Wish You Were Here
Music: Terry Sampson
Lyrics: Lorraine Feather
a. (Rarity the Unicorn, voiced by Cathy Weseluck)
How we wish you were here,
If you could appear right here, what fun!
How we wish you were here,
To play in the all day sun!
May we… de-deedle-dee… de dee-deedle-dee,
Make one thing clear?
We do… do-doodle-do… wish you-doodle-do
Were here!
b. (Cheerilee, voiced by Tracey Moore)
This is where rainbows all are born,
Try asking any unicorn.
La laa la, laa-ly lally loo,
Every unicorn knows it’s true!
c. (Rainbow Dash, voiced by Venus Terzo)
Our crystal carriage is nice and wide
If you were here, we all could ride.
So shi-i-i-iny, so wi-i-ide,
We know you’d love the ri-i-ide.
Parts
All parts sing their verses normally, but the parts interleave and repeat. Rarity’s is sung at about twice the rate of Cheerilee’s and Rainbow Dash’s.
The main animated
Wish You Were Here song has the following arrangement, which is so very nearly the numbers 1 to 7 in binary notation. However, a musical interval steals the 6, and I now realize that this is what was bugging me all along.
1 2 4
a
= 1
b
= 2
a b
= 3
c
= 4
a c
= 5
←
aaargh! Missing 6!
a b c
= 7
Rainbow Dash’s part is rather quiet in the final bit, but it’s there. The
end credits have a different, simpler arrangement:
a
b
c
a b c
Your orchestral adaption of this song really brightened my days!
Especially did I love the Rarity’s part.
Well, if you do get a chance,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dns1ZPYDZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0CuwS651Io
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQYLxEbk6-F8UqV9xQ_Aqw
If I weren’t on hold with the US government right now I would be rushing over so hard to find your work and listen to it.