My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic discography
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated children's television series based on the My Little Pony toyline, created by American toy and game manufacturer Hasbro. The show also has musical elements, featuring songs performed on-screen by its characters in several episodes.
Overall, the series has featured 108 original songs over the course of its nine seasons, not including its main theme "Friendship Is Magic" and the songs from its 2017 film My Little Pony: The Movie. Almost all songs featured in the show were composed by Daniel Ingram. He also became the show's main lyricist starting with season two; other notable lyricists include Amy Keating Rogers, M.A. Larson and the series' showrunner Meghan McCarthy. Lyrics are often written or co-written by the screenwriter of the episode they are featured in.
TV series
Season 1 (2010–11)
| # | Title | Episode | Music | Lyrics | Performer 1 | Backing vocals | Context |
| 0 | Theme song | All | Daniel Ingram | Lauren Faust | Rebecca Shoichet | - | Theme song of the show |
| 1 | "The Laughter Song" | "Friendship Is Magic" | Daniel Ingram | Lauren Faust | Shannon Chan-Kent | - | As Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash are terrified of the Everfree forest, Pinkie Pie convinces them to laugh at scary things instead. |
| 2 | "Pinkie's Gala Fantasy Song" | "The Ticket Master" | Daniel Ingram | Lauren Faust | Shannon Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie Pie fantasizes about the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala. |
| 3 | "The Ticket Song" | "The Ticket Master" | Daniel Ingram | Lauren Faust | Shannon Chan-Kent | Tara Strong 2 | Pinkie Pie attempts to convince Twilight to give her an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala. |
| 4 | "Hop Skip and Jump Song" | "Dragonshy" | William Anderson | Meghan McCarthy | Andrea Libman 2 | - | Pinkie Pie attempts to encourage Fluttershy to jump over a gulf. |
| 5 | "Evil Enchantress Song" | "Bridle Gossip" | William Anderson | Amy Keating Rogers | Libman,2 Blu Mankuma | - | Pinkie Pie sings a song about the infamous Zecora. Later in the episode, she is unable to speak due to a magical plant and makes Fluttershy sing it for her. |
| 6 | "Winter Wrap Up" | "Winter Wrap Up" | Daniel Ingram | Cindy Morrow | Ashleigh Ball, Chan-Kent, Kazumi Evans, Rebecca Shoichet, Libman | Ensemble | Ponyville prepares for their annual Winter Wrap Up and the upcoming arrival of spring. |
| 7 | "Cupcake Song" | "Call of the Cutie" | Daniel Ingram | Meghan McCarthy | Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie Pie teaches Apple Bloom how to make cupcakes. |
| 8 | "Art of the Dress" | "Suited for Success" | Daniel Ingram | Charlotte Fullerton | Evans | Shoichet, Libman, Ball | Rarity makes dresses for the rest of the Mane Six. In a reprise later in the episode, she has trouble keeping up with their demands. |
| 9 | "Hush Now Lullaby" | "Stare Master" | Daniel Ingram | Chris Savino | Libman Michelle Creber | Shoichet3 | Fluttershy sings a lullaby to the Cutie Mark Crusaders to help them fall asleep. Afterwards, Sweetie Belle sings an extremely loud and energetic reprise. |
| 10 | "Cutie Mark Crusaders Song" | "The Show Stoppers" | Daniel Ingram | Cindy Morrow | Madeleine Peters | Creber | The Crusaders perform a musical number for the audience, during which everything goes wrong. |
| 11 | "You Got to Share, You Got to Care" | "Over a Barrel" | Daniel Ingram | Dave Polsky | Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie Pie sings to try to convince the inhabitants of Appleloosa and their enemies, a buffalo herd, to be friends. |
| 12 | "So Many Wonders" | "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" | Daniel Ingram | M.A. Larson | Libman | - | A young Fluttershy discovers animals for the first time. |
| 13 | "Pinkie Pie's Singing Telegram" | "Party of One" | Daniel Ingram | Meghan McCarthy | Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie Pie invites the rest of the Mane Six to her pet alligator Gummy's birthday. |
| 14 | "At the Gala" | "The Best Night Ever" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers | Shoichet, Libman, Ball, Evans, Chan-Kent | The Cypress Singers | The Mane Six each describe their expectations and intentions at the Grand Galloping Gala. |
| 15 | "I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala" | "The Best Night Ever" | Traditional, William Anderson | Amy Keating Rogers | Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie sings her joy to be at the Grand Galoping Gala. |
| 16 | "Pony Pokey" | "The Best Night Ever" | Daniel Ingram, William Anderson | Amy Keating Rogers | Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie Pie tries to brighten the mood at the Grand Galoping Gala, while the rest of the Mane Six each encounter their own problems. |
1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters start singing.
