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[NieR:Automata (Original Soundtrack) / Keiichi Okabe] - "Glory to Gaming Soundtracks"
It feels like video game soundtracks are under-appreciated for the added experience that they can bring. They can bring us back to long lost memories that we hold so dear to us, transport us into hand-crafted worlds that help us escape the reality that we can live through, or just make us hype as fuck. The "NieR:Automata (Official Soundtrack)" does all of this. NieR:Automata is an ... read more
Just like the game, the soundtrack is expresses so much emotion that honestly makes me teary-eyed. It's rare for a video game soundtrack to be one of the best albums of an entire decade. Just take some time out of your day and listen to Weight of the World. Peak human creation right there
I really don't think video game soundtracks get enough credit. Video games have some of the most interesting and incredible music out there and the really great soundtracks are able to stand on their own as a studio album would. This is one of those soundtracks.
There's so much DETAIL in this music. The variety of sounds and instrumentation just blows me away. It's all so epic and enchanting. Add to that the fact that all the singing that seems to be in a foreign language is actually a made ... read more
While it definitely stands amongst some of the top VGMs oat, I don't think this has as many hard-hitting tracks as NieR Replicant's OST, but this is all very very solid nonetheless.
Not only does it masterfully work with the game’s philosophical undertones and messaging, but it provides an at times otherworldly experience that takes you in no man’s land.
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Track List
- Significance
- City Ruins (Rays of Light)
- Peaceful Sleep
- Memories of Dust
- Birth of a Wish
- The Color of Depression
- Amusement Park
- A Beautiful Song
- Voice of no Return
- Grandma (Destruction)
- Faltering Prayer (Dawn Breeze)
- Emil's Shop
- Treasured Times
- Vague Hope (Cold Rain)
- Weight of the World - English Version
- Significance
- City Ruins (Shade)
- End of the Unknown
- Voice of no Return
- Pascal
- Forest Kingdom
- Dark Colossus (Kaiju)
- Copied City
- Wretched Weaponry
- Possessed by Disease
- Broken Heart
- Wretched Weaponry
- Mourning
- Dependant Weakling
- Weight of the World Kowaretasekainouta
- Rebirth & Hope
- War & War
- Crumbling Lies (Front)
- Widespread Illness
- Fortress os Lies
- Vague Hope (Spring Rain)
- Song of Ancients (Atonement)
- Blissful Death
- Emil (Despair)
- Faltering Prayer (Starry Sky)
- Alien Manifestation
- The Tower
- Bipolar Nightmare
- The Sound of the End
- Weight of the World Nouveau - FR Version
- Weight of the World the End of YoRHa
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5mo
I think it's unfair to rate OSTs just like how you rate "regular music". I rate OSTs just like how I rate lofi/synthwave gaming background music. If it sounds good as a background music, then it's good. The purpose of OSTs is to be a great background noise. If it does its job well, then it should be rewarded. It shouldn't be that deep.
5mo
Both 'I only listen to OSTs' fanboys and 'OSTs aren't real music' snobs, could you please shut the fuck up?
Added on: September 21, 2017