Octavia's Heart and Hooves - [PMV] My Little Pony FIM Fan Song

Описание: Hi everypony!

A little general housekeeping first. This is an AI-assisted song created from motifs played by me, which were then rendered by AI to produce stems. Those stems were further processed manually in my DAW, and several instruments were replaced with “real” instruments played by me, including Kurzweil B3 organ, drums, and parts of the orchestra.

Instruments used:
Kurzweil K2600 (Hammond B3 Organ)
Kurzweil K2500 (Orchestra background)
Aturia Synclavier V (Bass lines)
Korg Radias (Various Bleeps and Bloops)
MT Power Drums (Kick / High Hats / Cymbals )

I’m currently in the middle of writing a very intense song (a small clue: it involves Chaos explaining why pain is necessary for growth), and I’m honestly a bit emotionally drained. I decided it was time to have a little fun with this one.

As a foal growing up in the 70s, I got to experience the joy that was disco, and later watched it evolve into dance and techno. It was a strange and fascinating time in musical history, because there are so many examples where the music absolutely does not match the lyrics.

A few classic examples:

“99 Luftballons”
“Every Breath You Take”
“Enola Gay”
“Don’t Stand So Close to Me”
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” (a vampire love song??)

I know many of these fall more into rock or pop, but that lyrical dissonance was very much a style of the era. I figured that if I was going to make a 70s or 80s-style Italo-Disco track that felt authentic, I needed to embrace that same contrast.

It’s Hearts and Hooves Day (or close enough), and Octavia is a character I’ve always loved. She’s a mare after my own heart. When I first started playing music, I began with the violin, so I spent many hours sitting next to cellists… and occasionally having sword fights with our bows between songs.

Octavia is never shown to have a mate or partner. After playing so many concerts for so many audiences, baring her soul night after night, I can only imagine how she might long for someone to share her heart with. What better way to explore that than with a high-energy, happy-sounding Italo-Disco song hiding something a little sad underneath?

I used the electronic music style to hide another meaning in the song. The answer to her plea for love was standing right next to her, looking her in the face all this time. Maybe she’ll finally hear the music born from the fusion of electronic and classical dance together.

Go, Pon-3!

So, if you know an Octavia this Hearts and Hooves Day, spare her an apple and a nuzzle.

Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, everypony!

~Peg


Lyrics:
The streets are bright with red and gold
Linked hooves laughing brave and bold
Every window every sign
Says love has found its perfect time

I take the stage
lights rising high
Silk and strings and steady spine
If hearts are listening - anywhere - Tonight
I’m standing - right here

I give them feeling note by note
Every truth I ever wrote
I make the room remember why
Love still dares to reach the sky

It’s Hearts and Hooves
and here I stand
With all my heart in my own hands
I play for lovers old and new
Still hoping someone plays back too

I dress my longing sharp and bright
Let it shimmer in the light
I give them all - I’m meant to be
Is there a heart meant here for me?

They lean in close
they smile and sway
They share their warmth this perfect day
They say my music makes them feel
They don’t see how much is real

Behind the bow - behind the sound
I’m still the only one unbound
If love is brave then so am I
I won’t be silent. I won’t hide

I’ve played restraint
I’ve played it cool
I’ve followed every polished rule
Tonight I let the tempo run
If hearts are racing - let mine come

It’s Hearts and Hooves!
I won’t pretend
I want a lover. I want a friend.
I’ve poured my soul through oak and string
Now I want more than echoing

I play my hope in daring keys
I let it dance, I let it plead
I’ve given love so endlessly
Won’t someone share this day with me?

So if you hear this melody
And feel it tug unexpectedly
I’m right here, brave and true
On Hearts and Hooves
I’m calling you



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