Piano Collections Nier Gestalt & Replicant, 21.03.2012

[Yggdrasil]

Tracklist:

01. Song of the Ancients -- Keigo Hoashi
02. Kainé -- Keigo Hoashi
03. Hills of Radiant Wind -- Kumi Tanioka
04. Snow in Summer -- Keigo Hoashi
05. Emil -- Keigo Hoashi
06. Grandma -- Masato Koda (arrange), Kumi Tanioka (performance)
07. Repose -- Keigo Hoashi
08. Gods Bound by Rules -- Kumi Tanioka
09. Shadowlord -- Keigo Hoashi
10. The Wretched Automatons -- Ryuichi Takada
11. Ashes of Dream -- Yuri Misumi

Official website

Piano Performance: Keigo Hoashi, Kumi Tanioka, Ryuichi Takada, Yuri Misumi (source)

[Dice]

Accoustic tracks woulda been nice too...

Also, it's official: OST more popular than game.

[Ramza]

Kumi Tanioka doing performance is great news. I heard her do some piano performance at FFXI FanFest '08 (her own unique arrangements, never recorded anywhere). Very very good stuff.

[Yggdrasil]

OP updated!**

[Yggdrasil]

^See? Bumping for the last update.

[Ramza]

Interesting insight I just put together after talking with Jayson from OSV about this album.

That artwork? That's not Noir or Weiss. That's Grimoire RUBRUM. It's a boss you fight in the haunted mansion, and according to NieR's wiki, one difference between Rubrum and the other Grimoires is that *Rubrum cannot speak*

Considering NieR's music is known so well for its vocals, and this is a purely instrumental (non-vocal) album, what a fitting choice to put Rubrum, minor character though she may be, on the front cover.

Also, this is in the mail. I can't wait to get this CD.

[Taelus]

This looks quite schway. Looks like I'm gonna have to find a copy  get some reviewage going down on it!