2Not the person usually voicing the character in songs; those are spoken vocals.
3The singer is not portraying a character.
Season 2 (2011–12)
1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters 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.
Season 3 (2012–13)
1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters start singing.2Pinkie Pie just shouts before singing.
Season 4 (2013–14)
| # | Title | Episode | Music | Lyrics | Performer 1 | Backing vocals | Context |
| 45 | "Hearts Strong as Horses" | "Flight to the Finish" | Daniel Ingram | Ed Valentine, Daniel Ingram | Creber, Claire Corlett, Peters | - | The Cutie Mark Crusaders sing about how they will never give up and keep trying to get their cutie marks. |
| 46 | "Bats" | "Bats!" | Daniel Ingram | Merriwether Williams, Daniel Ingram | Ball, Libman, Evans | - | Applejack curses the vampire fruit bats that have infested her orchard and wants to get rid of them, while Fluttershy disapproves and wishes to protect them. |
| 47 | "Generosity" | "Rarity Takes Manehattan" | Daniel Ingram | Dave Polsky, Daniel Ingram | Evans, Ball, Libman | - | Rarity sings about her love of Manehattan and how she wants to be generous to all. In a reprise later in the episode, she laments on how she has failed her friends. |
| 48 | "Apples to the Core" | "Pinkie Apple Pie" | Daniel Ingram | Natasha Levinger, Daniel Ingram | Ball, Creber, St. Germain, Chan-Kent | Peter New | The Apples and Pinkie, who may be a member of their family as well, sing about how happy they are to be a part of the Apple family. |
| 49 | "Glass of Water" | "Three's a Crowd" | Daniel Ingram | Ed Valentine | John de Lancie | McKillip, Strong 2 | While feeling ill and with Twilight and Princess Cadance taking care of him, Discord takes full advantage of their kindness by giving them impossible and nonsensical requests. |
| 50 | "Pinkie the Party Planner" | "Pinkie Pride" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram | Chan-Kent, Brian Drummond, St. Germain, Chantal Strand | Ensemble | Pinkie sings about her happiness at organizing parties, with all the town agreeing on how much they appreciate her. |
| 51 | "The Super Duper Party Pony" | "Pinkie Pride" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram | "Weird Al" Yankovic, Chan-Kent | - | Cheese Sandwich sings about his love of parties and how there is no other party pony like him; while Pinkie shares his joy at first, she ultimately feels left out. |
| 52 | "Pinkie's Lament" | "Pinkie Pride" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Chan-Kent | - | Pinkie feels that now that Cheese is in Ponyville, it seems she is not needed anymore. However, while remembering her favorite parties, she gains newborn determination and decides to reclaim her title as premiere party planner. |
| 53 | "The Goof Off" | "Pinkie Pride" | Daniel Ingram, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jaromír Vejvoda, traditional | Daniel Ingram, Amy Keating Rogers | Libman 5, Yankovic | - | Pinkie and Cheese face each other in a "goof-off" of which Rainbow Dash is the judge. |
| 54 | "Cheese Confesses" | "Pinkie Pride" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Amy Keating Rogers | Yankovic, Chan-Kent | - | Cheese confesses that in truth, he became a party pony thanks to Pinkie, whom he witnessed a party thrown by when he was a young colt. The song then turns into a duet with Pinkie, as they sing about their happiness to both be party ponies. |
| 55 | "Make a Wish" | "Pinkie Pride" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Chan-Kent | - | The characters finally celebrate Rainbow Dash's birthday. |
| 56 | "Music in the Treetops" | "Filli Vanilli" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Libman | Evans, New, Jerrica Santos, Danny Balkwill, Crawford Doran3 | Fluttershy sings a song while happily taking care of her animals. In a reprise at the end of the episode, she sings with The Pony Tones as a quintet. |
| 57 | "Find the Music in You" | "Filli Vanilli" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | New Marcus Mosley | Evans, Jerrica Santos, Danny Balkwill, Crawford Doran3 | A song performed by the group The Pony Tones several times in the episode:
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| 58 | "Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic" | "Leap of Faith" | Daniel Ingram | Josh Haber,Daniel Ingram | Vincent, McNeil, Ian James Corlett | St. Germain, crowd | The Flim Flam Brothers present their new invention, the Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic, causing radically different reactions from the members of the Apple family. |
| 59 | "The Rappin' Hist'ry of the Wonderbolts" | "Testing Testing 1, 2, 3" | William Anderson | Amy Keating Rogers | Libman 2 | Jim Miller, Jayson Thiessen | The Mane Six all try their own method to teach Rainbow Dash the history of the Wonderbolts; Pinkie's method is a rap song. |
| 60 | "You'll Play Your Part" | "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Meghan McCarthy | Shoichet, Oliver, Evans, McKillip | - | Although grateful, Twilight feels she has yet to find her true purpose as a princess of Equestria. The three other princesses reassure her that she will find her role. |
