NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018 / NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018 / NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018

Recorded September 17, 2018 at the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall (Kanagawa).


01~10: 1st Stage <NieR Gestalt & RepliCant>
11~20: 2nd Stage <NieR:Automata>
      21: Encore
22~23: Extra Tracks (included as MP3s on the Blu-ray disc)


-Concert Production-

Sound Director, Composer: Keiichi Okabe (MONACA)

Composers: Keiichi Okabe (MONACA)
                  Keigo Hoashi (MONACA)
                  Kuniyuki Takahashi (MONACA)
                  Kakeru Ishihama (MONACA)

Arrangers: Kosuke Yamashita
                 Daisuke Shinoda
                 Mariam Abounnasr
                 Sachiko Miyano
                 Tomomichi Takeoka

Conductor: Takeshi Ooi

Orchestra Performance: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Tokyo Art Academy Singers

Navigator & Voice Actress: Mai Kadowaki <Emil>
                                       Yui Ishikawa <2B>

Vocals: Emi Evans
            J'Nique Nicole

Screen Movie Producer: Makoto Sekiya (ILCA.inc.)
Screen Movie Director: Takuto Aoki (ILCA.inc.)
Screen Movie: Karen Yamasaki (ILCA.inc.)
                      Takafumi Arai (spirot inc.)
                      Gaku Nakata / GAC (spirot inc.)
                      Kenji Ueda (spirot inc.)
                      Atsumoto Niimi (spirot inc.)
                      Hiroki Iino (spirot inc.)
                      Tatsuya Imai (spirot inc.)
                      Yoriko Akita (spirot inc.)

Streaming: Noriyasu Kumada (dwango)

Stage Manager: Ken Shima (LIVE MANAGEMENT)
                        Satoshi Kumagai (more-man)

Concert Coordinators: Soutaro Maruyama (Kyodo Tokyo)
                                 Kiichi Motoyama (Kyodo Tokyo)
                                 Hanako Ishida (Kyodo Tokyo)

Director: YOKO TARO

Producer: Yosuke Saito

Presented by Kyodo Tokyo, Inc.
Produced by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.


-Post Production-

Live Movie Director: Noriyasu Kumada (dwango)

Live Movie Producer: Maki Kawakami (dwango)
TD: Nobuo Hoshino (Rec)
       Kei Tsukimura (Rec)

Live Movie Recording: REC co., ltd
                                 Shimizu Octo, Inc.
                                 YOSHIMOTO Broad Entertainment
                                 genki.co.ltd
                                 imagedevice.co.ltd
                                 C-PORT
                                 Tokky's, Inc.

Mixing Engineer: Masatoshi Kimura (ProNex studio)
Live Recording Engineers: Takashi Eguchi (ProNex studio)
                                       Hisaaki Shindo (ProNex studio)

Assistant Engineer: Satsuki Hashimoto (ProNex studio)

Live Recording Technical Director: Tomonori Kodaira (hand on inc.)
Live Recording Producer: Yusuke Takagai (ubiquitous Inc.)
Online Editing: Yoshiro Watanabe (JVCKENWOOD Video Tech)
                      Ayano Yanagida (JVCKENWOOD Video Tech)
MA: Kohei Takagi (JVCKENWOOD Video Tech)
Extra Track Movies: Takumi Moriya
BD Menu: Masamune Inc.
Authoring Studio: Bernie Grundman MASTERING


-Extra Tracks-

Kainé (Emi Evans Vocals)
Arranger: Sachiko Miyano

Weight of the World (]'Nique Nicole Vocals)
Arranger: Kosuke Yamashita

Mixing Engineer: Yuta Tateishi (SHANGRI-LA Inc.)

Mastering Engineer: Takeshi Muramatsu (Octavia Records Inc.)
Mastering Studio: EXTON Studio. Yokohama,

Contractor: Tsutomu Satomi (SHANGRI-LA Inc.)


-Game Production-

<NieR Gestalt & Replicant>

Director: YOKO TARO
Sound Director: Takafumi Nishimura (cavia inc.)

Character Illustration: D.K

Co-Producer: Iwasaki Takuya (cavia inc.)
                    Yuki Yokoyama

Producer: Yosuke Saito


Promotion: Miho Ohara

Publicity Producer: Chieko Tsurunaga

Senior Publicity Producer: Syuichi Kobayashi

<NieR:Automata>

Director: YOKO TARO

Game Designer: Takahisa Taura (PlatinumGames Inc.)

