At long last. The fully orchestrated battle of the all too well known event of Celestia and Luna vs the Lord of Chaos, ultimately deciding Equestria's fate. And Pony.fm hears it first, one day before all other locations! So this happened. Just this last week I ordered some new music software, (The Complete Composers Collection 2, by EWQL to be exact.) This came with their best software for orchestral composition, and this inspired me and gave me the ability to write a song I have dreamed of writing for a very long time... a song originally title "Chaos and Harmony," Harmonize is a project that I completed over the course of 5 days, record time for a song like this. I worked almost non-stop all five of those days, only taking breaks to work on other projects. Ultimately, the result is freakishly satisfying, and without a doubt my greatest work. There's nothing more to say really, other than how awesome to artists of these four pieces of work featured in the album art are. Full credit belongs to them for creating each one respectively! 'Confrontation' (cropped) - By Famosity: http://famosity.deviantart.com/art/Confrontation-305742956 An amazing picture that really gives an excellent start to an incoming battle. This was the first of the pictures I discovered and has always held a special place in my heart as a prelude to awesome! Awesome work by this artist, capturing the personalities of each character involved. 'MLP: Discord and Celestia' (Cropped/adjusted) - MattWilson83: http://mattwilson83.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Discord-and-Celestia-264408340 A very impressive displaying some great action and effects! I found this piece and I immediately knew I must have it! There were very few images depicting Celestia and Discord that I liked, and this one took the cake, displaying both a hint of battle and thought. Great work Matt! 'Bravery in Small Packages' (cropped) - AmazonMandy: http://amazonmandy.deviantart.com/art/Bravery-in-Small-Packages-262256369 My jaw dropped when I saw this image. I had never seen a depiction like this, and I fell in love with it immediately. It gave Luna the chance to shine she truly needed, and in fact shaped a large amount of the story behind this song. This art is practically the inspiration here. Amazing work displaying a beautiful amount of emotion, featuring sadness and fear, but determination and courage. 'Cataclysm' (cropped) - Rubi-Era: http://rubi-era.deviantart.com/art/world-of-ponycraft-cataclysm-267928895 Speechless. Absolutely. Bucking. Speechless. I found this image last of the four, and it was the last on the list in terms of suitable for the song. The finale, the climactic finisher of Celestia and Luna vs Discord. I was hugely upset when I discovered the artist was inactive at both DeviantArt *and* derpibooru. Regardless, I simply couldn't go without using this. I apologize ahead of time to the artist for using this without asking, but I could not find any means of contact. If you're reading this, you're awesome. Beyond belief. 'Nuff said. Each of these artists is unique in their own way, and I'd like to thank them for giving me permission to use their art in this work. (excluding Cataclysm.) The story behind this is as follows: Prelude: Celestia and Luna have been preparing to battle Discord using the Elements of Harmony, but the night before it begins, Celestia seeks to defeat him herself for herself and leaves to battle... Confrontation, so this is what it has come to... Celestia and Discord are now facing off, and after a brief discussion regarding why things have gone this way, the battle ensues. The battle has begun, and Celestia seems to immediately gain the upper hand! She has not even used the Elements of Harmony and things are going perfectly! Discord seems to be having difficulty keeping up with her. But suddenly... "Play time is over, 'Tia.'" Discord suddenly lashes out, and turns the tables immediately. Now Discord appears to be winning! In a desperate attempt to defeat her opponent, Celestia turns to the elements of Harmony and- they fail. The elements will not work for her! Celestia's strength begins to fade, and Discord sends her to the ground helplessly. "I will not let you touch her!" Luna arrives out of nowhere, and with a burst of magic and energy holds Discord back on her own! The younger sister is outmatched, but regardless she fights to stop Discord from finishing off Celestia! Celestia begins to recover, and witnesses her sister fighting. Realizing her mistake in fighting alone, the Elements of Harmony begin to glow, and Celestia charges in to join her sister in one last push! The Elements do their work, and Discord slowly turns to stone! Desperately unleashing one last, odd burst of magic against Luna, the stone reaches his head and the Lord of Chaos falls silent... Celestia and Luna lay there, exhausted, but overjoyed with their victory. Celestia apologizes to her sister, and thanks her sincerely for saving her life. Luna appears dazed though, and uncertain. Luna brushes it off as nothing, but nonetheless Celestia worries for her sister... I hope you all enjoy this piece, and that you will support me in other orchestral-cinematics to come. ~Silver Marcato, Marcato Sound.~