| 61 | "Let the Rainbow Remind You" | "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Meghan McCarthy | Shoichet, Libman | Ball, Chan-Kent, Evans | After Twilight has found her role as the Princess of Friendship and is given a new castle, the Mane Six sing about their unity and the magic of friendship. |
1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters start singing.
2Not the person usually voicing the character in songs; those are spoken vocals.
3The singer is not portraying a character.
5Not the person usually voicing the character in songs.
Season 5 (2015)
| # | Title | Episode | Music | Lyrics | Performer 1 | Backing vocals | Context |
| 62 | "In Our Town" | "The Cutie Map" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Kelly Sheridan | Ensemble | Starlight Glimmer and her followers perform a song to convince the Mane Six of how perfect their town is and how everyone there is equal. |
| 63 | "Make This Castle a Home" | "Castle Sweet Castle" | Daniel Ingram, David Corman6 | Daniel Ingram, Joanna Lewis, Kristine Songco | Ball, Evans, Libman, Chan-Kent | - | The rest of the Mane Six work together to redecorate Twilight's new castle. |
| 64 | "I'll Fly" | "Tanks for the Memories" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Cindy Morrow | Ball | - | Refusing to let her pet tortoise hibernate as winter is coming, Rainbow Dash tries in vain to stop the arrival of winter. |
| 65 | "Rules of Rarity" | "Canterlot Boutique" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram | Evans | - | Rarity initially rejoices about her newborn success in fashion. However, she becomes dillusioned when she realizes that her work is now limited to sewing the same one dress over and over; ultimately, she finds her inspiration once again. |
| 66 | "Sisterhood" | "Brotherhooves Social" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Creber, New | - | Apple Bloom and Big McIntosh sing together as a part of the Sisterhooves Social competition; Big McIntosh, who is pretending to be Apple Bloom's fake female cousin in order to participate, sings in falsetto. |
| 67 | "We'll Make Our Mark " | "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Amy Keating Rogers | Creber, Corlett, Peters | - | The Cutie Mark Crusaders re-affirm once again their strong will, and that they will never give up on searching for their cutie marks. |
| 68 | "The Vote" | "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Amy Keating Rogers | Creber, Corlett, Peters, Strand, Chan-Kent | Ensemble | As the school ponies must elect their new president, the Crusaders try to convince the school to vote for their classmate Pipsqueak while Diamond Tiara tries to convince them to reelect herself. |
| 69 | "The Pony I Want to Be" | "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Amy Keating Rogers | Strand | - | Heartbroken by her loss in the election, her best friend Silver Spoon turning on her and the anger of her mother regarding her defeat, Diamond Tiara reveals that she secretly wishes to be a better pony. |
| 70 | "Light of Your Cutie Mark" | "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Strand, Creber, Corlett, Peters | - | As Diamond Tiara is on her way to seize the opportunity to replace Pipsqueak as president, the Crusaders try to dissuade her. |
| 71 | "The Pony I Want to Be " | "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Strand | - | The now reformed Diamond Tiara gets her fellow students to help repair the damaged playground. |
| 72 | "We'll Make Our Mark" | "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Amy Keating Rogers | Creber, Corlett, Peters, Ball, Evans, Strand 7 | Ball | Having finally obtained their long-awaited cutie marks, the Crusaders are congratulated by their loved ones and look towards the future and the adventures awaiting them. |
| 73 | "Equestria, the Land I Love" | "The Mane Attraction" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers | Lena Hall | - | A young Coloratura sings her love of Equestria, with Applejack playing the guitar. |
| 74 | "The Spectacle" | "The Mane Attraction" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram | Lena Hall | - | A now famous and barely recognizable Coloratura performs a pop song; her former friend, Applejack, has trouble believing it. |
| 75 | "The Magic Inside" | "The Mane Attraction" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers, Daniel Ingram | Lena Hall | - | Having realized that she can be her true self both on stage and in her life, Coloratura opens herself to her fans for the first time. |
| 76 | "Equestria, the Land I Love " | "The Mane Attraction" | Daniel Ingram | Amy Keating Rogers | Hall, Creber, Corlett, Peters | - | Coloratura lets the Crusaders join her on stage and performs with them. |
| 77 | "Friends Are Always There for You" | "The Cutie Re-Mark" | Daniel Ingram | Josh Haber, Daniel Ingram | Sheridan, Shoichet | Ball, Chan-Kent, Evans, Libman | The now reformed Starlight Glimmer realizes that even after all her mistakes, she can still find true friendship; the Mane Six happily accept her as their new friend. |
1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters start singing.
