Hasbro is releasing the EP My Little Pony Theme Song (Sped Up + lofi remixes) as part of its 40th anniversary marketing campaign for the MLP brand. This soundtrack album features three different versions of the 1986 My Little Pony theme song (normal, sped up, lo-fi), plus instrumental versions, for a total of six tracks.
At time of writing, the album has just been released in New Zealand, where it is already past midnight on July 7, 2023, and will become available worldwide over the next 24 hours. The album is available on music streaming services including Spotify, YouTube Music and Apple Music.
The version of the theme song used here seems to be a re-recording, and not the actual version from the TV show. The instrumental portion is recreated decently, though not totally accurately (e.g. the G minor chords at 0:13, 0:18 and 0:28 have been changed to B-flat major chords, and the song's digital production makes it almost a little too clean-sounding). The vocals, now sung by Mona Rue, sound quite different, and she performs some harmonies that aren't present in the original.
I imagine Hasbro probably doesn't have the original master tapes anymore, or maybe it wasn't worth it for Hasbro to track them down. Who knows?
Track list
- Track 1 – My Little Pony Theme Song (0:36)
- Track 2 – My Little Pony Theme Song - Sped Up (0:34)
- Track 3 – My Little Pony Theme Song - lofi remix (0:53)
- Track 4 – My Little Pony Theme Song (Instrumental) (0:36)
- Track 5 – My Little Pony Theme Song - Sped Up (Instrumental) (0:34)
- Track 6 – My Little Pony Theme Song - lofi remix (Instrumental) (0:53)
Credits
- Lead vocalist: Mona Rue (tracks 1–3)
- Producer: Stefan Lit (tracks 1 & 4), Joshua Sadlier-Brown (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6)
- Composers: Anne Bryant, Barry Harman, Ford Kinder
- Mastering engineer: Dan Coutant
- Mixer: Ryan Gilligan
- Music publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Twitter: @_overcast07
