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The Pony Music Compo (often referred to as Toast Beard, which was the original website for the competition listings) is a music competition run by sci. It is inspired and somewhat similar to the non-pony One Hour Compos. Several well-known brony musicians participate or used to participate in the competition, including WoodenToaster, Aviators, Jackle App and The Living Tombstone. There are no genre restrictions, but electronic music/techno dominates.

Submission and voting[]

sci suggests one or two themes and a set timelimit by which a composition has to be submitted to him, usually a week. The competition is open to anyone and explicitly encourages bronies without much musical experience to participate as an opportunity to have fun making and listening to music. As a result, not all entries are entirely serious. Both submission and voting take place on a custom chan-derived website.

On the day of the deadline, there is a live chat called "sync-listen", which serves as an occasion to listen to all the entries and comment on them live. Participants in the chat have a set number of days to vote for their favorite songs, giving one point each to them. Composers can vote for themselves and can decline to allocate the maximum number of points, but they can only vote for any given song once. The number of slots varies depending on how many entries there are; the maximum was four for the very first contest, five for subsequent ones up to and including #11, and usually 6-9 afterwards.

To keep the sync-listen time from ballooning and sort out the website's stability issues, composers were first asked to not submit more than two songs per week, and since mid-February 2012, submitting more than one song has been disallowed entirely. Length limits were instituted in April.

Pony Music Compos[]

This is a list of only the main competition installments, not including side projects like "remix wars", speed challenges and random challenges. Contest duration (from the posting of the theme to the submission deadline) is one week, unless noted otherwise. Links may lead to remastered versions that differ from the songs originally submitted to the competition. These competitions are marked with the code "ZIQ".

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#
Theme(s)
Deadline
Entries
Winner
Notes
01 Technical difficulties 2011-06-26 07 3-way tie
02 Battle themes 2011-07-09 14 Jeffthestrider: No Strings Attached duration: 2 weeks
03 Sudden sprouting of wings 2011-07-16 14 General Mumble:
Oh, These Old Things? (now titled Afraid to Get Your Wings Dirty?)
04 Founding of Equestria 2011-07-23 13 2-way tie
05 Fan labor inspiration 2011-08-06 21 Dr Dissonance:
The Night That Never Ended
duration: 2 weeks
06 Creation of rainbows 2011-08-13 23 Interrobang Pie: Rainbow's Blood
07 Spring/Summer/Fall Wrap Up 2011-08-20 20 Tarby:
Ballad of Autumn Dreams
08 Reaction to the unknown 2011-08-27 30 Tarby: Something Broke
09 Drunk ponies 2011-09-03 33 General Mumble: She's a Pony
10 Battling Vinyl Scratch 2011-09-10 26 Jackle App: I Love Everything
11 Best pony 2011-10-08 28 WoodenToaster: Beyond Her Garden
12 Musicians and poison joke 2011-10-15 32 Jackle App:
Griffin Village -- Summer (Remix)
13 End of Equestria 2011-11-05 56 The Living Tombstone: September
14 The good old days;
May the Best Pet Win!
2011-11-26 40 2-way tie duration: 8 days
15 One trick pony;
The Mysterious Mare Do Well
2011-12-03 59 3-way tie
16 Teamwork;
Sweet and Elite
2011-12-10 41 3-way tie
17 Family;
Secret of My Excess
2011-12-17 39 2-way tie
18 Beginnings and ends 2012-01-07 35 Silva Hound:
Eurobeat Brony -- Luna (Remix)
19 Second chances;
Family Appreciation Day
2012-01-14 36 Aviators: Second Chances
20 Future of Equestria;
Baby Cakes
2012-01-21 36 Aviators & Bronyfied:
One Last Letter
21 Background ponies;
The Last Roundup
2012-01-28 53 Aviators: Tonight
22 Idols; The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 2012-02-04 55 Aviators: Just Like You
23 Meant to be;
Read It and Weep
2012-02-11 61 Aviators: Never Back Down
24 The big reveal;
A Friend in Deed
2012-02-25 32 Aviators: Spirit of Chaos
25 Movie theme 2012-03-03 26 Peak Freak:
What a difference a day made
26 Pirates;
Putting Your Hoof Down
2012-03-10 27 Peak Freak: Iron Will
27 Foreign land;
It's About Time
2012-03-17 35 3-way tie
28 Retrospection;
Dragon Quest
2012-03-24 35 2-way tie
29 Team-up;
Hurricane Fluttershy
2012-03-31 20 zorg: Group Melody
30 Space program;
Ponyville Confidential
2012-04-07 33 2-way tie
31 Cutie mark; MMMystery on the Friendship Express 2012-04-14 20 4-way tie
32 Ponies and drugs 2012-04-21 32 General Mumble:
Not That Kind of Party
33 Cross-season mashup 2012-05-05 18 3-way tie
34 Swag 2012-05-12 26 CaptainFluffatun: Want A Hug?
35 Pony robots 2012-05-19 22 2-way tie
36 Best pony race 2012-05-26 17 Marshmelon: One Sea Pony
37 Summer party 2012-06-02 23 Freewave: Fluttershy's Fun Train
38 Steampunk villain 2012-06-09 16 Seventh Element: Flim and Flam's Monster
39 Cyberspace ponies 2012-06-16 19 LyokoFreaks: Supercalculateur
40 Airship battle 2012-06-23 30 LockeStockeAndBaryl: Danger in the Skies of Equestria
41 Corruption 2012-06-30 13 Neon Jalapeño: Cynicism (Unmixed)
42 Video games 2012-07-07 20 2-way tie
43 Sleepytime 2012-07-14 39 3-way tie
44 Parallel universe 2012-07-21 27 Doofcake: Aeternam Luna
45 Gates of Tartarus 2012-07-28 31 Seventh Element: Tartarus
46 Fashion show 2012-08-04 22 StormWolf: Perfect Picture
47 The world according to Pinkie 2012-08-11 26 Cherax Destructor: Window
48 Slow-motion Rainbow Dash 2012-08-18 25 3-way tie
49 Escape of Fluttershy's animals 2012-08-25 23 3-way tie
50 Ponies in trench warfare 2012-09-15 29 Peak Freak: War
51 Twilight's very elaborate fire extinguishing plan 2012-09-22 21 RararaTheFafafa: Fire Detection
52 APPLEJACK BUCKS SOME SPACE APPLES 2012-09-29 23 Seventh Element: Theme of Applejack
53 Write a song about a minor character's breakdown. 2012-10-06 20 Seventh Element: Octavia's Descent Into Madness
54 Discord has managed to escape the show and enter reality. 2012-10-13 18 2-way tie
55 Twilight walks down a street. 2012-10-20 17 Seventh Element:At Twilight's Break (ft.      BluNoseRaindeer)
56 Write a tune about any aspect of Nightmare Night. 2012-10-27 20 Rhyme Flow: DIANE'S CUPCAKES
57 You suddenly find Ponyville completely abandoned.  2012-11-03 21 Seventh Element: Ponyville (WIP)
58 The start of a new adventure. 2012-11-10 22 Peak Freak: Rejuvenation

