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Linear Notes from Nier composer Keiichi Okabe

Hello, this is Okabe, from MONACA. To begin, I’d like to thank you for buying this Nier arrange album. Probably, most of you have already bought the original soundtrack, right? At the beginning, we weren’t sure if a soundtrack would even be released, but thanks to the efforts of the staff and the encouragement of so many fans, the release arrived. I would never have imagined that even an arranged album would be released, and I am sure that it is thanks to the support of the fans and all of you who bought the original soundtrack. I am truly grateful. Thank you very much.

And now to the heart of the matter: how do you like this album? Did you enjoy it? We based the selection of pieces to arrange on the variety of views and opinions that fans have expressed to us. The first half contains the music for the downloadable content. When it was being created, Yokou-san told me to remake the music “as if the beautiful, good child that was Nier’s music has returned home after going off to war.” So, is it more war-like? (laughs) The approach is completely different from the original, so it may be difficult to look at it apart from what you liked in the previous version, but I hope that you enjoy the gap.

In contrast to the first half’s extra tracks, the latter half is acoustic. Here we tried to maintain the image and worldview of the original music with simple and refined new versions. And we hope you enjoy the very different character of the final track, “The Legend of Nier,” created with the fans in mind.

I sincerely hope that you like this album. And I hope that we can meet again through music. Well, until then!

Liner Notes Translated by Ben Schweitzer

Song of the Ancients – Lost Androids Mixuxux
Blu-bird – Hansel und Gretel
Shadowlord’s Castle – Iron Fist mix feat.DJ-BKO
Emil – Ultimate Weapon No.7
Shadowlord – Crying Yonah Version
Emil / Piano Ver.
Kaine / Strings Ver.
The Wretched Automatons / A Capella Ver.
Song of the Ancients / Piano Ver.
Shadowlord / Music Box Ver.
Bonus Track / Song of the Ancients → Kaine → Emil → Ashes of Dreams

Download Nier arranged music from game as well as remixes featured in the “15 Nightmares” DLC pack

 

Review from OSV:
Well, this is certainly one of my most anticipated albums of the year. Most of us here at OSV absolutely adore the Nier soundtrack and vocalist Emi Evans’s distinct vocal stylings that made the soundtrack what it is. And that’s not to discredit the composition team over at MoNACA either, as they also performed wonderfully.  more…