Original by Daniel Ingram: http://derpy.me/nYdUz
Vocalist (MEMJ's channel): http://derpy.me/H1Axo
Artwork by Genji Kim: http://derpy.me/Bitzb

Short but sweet re-orchestration of Daniel Ingram's work. Yes, it's been months since the finale, but some people (I mean "I") wanted a more grandiose instrumental. At first I told myself I wasn't going to cover a song because it's already orchestral. But I remade it anyways, and I spent way more time on this than I needed to.

The few existing instrumentals that were out there weren't very dynamic to me. Stuff was missing, or it was too electronic (particularly the trumpet staccatos). Also the original had dialogue in it and there was no way to get a clear-cut instrumental. Basically, I felt it needed to be even more orchestral than even Daniel Ingram's version.
But that's my opinion.

And one day I was bored so I decided to make this instrumental sound more grandiose than the original.

Of course I needed a very talented vocalist, and luckily MEMJ was so nice, she lent me several takes of her voice (And what a perfect take)! It's scary how close her voice is to Celestia's.
Old Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCib2rrLZ0o

Yes, I'm showing off LASS and Symphonic Choirs and even a bit of Drums of War. But that's a good thing.

More collabs will show up in the upcoming summer months too. Let's say this one is practice for some amazing stuff that I plan to complete pretty soon.

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/the-carbon-maestro/celestias-ballad-feat-memj


Pony.fm Download: (Don't forget to sign up for Pony.fm because I told you so!)
http://pony.fm/tracks/713-celestias-ballad-vocals-by-memj
Instrumental Only:
http://pony.fm/tracks/712-celestias-ballad-instrumental