It's hard to deny the power of NieR's music. Keiichi Okabe (and his company MONACA) created something remarkable in 2010 with the music of NieR Gestalt & Replicant. In 2017, lightning struck again with the soundtrack for NieR: Automata, a masterwork of instrumentation and emotion. There's a reason you can search for "NieR" on VGMdb and get over fifty results worth of albums. Original soundtracks, arrangements, multiple concert performances, and rare albums begin to cover the official releases. Then with people like Sean Schafianski, ROZEN + REVEN, and Ferdk, there's a wide variety of unofficial arrangements as well.
The point is, there's a reason NieR and its music is so widely celebrated, and it's high time Rhythm Encounter had a show about it. So join Mike and the RPGFan NieR megafans Alana, Zach, and Patrick for a peek into the wide and varied world of music found in the NieR series.
Featuring: Mike Salbato, Alana Hagues, Zach Wilkerson, Patrick Gann; Edited by Jonathan Logan
Links for this episode
Tracklist
0:03:53 - Kainé (Salvation) (Keiichi Okabe) - NieR OST
0:06:53 - Mourning (Keiichi Okabe) - NieR:Automata OST
0:37:07 - Repose (arranged by SEXY-SYNTHESIZER) - NieR Tribute Album -echo-
0:43:34 - Ikō (Authority) (Keiichi Okabe) - NieR Re[in]carnation
1:09:04 - Vague Hope - Cold Rain (arranged by Sean Schafianski) - CHAMBER WORKS - NieR Automata
1:12:31 - Gods Bound by Rules (arranged by Kumi Tanioka) - Piano Collections NieR Gestalt & Replicant
1:39:27 - The Sound of the End (MONACA) - NieR Music Concert Blu-ray
1:42:50 - Orchestra: Weight of the World (Keiichi Okabe) - NieR:Automata Orchestral Arrangement Album
2:20:25 - Zach's Bonus Track!
Album Links
CHAMBER WORKS – NieR Automata
NieR: Automata Orchestral Arrangement Album
NieR: Automata Original Soundtrack
NieR Gestalt & Replicant Original Soundtrack
NieR Music Concert Blu-ray
NieR Re[in]carnation Original Soundtrack
NieR Tribute Album -echo-
Piano Collections NieR Gestalt & Replicant
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