voice several) start singing.
3The singer is not portraying a character.
Discography
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Soundtracks |
US Kids | ||
| My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
|
— | 15 |
| My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
|
— | 8 |
| My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
|
22 | 12 |
| My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
|
25 | — |
Compilation albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| My Little Pony - Equestria Girls Collection |
|
References
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