<P> Michel Gagné joined the film as an effects animator on April 2, 2016, taking an eight - month hiatus from an animated Spider - Man movie made by Sony Pictures Animation . In early October 2016, Gagné reported that Nik Gipe was hired onto the film's staff as his assistant . He also mentioned that the film was being animated using Toon Boom Harmony instead of the usual animation software Adobe Flash that is used in the television series . According to art director Rebecca Dart, they wanted to keep to the look and feel of the television show, and the use of Toon Boom Harmony enabled them to add "simple yet impactful changes" to the designs for the big screen, such as depth and shadows for their eyes and ears, and the impression of heart - shaped indentations on the bottom of their hooves . The production of the film ended by July 29, 2017 . </P> <P> The production crew used simple 3D modeling in Autodesk Maya as to determine camera locations, lens, and angles, rough lighting, character and prop placement, and which way the characters would be looking and expressing . The pre-visualization crew were able to use the 3D backdrops that became more detailed throughout the film's development to integrate the simple 3D character models, and then were able to test the Toon Boom animations on top of these scenes using the placement established by Maya, helping to speed up the production . </P> <P> The film's official soundtrack was released on September 22, 2017 by RCA Records . </P> <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>

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