A Tale of Two Sisters

[ginnonifu]

Oh my god, who knows where I can find the sheet music for this on the piano?

[upchuck42]

what is luna holding?

[alex9292007]

@upchuck42 a sword...she's gonna kill ya :D

[upchuck42]

@alex9292007 no i mean in the other hand, her right.

[alex9292007]

@upchuck42 ummmm maybe a mask or something i don't know..or maybe a moon rock!

[Nooblaster56]

THIS

THIS RIGHT HERE

DESERVES MORE VIEWS!

Someone post this to Equestria Daily

[WoWponytrain]

My absolute favorite piece of music ever in the whole world. It flows so beautifully and really connects with the whole story and Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............­............ the list goes on! is it on iTunes???

[shieldkirby]

@jeffthestrider I'm making a fan made short film about the battle between Luna and Celestia. Can I please use the song? I'll give you credit of course :)

[Jeffthestrider]

@shieldkirby Yeah, that'd be cool!

[shieldkirby]

@Jeffthestrider Thank you! :D

[upchuck42]

brings a tear to my eye.

[Swordflash4]

Oh come on! How am I supposed compete with that?!?!?!

[Buchaus]

Wow...even if I weren't a brony I would have to share this. Incredible piece of work you've got here.

[TheBlasianAsian]

This is so epic with snow turned on

[acidicfreind]

i am luna

[SapareStoll]

I need more good instrumental music while writing... and this is a good piece, liked and faved for sure. Good job.

[JMasterKBay2]

A war? Well that would explain why the mane 6 know what tanks are and what they look like. Anyway great job on the song it was really amazing :)

[superbros15]

3:40 made me lol

[Swampertdude56]

All I can say is how did I not see this before...

I don't like making comparisons between brony musicians because all of them (you included) are much, much more talented and creative than I am. This, I wanted to say though, is worthy to go in my Master Playlist alongside with Makkon's work.

I really don't have any adjectives to describe how much I love this song. It's just that good.

[bieberle4]

0 dislikes... time to change that MUWAHHAHAHAHAHAH!! JK lovs ponys is me

[breaksystembse]

It's unearthly how these Bronies have soooo much talent...:D

[shinglesofzeflute]

The story:

Celestia and Luna created a mighty empire which spanned across all of equestria. Celestia would bring forth a graceful, yet powerful day. Alongside her, Luna would call up a dark and strident night.

As time went on, the two sisters become separate factions, and their conflicting views brought about civil war. After an era of devastating war, Luna and Celestia finally let go of their differences, and accepted each other as sisters, as they once had.

Thus, the union of day and night.

[Scorchfur]

JJ's work always seems to turn up everywhere, human luna ftw

[narr40]

why must we humifie ponys

[Jeffthestrider]

@narr40 I normally don't care for humanized ponies, but the two in the video were so well done that I wanted to include them.

[SarujinieUras]

@narr40 personification: MAXIMUM LEVEL

[Xel963]

@narr40 Because we like toe ponyfy ourself... So why do it to them as well?

[minecraftmaster34]

@narr40 why not?

[Nooblaster56]

i ragequit music when there is someone of your talent hogging the floor. Bravo =)

[Jeffthestrider]

@Nooblaster56 Ah thanks. I know the feeling when Glaze or Makkon release another song. But I wouldn't ragequit, how will you ever get better?

[xvxtobyxvx]

@Jeffthestrider Jeff, I say you're better then them, But even if you're not, You're music is so unique. You're the only person that makes this orchestral music that I love so much! Nopony can replace you.

[qwentin356]

i should be at school right now but i have to hear this one more time, OMG it's amazing up to 5:17, then after, there is no word in my lexicon to describe it, brilliant, I am green with envy, so from this point forward I will go through all your vids and dislike them because clearly you hacked life to do this.

[UsernameMadeNChina]

I teared up at the end. :')

[PBM4EMAPAHCNMDHSRNW]

Jeff, I'm digging your stuff so far lol

[Pyrobug0]

This is absolutely amazing. I love the reworking of the theme song, and the way it changes tone through the story of the song. It conveys its emotions perfectly. This is one of my favorite MLP fan songs to date.

[mcblane13]

And so it begins. My MLP playlist reaches 200 videos and now I must decide whether or not adding a new video is worth it to replace an old one.

