The NieR Orchestral Arrangement Album – Addendum will be released on March 25. This album features all-new arrangements for a handful of carefully selected tracks from both NieR Gestalt/Replicant and NieR:Automata. The Addendum arrangements will likely be featured at the NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020 next month.
Track List
Ashes of Dreams (Emi Evans & J’Nique Nicole Vocals)
Emil (Addendum Version)
Deep Crimson Foe
Song of the Ancients (Emi Evans & J’Nique Nicole Vocals)
Kaine (Addendum Version)
City Ruins (Addendum Version)
A Beautiful Song (Emi Evans & J’Nique Nicole Vocals)
Copied City
Crumbling Lies
Weight of the World (Emi Evans & J’Nique Nicole Vocals)
NieR Orchestral Arrangement Album Addendum Special Disc(Pre-order Bonus)
Alien Manifestation (J’Nique Nicole Vocals)
Peaceful Sleep
Vague Hope (Emi Evans Vocals)
* The tracks that are listed as “Addendum Version” have already appeared on the NieR Orchestral Arrangement soundtrack, so these will be completely new arrangements specifically for the Addendum release.
** The NieR Orchestra Concert 12018 Blu-ray included two digital audio tracks: Kaine with vocals by Emi Evans and Weight of the World with vocals by J’Nique Nicole.
Square Enix has just released a short promotional video for the NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020, which will be held in Tokyo on March 28-29 and in Osaka on April 25, for a total of 5 separate performances.
NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020 Promotional Video Translation below:
In 2020, 10 years from the release of NieR Gestalt/Replicant, the “NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020” concert will be held in Tokyo and Osaka.
This performance will consist of fully orchestrated performances of songs carefully selected from NieR Gestalt/Replicant and NieR:Automata, including recitations by the voice cast as well songs performed by vocalists.
Please look forward to this amazing music festival worth of the 10th Anniversary!
Very few details are currently known about the concert besides this, but it will likely be similar to the NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018 with additional recitations from the voice actors from the game. It’s unclear whether this is referencing new recitation dramas like what was performed at the NieR:Automata Memory of Puppets Concert, although this is likely referencing the monologue inserts before various pieces by Emil and 2B. In this sense, the Theatrical Orchestra may not be all that different from the original concert from 2018, save for the new arrangements that will be released as part of the Addendum album.
Tonight’s live stream with the creators of NieR Gestalt/Replicant and NieR:Automata for the first bit of fanfare for the 10th Anniversary, we’ve received a bunch of new, juicy news:
NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020
TOKYO: Tokyo International Forum Hall A
Saturday, March 28 Evening – Open: 5:00pm / Start: 6:00pm
＊ Please be aware that the above scheduled performers are subject to change.
S Seats: 10,780 yen
A Seats: 8,580 yen
>> GET TICKETS HERE <<
YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ/A2
This is a fan-made photo-manipulation pic that I made myself, aka it’s not official.
The all-boys cast from YoRHa Ver.1.3a will be making a comeback in this second rendition of the stage play that so effortlessly won our hearts this year!
TOKYO: Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Sakura Hall – 4th Floor March 12-15, 7 performances
The YoRHa Ver.1.3a stage play will be coming back for a new version, bringing back the all-boy’s cast in the so-called YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ aka A2 stage play next March!
Tickets go on sale tomorrow!!!
The afternoon and evening performances on March 14 will be broadcast live on NicoNico, so stay tuned for the link to those pages in the future. You can purchase single tickets for 2500 points or 4000 points for both!
The entire cast from YoRHa Ver.1.3a will be returning, all except for Matsubara Rin, who played Anemone. Because of this, the entire character will be replaced with Jackass, as played by Kurotaka. Although the website hasn’t updated an image of him yet, you can view a couple shots of him on his agency’s page.
There will be recorded voices performed by:
Akiyama Kaoru: Voice of Pod153
Yasumoto Hiroki: Voice of Pod042/Zinnia
Like the previous Ver.1.3a stage play, the following talented musicians will be returning:
Guitar: Goto Takanori
Violin: Shirasu Kon
Percussion: Fukuoka Takashi
Along the same lines music, both Akaba Yukino and Nagaya Mikoto from GEMS COMPANY are listed in the credits for the “image songs”, so this is likely referring to their updated version of “Normandy” and “Gualdalcanal”.
This page will be updated in the event any additional informationon these events is released.
Long-time NieR veteran vocalist and lyricist Emi Evans will finally be able to express her love and musical prowess in her home country of England (and her family!!) on this tour! What an absolute dream come true!
My life as a singer just gets more and more exciting thanks to NieR Automata and the unwavering support of you music fans! Can't wait to sing my gratitude to you in London, Chicago and Bangkok!https://t.co/zxHdUgHlfS
Also worth nothing is that both J’Nique Nicole and Nakagawa Nami will not be in attendance for these concerts. Nakagawa-san hasn’t been involved in any official NieR concert since her initial performance during the NieR:Automata Memory of Dolls concert in 2017, but at least to J’Nique, this news seemed to be a bit of a shock.
To everyone asking me if I’m doing the NieR world tour. The answer is no. Unfortunately I was already booked on the days they chose for the tour. I was told that they would try to work with my schedule but I guess they were unable to do so 🤷🏾♀️
As anyone involved in the music business, we all know how difficult it is to schedule big events like this, not to mention multiple international performances, but as a NieR fan, it would have been nice for SQEX to have worked a little harder to get the main performers (Emi -and- J’Nique) involved on this tour. I’m both upset for J’Nique as well as all the international NieR fans that won’t be able to experience her amazing musical talent on stage for themselves, but I realize that there are a lot of moving parts involved in this decision. At the end of the day, it’s very unfortunate.
Regarding tickets, I’m not all that knowledgeable about how to get tickets to these venues– It seems as though some people have been able to reserve tickets already although the “GET TICKETS” link from the official site doesn’t seem to like to anything specific yet. I will continue to update this page with additional information to help people get tickets!
For anyone interested in the original run of the concert in Japan, I went to half of the performances in Yokohama and wrote about it here.
This event is especially important to me because it was the last time to hang out with my buddy Allyn before he was relocated. It’s been about a year and I still miss his company. It was beyond liberating to be able to express my geekiness with a fellow fan. I will always be thankful for getting the chance to meet such a great friend.
This series is special. It has a way of connecting people beyond national and cultural borders. I have met so many amazing people through it and the other related works by Yoko Taro. It’s this authentic, creative passion that keeps me engaged and excited for any and everything new to come.
Here’s to all the amazing people involved with this series, as there are many integral folk that tend to shy away from the spotlight! Without all of these people and circumstances lining up just right, we wouldn’t have such opportunities as this!
Thanks to Square Enix, MOMACA, ILCA, and anyone else involved that I’ve failed to mention here for their continued support for Yoko Taro and NieR in general. Especially, thank you to Saito Yosuke!! Without you, I honestly doubt NieR would have made such a comeback as it did through NieR:Automata in 2017.
To all the international fans who will be able to attend the concert: ENJOY!! It will definitely be a night to remember!!
The latest rendition of the YoRHa state play featured two new remixes of the classic YoRHa themes, “Normandy” and “Guadalcanal”.
Just today, the official Gems Company YouTube channel released a music video that utilizes the typical vTuber style of animation for the group. Although I’m not a fan of this sort of CG style, it is still very nice to hear an updated version of this song after 5 years.
Be sure to check out this new version below!
Additionally, you can hear the original mix below:
