Nier
2010 video game
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| 2024 | Nier Reincarnation concluded its live service period after three story arcs, with multiple composers including Okabe, Shotaro Seo, and Kuniyuki Takahashi contributing to the musical composition. |
| August 7 2024 | Japanese artistic swimming team performed a routine set to 'A Beautiful Song' during the 2024 Summer Olympics. |
| January 2024 | NieR:Orchestra Concert 12024 [the end of data] world tour begins, running through January 2025. |
| 2021 | Nier Reincarnation launched as a live service mobile game, with music primarily composed by Keiichi Okabe and featuring around twenty original songs. |
| April 2021 | Release of the updated game NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., featuring remastered music that maintains the original tone while introducing longer, higher-quality arrangements with additional live instrumentation and choral elements. |
| April 21 2021 | Release of the NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Original Soundtrack, a three-disc album containing 45 tracks with a total length of 3:10:21. |
| 2020 | Addendum version of 'Song of the Ancients' played during the Parade of Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. |
| March 2020 | An updated version of Nier Replicant, titled ver.1.22474487139..., was announced as part of the series' 10th anniversary celebrations. |
| March 25 2020 | Square Enix released the NieR Orchestral Arrangement Album – Addendum to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game series. The album contains five tracks each from Gestalt & Replicant and Automata, arranged by Sachiko Miyano and Kosuke Yamashita, and featuring vocal performances by Emi Evans and J'Nique Nicole. The first physical printing included a bonus disc with three additional arrangements. |
| September 12 2018 | Square Enix released two orchestral albums: NieR: Gestalt & NieR: Replicant Orchestral Arrangement Album and NieR: Automata Orchestral Arrangement Album. The albums feature performances by the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, with the first album containing 11 tracks and the second containing 10 tracks. |
| April 25 2018 | NieR: Automata Piano Collections album was published, containing 12 piano rendition tracks from the original NieR: Automata soundtrack, with a total runtime of 1:01:07 and catalog number SQEX-10653. |
| December 20 2017 | Square Enix released the NieR:Automata Arranged & Unreleased Tracks album, a two-disc collection featuring arranged music by various artists and unreleased tracks composed by Keiichi Okabe. The album contains 20 tracks with a total duration of 1 hour, 43 minutes, and 39 seconds, and was assigned the catalog number SQEX-10631~2. |
| May 5 2017 | Second Nier Music Concert livestreamed via Niconico. |
| March 29 2017 | Worldwide release of the Nier: Automata soundtrack, featuring returning collaborators Keiichi Okabe, Monaca team, and Emi Evans on vocals. |
| March 29 2017 | NieR: Automata Original Soundtrack HACKING TRACKS was released as a pre-order bonus, featuring 16 chiptune 8-bit music tracks used in the game's hacking minigames, composed by the Monaca team and arranged by Shotaro Seo. |
| February 2017 | NieR: Automata was released, featuring a soundtrack composed by Keiichi Okabe and the Monaca team, with vocals by Emi Evans, J'Nique Nicole, and Nami Nakagawa. |
| December 14 2016 | Blu-ray of the April 16, 2016 Nier music concert was released. |
| April 16 2016 | First 'Nier Music Concert & Talk Live' held at Ex Theater Roppongi in Tokyo, featuring musical performances from Nier and Nier: Automata games. |
| July 15 2015 | OverClocked Records released the first officially licensed video game music single, an arrangement of 'Song of the Ancients' from Nier, featuring a vocal performance by Jillian Aversa with percussion by Doug Perry. The single was made available for streaming and purchase, accompanied by an official music video. |
| January 2015 | Jillian Aversa and Doug Perry performed 'Song of the Ancients' at MAGFest in National Harbor, Maryland, filmed near The Awakening sculpture during the game music convention. |
| May 16 2014 | Sean Schafianski digitally released the second jazz arrange EP 'Jazz Arrange Version Vol. 2', containing six tracks from the Nier soundtrack, licensed by Joypad Records. The EP has a duration of 25:33 and features a mix of instrumental and vocal jazz pieces. |
| August 8 2013 | Sean Schafianski digitally released the first jazz arrange EP, NieR Gestalt & Replicant: Jazz Arrange Version, featuring six tracks from the original Nier soundtrack, licensed by Joypad Records. |
| March 21 2012 | Square Enix published the fourth Nier album, 'Piano Collections Nier Gestalt & Replicant', featuring 11 piano arrangements by artists Keigo Hoashi, Kumi Tanioka, Masato Kouda, Ryuichi Takada, and Yuri Misumi. The album has a duration of 45:42 and catalog number SQEX-10303. |
| September 14 2011 | Square Enix published the NieR Tribute Album -echo-, a collection of 12 remixed tracks from the Nier game soundtrack. The album features diverse musical styles, including electronic, multiple-piano, and klezmer arrangements, and was assigned the catalog number SQEX-10247. |
| May 2011 | KMP published the Square Enix Official Best Collection guitar solo sheet music book, which included guitar arrangements of 'Song of the Ancients / Devola' and 'Yonah / Strings Ver.' by Yuji Sekiguchi. |
| April 22 2011 | KMP published the NieR Gestalt & Replicant Official Score Book, containing 25 piano arrangements of game tracks by Okabe across 112 pages. |
| 2010 | Nier video game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix, with an original soundtrack composed by Keiichi Okabe and members of Monaca studio. |
| December 8 2010 | Square Enix published the arranged music album 'NieR Gestalt & Replicant 15 Nightmares & Arrange Tracks', featuring 11 tracks across 54:43 minutes. The album includes techno-style DLC tracks and various acoustic arrangements by composers Okabe, Ishihama, Hoashi, and others. |
| July 2010 | Cavia was absorbed into its parent company AQ Interactive, marking this as the last game developed by the studio. |
| May 28 2010 | A supplementary guidebook, Grimoire Nier: The Complete Guide + Cels, was released by ASCII Media Works. |
| May 11 2010 | Square Enix released downloadable content 'The World of Recycled Vessel' for Nier. |
| April 27 2010 | Nier was released in North America for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. |
| April 23 2010 | Nier was released in Europe for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. |
| April 22 2010 | Nier Gestalt was released in Japan and Australia for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. |
| April 21 2010 | Square Enix released the NieR Gestalt & Replicant Original Soundtrack, a two-disc album with 43 tracks, featuring vocals by Emi Evans. The album features melancholy acoustic pieces with unique linguistic variations, including songs in futuristic English, Portuguese, French, Gaelic, and other invented languages. |
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