<P> The film's songs and score were composed by Friendship Is Magic songwriter Daniel Ingram, who first announced at GalaCon 2015 that he would be collaborating with a live studio orchestra for the film . On his songwriting for the film, Ingram said, "I had to challenge myself to push beyond what had been done in the TV show; to write bigger, more epic ." It was stated through the PonyRadioCon panel that the film would have a total of eight original songs . At Hasbro's Toy Fair investor presentation on February 17, 2017, it was announced that there would be seven songs . Around 5,800 pages of sheet music were created for all orchestral parts of the score . Recording for the score began on June 5, 2017, and finished on June 11 . </P> <P> Sia contributed an original song to the film, "Rainbow", which was released as a single on September 15, 2017 . A music video for the song later released by Entertainment Weekly on September 19 . The video was directed by Daniel Askill and features a dance performance by Maddie Ziegler, a previous collaborator with Sia, intercut to scenes from the film . Danish band Lukas Graham also contributed an original song for the film titled "Off to See the World", which was used in the film's first trailer . Other artists included in the album are DNCE and CL . </P> <P> On August 7, 2015, Lionsgate announced that they would distribute and market the film worldwide except in China . The film was showcased at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 10 along with eight other Lionsgate features to help sell the film to international distributors . </P> <P> My Little Pony: The Movie was originally scheduled for release in the United States on November 3, 2017, but it was subsequently moved up to October 6, 2017 . Theatrically, the film was accompanied by a 5 - minute animated short from the Hasbro Studios web series Hanazuki: Full of Treasures . A private premiere screening was held at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater in New York City on September 24, 2017, twelve days prior to the nationwide release date . </P>

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