Music Compose & Arrangement: Keiichi Okabe (MONACA)
                                                Keigo Hoashi (MONACA)
                                                Kuniyuki Takahashi (MONACA)
                                                Kakeru Ishihama (MONACA)

Music Implementation: Masami Ueda

Character Illustration: Akihiko Yoshida

Concept Art: Kazuma Koda

Co-Producer: Junichi Ehara

Assistant Producer: Takahiro Iino

Promotion: Ryutaro Sasaki
                 Tomoaki Takano

Producer: Eijiro Nishimura (PlatinumGames Inc.)

Producer: Yosuke Saito


-Package Production-

Production Coordinator: Shohei Negishi
Production Assistants: Haruka Yoshida
                                 Tatsuya Ueno

Promotion Coordinators: Miki Otani
                                     Seitaro Tanaka
                                     Koshiro Yamada
                                     Keisuke Kato
                                     Saki Imamoto
                                     Lisa Harada

Digital Content Coordinators: Noriko Miyazaki
                                           Hikaru Suzuki
Production Desk: Mino Iizuka
                          Tomoe Saito
                          Hayato Ota
                          Tomomi Matsuo (Office Bolero)

Cover Illustration: Kazuma Kouda

Art Director: Ryota Nakazono (Masamune Inc.)
Designers: Shinnosuke Yoshida (Masamune Inc.)
                 Shizuka Miyahara (Masamune Inc.)

Package Coodinator: Masatoshi Ishizuka (Sony Music Communications Inc.)

Production Producer & Promotion Coordinator: Akio Shiraishi

Division Executive: Soshi Yoshida

Executive Producer: Shinji Hashimoto
                              Tsuneto Okuno

President & Executive Producer: Yosuke Matsuda

Special Thanks
All Staff of NieR Series

Presented by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
http:/soundtrack.jp.square-enix.com/


LINER NOTES


"There is no doubt in my mind that if there is anyone to thank for this, it is not only the
people who have been rooting for us since Gestalt/Replicant, but those who developed an
interest in NieR through Automata as well. Thank you so, so much.

Looking back at the recording now makes me realize just how grand in scale this concert
was. The atmosphere of a live performance can only be experienced in the moment, but
the recording that came from it-with multiple camera angles and detailed shots of
performers that would have been difficult to make out when gazing upon a full orchestra
in a large concert hall --- has an appeal all its own. I wish for nothing more than for every-
one to enjoy it for themselves.

The first time we presented a live performance of NieR music was at the release party
for Gestalt/Replicant. It was a bit of a mini-concert- just a few tracks with Emi Evans
singing and Keigo Hoashi on the piano, and I was sure there would never again come a
day where we perform NieR songs in front of an audience. I never would have guessed
that just a few short years later, we would be performing an orchestral concert in the
great hall at the Pacifico Yokohama! It's amazing to think that such amazing things could
come to pass assuming you live long enough to see them."

- Keiichi Okabe, Sound Director/Composer


"Hello everyone, YOKO TARO here.

I provide game direction for the NieR series. I was also in charge of overseeing the
footage for this orchestral concert and my grand vision this time around was "make
everything exactly how Okabe-san wants it." As such, I had no choice but to ask the staff
to deliver on the challenging task of painstakingly playing the game such that the footage
matches up perfectly with the music. On the day of the concert, just as I was observing
the sleep-deprived staff going about their work and feeling terribly sorry for them, the
mighty lord Okabe-san leisurely sauntered up partway through the rehearsal and went
about happily checking the costumes and such. As I watched him and thought about all
the video staff and performers, I was filled with a most tremendous sorrow ... and I knew
what had to be done.

The above is my statement regarding the time I blew up MONACA, Okabe-san's music
studio."

- YOKO TARO, Director


"Good day. I trust you're destroying everything for the sake of a single person, as always?
Yosuke Saito, producer of the NieR series here.

NieR Replicant was released on April 22nd, 2010. It has already been eight years and ten
months, though it feels like hardly any time has passed at all. It's also already been about
two years since NieR:Automata came out. ... Yeesh, I'm getting old.