[MrNorringtonmyiPOD]

@mcblane13 Just creat a new one. That's what I did. :D

[or888]

Well Done

[Durgeman]

Amazing! 

[SeberHusky]

Where'd you get all those Pony propaganda posters from?

[Jeffthestrider]

@SeberHusky All art credits and links in the video description. WhirlyWillow did the Lunar Republic/Solar Empire posters, The Obama ones are a link on memebase, and procaballus did the center one.

[Sparkz1607]

Oh my god, I loved the ending <=)... I love songs that end on an F note. It gives a sense of "Everything turned out O.K."

[Jeffthestrider]

@Sparkz1607 Actually, I think it has more to do with the last note's relation to the previous notes in the key. The key is F major for the last part, and the preceding notes are A F G E F, which is fairly common. The 2nd to last note being a leading tone right before the tonic note is what gives it the sense of finality.

[scarletmisfit]

I like how you emphasize the change between themes with the artwork changes. This is a really pretty composition.

[ForeverOdin]

Simply awesome! It progresses so fluidly, and really feels like it tells an ever-shifting story. And I especially love when it takes some bits from the main theme. Very nice work as always.

[LynnSerp]

All

Of

My

Yes.

[EpicZantetsuken]

THIS

THIS RIGHT HERE

this is why i am so happy i became a brony.

so that i could hear things like this.

[L4m3ness]

Hm.. guess I listened to this 2h already, so I guess I like it.

I love the art slideshow, the transition in the beginning (0:20) and between Tia and Luna (1:04) and how you mixed in the main theme.

[MCtinRad]

Ok, this is really cool.

[Darksqueee]

Absolutely fantastic, Jeff. I'd say this is definitely the best piece you've made, and I'm incredibly honored that you continue to release music of this quality for everyone to hear.

[Jeffthestrider]

@Darksqueee Thanks, I'm glad you think it's the best.  I'm always trying to improve!

[Polaris118n2]

Magnificent! 

[UsurperKingZant]

I really like how this includes a bit of the opening theme's music

[nightoflust]

what software do you use?

Awesome work as always

[Jeffthestrider]

@nightoflust FL Studio 10, Nexus for the piano and pretty much Kontakt for the rest. Atlantis for one of the percussive noises.

[patrickstella94]

I love this! One of your best tracks so far, you seem to only get better and better. I'm no music expert, but I found surprising how you could keep everything harmonious: even with all the instruments and the mood shifting, there wasn't one bit of the song that didn't sound awesome.

[mustangdreamer55]

...I can't even describe how much I'm in love with this....

[Tosxychor]

*30 seconds in*

*likes, faves and downloads*

Wow, this was enthralling. Thanks so much for sharing! ^^

[NFUS01]

This song sounds amazing on a good set of speakers, such quality and range of instruments.

I think this song really does tell a story, I can't describe it, but I know it's there...

[Nightfire969]

Once again, this is some amazing work. I can definitely see myself listening to this again and again.

[psychgoth]

I approve of this so very freakin hard. It actually sounds closer to film score than most of my music. and it tells the story very well. although the pictures do help tell it a great deal. I very much love the combination of piano and drums. Such a mixture is very hard to come by. The only other time I heard that was when Malice Mizer played "Regret" live at their big concert in 1998.

[Jeffthestrider]

@psychgoth Thanks, Homestuck is a fairly big influence. Those guys have some real talent for musical pieces that help the story along. Especially Clark Powell. He mixes piano and percussive sounds pretty well.

[ricardogriva]

It is so awesome! (sniff)

I love all these amazing pictures, GOOD WORK!

[LEPShot262]

What in Celestia's name made you think it was a good idea to post this at 1am? Even so, it's amazing! Keep it up!

[Jeffthestrider]

@LEPShot262 Hey, it was 11pm here. Mountain time is best time!

[destroyka777]

@Jeffthestrider I agree, mountain time is best time.

[MusashiKagehide]

@Jeffthestrider Bow before your Central time overlords!

[ShadyLeprechaun93]

@Jeffthestrider You're all in the wrong time zones! Come back to EST, where it's warm and safe and the world works the way it should be.

[DerpyTwizzle]

Sweet yes everything.

[OriganalPie]

OH SHIT SON.