Episode Responses[]

When the second season started airing, sci added a second regular competition; the themes for the Pony Music Compos remained more specific, but not episode-related, whereas the Episode Responses were broad in that they could be a reaction to anything in whatever new episode aired during the competition period. The Episode Responses were folded into the Pony Music Compos after the sixth installment as alternate themes; of the season 2 episodes, only Hearth's Warming Eve was never given as a theme. Contest duration was one week except where noted otherwise. Links may lead to remastered versions that differ from the songs originally submitted to the competition. Competitions for Season 2 are marked with "ERS" while Season 3 is marked with "ER3".

Season 2
#
Based on episode
Deadline
Entries
Winner
Notes
1 The Return of Harmony Part 1 2011-09-23 14 General Mumble:
Wings & Horns Part 1
duration: 12 days
2 The Return of Harmony Part 2 2011-09-30 16 Interrobang Pie: g
3 Lesson Zero 2011-10-22 28 General Mumble: All Fine
4 Luna Eclipsed 2011-10-29 40 zorg: This is ponyville feat. everyone
5 Sisterhooves Social 2011-11-11 25 The Living Tombstone & Mic The Microphone: Sister Hate
6 The Cutie Pox 2011-11-18 29 d.notive: Mistress Zecora
17 Hearts and Hooves Day 2012-02-18 26 Peak Freak: Her eyes took the place of PMC 24 when the latter was moved back
26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 & 2 2012-04-28 26 Omnipony: My Little Changeling


Season 3
#
Based on episode
Deadline
Entries
Winner
Notes
1 The Crystal Empire - Part 12 2012-11-17 36 Mush: Dark Hearts Rise
3 Too Many Pinkie Pies 2012-11-24 25 AdamTh3Walker: Easy As A Mirror Pool
4 One Bad Apple 2012-12-1 31 AdamTh3Walker: Got A Bully WIP
5 Magic Duel 2012-12-8 24 4-way tie
6 Sleepless in Ponyville 2012-12-15 24 F3nning: Dreamwalker
7 Wonderbolts Academy 2012-12-22 22 SilverPoyozo: Chasing the Wind (WIP)
8 Apple Family Reunion 2012-12-29 25 mycutiemarkisagun: nrab siht esiar

Whatever Compos[]

The "WAT"s are scheduled irregularly, usually by sci, tend to have a shorter contest duration and more "troll entries".

#
Theme
Deadline
Duration
Entries
Winner
1 None 2011-07-03 10 minutes 13 4-way tie
2 Remix of anti-brony opinion 2011-07-23 2 weeks 4 Soupy Derper: Pony Party
3 None 2011-08-28 1 hour 4 sci: hau 2 proper musician
4 Pony personality test 2011-09-01 2 hours 13 KeepOnRockin': Chickenstyle
5 Tonight in Ponyville 2011-09-17 1 hour 18 Omnipony: Night Ambiance and Stars
6 Response to a specific song 2011-10-01 2 days 21 FoozogzPepperBrony: You Just All My Blood (Apocalypse Mix ft. Lauren)
7 Unintended consequences 2011-10-14 2 hours 16 Circuitfry: The Typical Brony Musician
8 Educational music 2011-12-21 2 days 18 Pinkie Guy: A Brief Introduction To Metalcore
9 Remix of a specific song 2011-12-28 2 hours 26 Omnipony: I'm Blue
10 Randomly assigned genre 2012-01-15 4 days 33 Storm Wolf: Japanese Classic Eurobeat Rock
11 Hungarian toddler television music remix 2012-04-30 12 hours 19 4-way tie
12 Fanfare 2012-05-23 30 minutes 17 General Mumble: Fan-fanny-fanfare
13 Unique sound 2012-06-29 4 weeks 10 TheManeElectric: Filter/Delay Madness
14 Specific software implementation 2012-06-24 4 days 11 2-way tie
/ Birthday song 2012-07-05 11 days 19 mycutiemarkisagun: The Great Toastbeard Hip-Hop Mash-Up
10X Randomly assigned genre 2012-08-03 2 weeks 21 General Mumble: Nali
/ Sample pack 2012-07-27 1 hour 11 Doofcake:

Notable Songs[]

Many notable songs have come out of Toast Beard. Even some songs that did not win came to become more famous than the winners later on. An example of such a song is Rainbow Factory.

External link[]

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