Maybe it's my age, but I can't recall things as clearly as I used to. Thinking back on when
we were busting our butts to make NieR Replicant, I remember it was taking more time
than anticipated to get the game working on multiple platforms, and we were having a
tough time implementing everything from the Lost Shrine onward. I listened to Blu-Bird
for what must have been an eternity, and by the end of it I remember not even being
sure if NieR's soundtrack was any good or not.

I also have a recollection of when we got this sudden request from overseas to add the
Gestalt character design, and I went in to work to make my case that we had no choice
but to extend the development schedule. But the truth was we had been already been
running and I was just sneakily taking this request from overseas as an opportunity to
make the delay in development itself a more ambiguous matter.

And one memory I have quietly locked away is from the time I read the script for the
NieR drama CD "Replicant High School" and thought "nobody is going to listen to this
anyway, and the story is all over the place, but ... whatever, fine."

In holding this concert, all those memories were enveloped with spectacular orchestral
sounds, turning each one into a beautiful memory. Thank you, YOKO TARO. Thank you,
Okabe Keiichi. Thank you, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. Thank you, NieR fans.

I love you all. Here's to many more memories!"

- Yosuke Saito, Producer


KANAGAWA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (at the time of recording)

Principal Solo Concertmaster: Yasunao ISHIDA
Solo Concertmaster: Naoto SAKIYA

☆ / Head Contractor
★ / Head Guest Performer Contractor
◎ / Principal
◇ / Vorspieler
＊ / Contractor

Violin: ☆ Naoru KOMIYA / ☆ Chisako NAOE / ◇ Rune AOKI / Chie ARIMA / Shigeru OHMACHI / Kayoko Okuyama / ◇ Kosuke KUME / ◇ Tomoko GODA / ◇ Jun SAKURAI / Satoru SAKURADA / Takako SHIBUYA / Reiko NISHIKAWA / Yukiko NISHIHARA / ◇ Sachio NOMURA / ◇ Yoshiaki FUNAYAMA / Mari MATSUO / Nobue MURAMATSU / Yuri MORIZONO / Naoko MONMA / Yoshiko YAMASHITA / ＊Shoko HAMADA / ＊ Fukiko MATSUSHITA

Viola: ★ Ema ANBO / ☆ Ryo OHSHIMA / Keiko IZUMI / Chinatsu SUZUKI / Yasuko TAKAGI / ◇ Kyoko TAKANO / Ichizo YOKOUCHI / ◇ Kyoyo RYU / Maho IKEBE

Cello: ☆ Hiroyasu YAMAMOTO / ☆ Hiroki KADOWAKI / Shoko SAKOMOTO / Tetshuhiko TAKIMOTO / ◇ Shinsaku TADANO / ◇ Makito CHONAN / Azusa KURAMOCHI / Toru YOKOMORI

Contrabass: ☆ Koichi YONENAGA / ◇ Seiichi TAKAMURE / ◇ Akihiko TSUSHIMA / Takahiro MATSUKUMA / ＊ Kei SAWAI / ＊ Midori HAYASHI

Flute: ◎ Setsuko EGAWA / ◎ Emiko YAMADA / Kouji OMI / Shigeki TSURUOKA

Oboe: ◎ Marie KOYAMA / ◎ Junko SUZUKI / ＊ Kazuma KUBO

Clarinet: ◎ Yusuke SAITO / ◎ Shuichi MORIKAWA / Shinichi NIINO

Bassoon: ◎ Atsushi ISHII / ◎ Kazunari SUZUKI / Kazuhiro YAMAKAMI

Horn: ◎ Yuka BANDO / ◎ Mika TOYODA / Yu KUMAI / Masahiko MORI / Shuji WAKIMOTO / ＊ Midori TANAKA

Trumpet: ◎ Tatsunori HAYASHI / ☆ Toru MISAWA / Hiroto NAKAJIMA / ＊ Anju OBATA

Trombone: ◎ Yukino FUKAWA / Hiroaki HASEGAWA

Bass Trombone: Tsutomu IKESHIRO

Tuba: Taisuke IWABUCHI

Timpani & Percussion: Yukio SHIMIZU / Nobuyuki HIRAO / Hisao HORIO / ＊ Misa MAKINO / ＊ Shimon SHINOZAKI