6Corman is credited for the guitar and mandolin parts only.
7Diamond Tiara's part in this song is for a deleted verse only.
Season 6 (2016)
| # | Title | Episode | Music | Lyrics | Performer 1 | Backing vocals | Context |
| 78 | "Out on My Own" | "On Your Marks" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Josh Haber, Dave Polsky | Creber | - | As the Crusaders decide to do things apart from each other from the first time, Apple Bloom has trouble dealing with her loneliness. |
| 79 | "Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again" | "A Hearth's Warming Tail" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel | Libman, Ball, Chan-Kent, Evans | Ensemble | Ponyville rejoices as they prepare to celebrate Hearth's Warming Eve. |
| 80 | "Say Goodbye to the Holiday" | "A Hearth's Warming Tail" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel | Sheridan | - | In a story within a story, Snowfall Frost schemes to make Hearth's Warming Eve disappear forever. |
| 81 | "The Seeds of the Past" | "A Hearth's Warming Tail" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel | Ball ; Ball and Sheridan | - | The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Past visits Frost and travels with her to the past to find out how she came to hate the holiday. |
| 82 | "Pinkie's Present" | "A Hearth's Warming Tail" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel | Chan-Kent | - | The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents teaches Frost the joy of giving and receiving presents during Hearth's Warming Eve. The song also features a tap dance section. |
| 83 | "Luna's Future" | "A Hearth's Warming Tail" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Michael Vogel | Aloma Steele | - | The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come warns Frost that should her plan to make Hearth's Warming Eve disappear work, there would be no love and joy left and the world would be at the mercy of windigos. |
| 84 | "Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again " | "A Hearth's Warming Tail" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Michael Vogel | Sheridan | Shoichet, Ball, Chan-Kent, Evans, Libman, Weseluck, Creber, Corlett, Peters, New, Ensemble | Finally convinced of the importance of Hearth's Warming Eve, Starlight celebrates the holiday with the rest of Ponyville. |
| 85 | "I Can Do It on My Own" | "Flutter Brutter" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Dave Rapp | Libman, Ryan Beil, Ball | - | Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash encourage Zephyr Breeze to gain confidence in himself and live a fulfilling life. |
| 86 | "It's Gonna Work" | "Spice Up Your Life" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel | Evans, Chan-Kent | - | While Rarity tries to help the Tasty Treat owner Coriander Cumin to improve his restaurant, Pinkie does the same with his daughter and co-worker Saffron Masala; unfortunately, neither realizes that they have contradicting visions on how to improve it. |
| 87 | "Derby Racers" | "The Cart Before the Ponies" | Daniel Ingram | Ed Valentine, Daniel Ingram | Ball, Evans, Creber, Corlett, Peters | Nicole Oliver, Ensemble | During the annual Applewood Derby, the Cutie Mark Crusaders regret having asked Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Applejack for their help as they do not race the way each intended to; oblivious of the younger one's feelings, the trio enjoys the race. |
| 88 | "A Changeling Can Change" | "The Times They Are a Changeling" | Daniel Ingram | Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt | Weseluck | - | Spike sings to convince the ponies at the Crystal Empire that Thorax, a member of the usually evil changelings, is reformed. |
| 89 | "Find the Purpose in Your Life" | "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks" | Daniel Ingram | Ed Valentine, Daniel Ingram | Corlett, Peters, Creber, Erin Mathews | - | The Cutie Mark Crusaders decide to help Gabby the griffon find her cutie mark and the purpose in her life. |
1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters start singing.
Season 8 (2018)
For the final two seasons of the show, Daniel Ingram was able to use the Nashville Scoring Orchestra to perform all of the songs.| # | Title | Episode | Music | Lyrics | Performer | Backing vocals | Context |
| 95 | "School of Friendship" | "School Daze - Part 1" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel | Shoichet, Ball, Libman, Chan-Kent, Evans and ensemble | - | The Mane Six open a school to teach other ponies and creatures about friendship. However, Twilight's friends lose confidence as teachers as she forces them to teach "by the book", which loses their students' interest. |
| 96 | "Friendship Always Wins" | "School Daze - Part 2" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Nicole Dubuc | Shoichet, Devyn Dalton, Gavin Langelo, Evans, Ball, Libman, Chan-Kent, Weseluck, Sheridan | - | The School of Friendship is reopened and run the way the Mane Six truly envision it, bringing the other species together in harmony. |
| 97 | "Your Heart is in Two Places" | "Surf and/or Turf" | Daniel Ingram | Brian Hohlfeld | Creber, Corlett, and Arielle Tuliao | - | Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle have differing opinions on where Terramar should live. |
| 98 | "Friendship U" | "Friendship University" | Daniel Ingram | Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt | Vincent, McNeil, and Strong | Choir | Flim and Flam tout the virtues of their university. |
| 99 | "We're Friendship Bound" | "Road to Friendship" | Daniel Ingram | Josh Haber | Sheridan and Barr | - | Starlight Glimmer and Trixie embark on a road trip to Saddle Arabia. |
| 100 | "A Kirin Tale" | "Sounds of Silence" | Daniel Ingram | Jim Miller, Nicole Dubuc | Rachel Bloom | - | Autumn Blaze sings about the Kirin lifestyle, why her kind went silent and what led her to live on her own. |
| 101 | "Just Can't Be a Dragon Here" | "Father Knows Beast" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram, Josh Haber | Dave Pettitt | - | Sludge teaches Spike how to live like a dragon raised in the Dragon Lands. |
Films
''My Little Pony: The Movie'' (2017)
The six songs that Daniel Ingram wrote made use of the Nashville Scoring Orchestra for their performance.1In case of several characters providing lead vocals, the performers are listed in the order in which their characters start singing.
2Not the person usually voicing the character in songs; those are spoken vocals.
3The singer is not portraying a character.
Specials
''My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever'' (2018)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer | Backing vocals | Context |
| 117 | "One More Day" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel, Daniel Ingram | Shoichet, Libman, Ball, Evans, Chan-Kent, Weseluck, and choir | - | The residents of Ponyville are getting ready for Hearth's Warming Eve. |
| 118 | "The True Gift of Gifting" | Daniel Ingram | Michael Vogel, Daniel Ingram | Weseluck and Shoichet | Libman, Ball, Evans, Chan-Kent, and choir | First part sung by Spike when he confesses to Rarity that the gift he gave her was the only one he could give. Second part sung by Twilight Sparkle and her friends when they realize friendship's the best gift of all. |
''My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip'' (2019)
| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Performer | Backing vocals | Context |
| 119 | "Rainbow Roadtrip" | Daniel Ingram | Daniel Ingram | Shylo Sharity3 | - | Opening sequence and end credits. |
| 120 | "The End of the Rainbow" | Daniel Ingram | Nicole Dubuc, Daniel Ingram | Ian Hanlin | - | Mayor Sunny Skies sings about the town of Hope Hollow during its heyday, its former Rainbow Festival, and subsequent decline. |
| 121 | "Living in Color" | Daniel Ingram | Nicole Dubuc, Daniel Ingram | Shoichet, Ball, Evans, Libman, Chan-Kent, Racquel Belmonte, Terry Klassen, and Veena Sood | Choir | Alongside the Mane Six, the ponies of Hope Hollow celebrate the Rainbow Festival again and the colors returning to the town. |
3The singer is not portraying a character.