History AwesomeMusic / NierAutomata

* All of the songs in the prologue are amazing. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJm1WngIiic "Alien Manifestation",]] which has four variations, two vocal and two instrumental, which effortlessly fold between one another depending where on the field you are, the regular field theme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sqRDRjg9o "The Sound of the End,"]] which is used as the boss fight music that plays during the last segment. It's also used in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' crossover in the third boss of The Tower at Paradigm's Breach, especially when it's against [[spoiler: the Red Girl, the avatar of the Machine Network]].

* Keichi Okabe of {{Music/MONACA}} is returning once more. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHVKZ5K1b0 "Possessed by Disease",]] the song in the first gameplay trailer, does NOT disappoint and features incredible choral work by Emi Evans and Nami Nakagawa. It's used to incredible effect in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTE51FwEH0M the boss fight against So Shi]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24TfXsOZDU Voice of No Return]], the track that plays at the end of many sidequests, is simultaneously relaxing and bittersweet depending on the context.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F80oXtJA3f0 Bipolar Nightmare]] is a suitably epic battle theme that plays during multiple key boss battles (most notably [[spoiler: the DualBoss battle against Ko-Shi and Ro-Shi as A2 and 9S ascend the Tower]]). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5Gykp7cKA Bipolar Nightmare (Calm)]] is a minimalistic but still amazing version of the theme that only plays during the fight with A2.

* All of the songs in the prologue are amazing. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJm1WngIiic "Alien Manifestation",]] which has four variations, two vocal and two instrumental, which effortlessly fold between one another depending where on the field you are, the regular field theme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sqRDRjg9o "The Sound of the End,"]] which is used as the boss fight music that plays during the last segment. It's also used in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' crossover in the third boss of The Tower at Paradigm's Breach, especially when it's against [[spoiler: the Red Girl, the avatar of the Machine Network.]]

* All of the songs in the prologue are amazing. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJm1WngIiic "Alien Manifestation",]] which has four variations, two vocal and two instrumental, which effortlessly fold between one another depending where on the field you are, the regular field theme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sqRDRjg9o "The Sound of the End,"]] which is used as the boss fight music that plays during the last segment. It's also used in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' crossover in the third boss, especially when it's against [[spoiler: the Red Girl, the avatar of the Machine Network.]]

* All of the songs in the prologue are amazing. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJm1WngIiic "Alien Manifestation",]] which has four variations, two vocal and two instrumental, which effortlessly fold between one another depending where on the field you are, the regular field theme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sqRDRjg9o "The Sound of the End,"]] which is used as the boss fight music that plays during the last segment.

* Keichi Okabe of {{Music/MONACA}} is returning once more. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHVKZ5K1b0 Possessed by Disease, the song in the first gameplay trailer, does NOT disappoint and features incredible choral work by Emi Evans and Nami Nakagawa]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTE51FwEH0M It's used to incredible effect in the boss fight against So Shi]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTliAfJXwZM Dependent Weakling]], which plays during the ClimaxBoss fight with Eve. An intense track that shows [[spoiler:the sorrow and fury that have consumed Eve's sanity, turning him into a snarling beast with giant metal fists.]]

* All of the songs in the prologue are amazing. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJm1WngIiic "Alien Manifestation",]] which has four variations, two vocal, two instrumental which effortlessly fold between one another depending where on the field you are, the regular field theme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sqRDRjg9o "The Sound of the End,"]] which is used as the boss fight music that plays during the last segment.

* All of the songs in the prologue are amazing. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJm1WngIiic "Alien Manifestation",]] the regular field theme, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_sqRDRjg9o "The Sound of the End,"]] which is used as the boss fight music that plays during the last segment.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQannt3efw8 "Birth of a Wish"]] plays during some key battle segments. All of its variations, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqbOCu8oGFg "This Cannot Continue"]], include a deep, ominous chorus, which adds to the intensity of the battles. [[spoiler:Heck, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-37MWw9nyR0 the version]] that plays when you fight the DLC [=CEOs=] is epic, despite the comical GratuitousJapanese inserts.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F80oXtJA3f0 Bipolar Nightmare]] is a suitably epic battle theme that plays during multiple key boss battles (most notably [[spoiler: the DualBoss battle against Ko-Shi and Ro-Shi as A2 and 9S ascend the Tower]]).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5Gykp7cKA Bipolar Nightmare (Calm)]]: A minimalistic but still amazing version of the theme that only plays during the fight with A2.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVfav9san8E "Emil's Despair"]] plays while fighting the Emil clones in the desert. A remix of "Emil/Sacrifice" from the first game, it's fast-paced enough to be an effective battle theme, but the soft choir in the background still reflects the sorrow and pain that Emil has had to live through in his long life.

* Although fanmade, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzXKZn_Z3w Machine Hearts]] by Miracle Of Sound is an absolutely stunning vocal piece that truly wouldn't be too out of place within the game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQannt3efw8 "Birth of a Wish"]] plays during some key battle segments. All of its variations, like [[https://youtu.be/N2bdFzLm7Rc "This Cannot Continue"]], include a deep, ominous chorus, which adds to the intensity of the battles. [[spoiler:Heck, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-37MWw9nyR0 the version]] that plays when you fight the DLC [=CEOs=] is epic, despite the comical GratuitousJapanese inserts.]]

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcfJHfAXoJM War & War]], played during the first part of Route C...and nowhere else.
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%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ce8qKGT88I Broken Heart]] is used at the ends of sidequests, usually the ones that end badly.
%%And? Why is it awesome?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkz2IeZ9VRE A Beautiful Song]], one of the first songs heard in the trailers and which plays against the boss Beauvoir (Simone in the English Version).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQannt3efw8 "Birth of a Wish"]], which plays during some key battle segments. All of its variations, like [[https://youtu.be/N2bdFzLm7Rc "This Cannot Continue"]], include a deep, ominous chorus, which adds to the intensity of the battles. [[spoiler:Heck, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-37MWw9nyR0 the version]] that plays when you fight the DLC [=CEOs=] is epic, despite the comical GratuitousJapanese inserts.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdKkvdZ3b8Y "BECOME AS GODS"]] is creepy, beautiful, and surprisingly metal. Which fits for the situation it is used in. [[spoiler: An entire factory filled with machines who have formed a murder/suicide cult, to "become as gods".]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxUlGMWBxhk "End of the Unknown"]], which plays during battles with Adam and Eve. Its techno ''Tekken''-esque sound clashes with the rest of the soundtrack, which is ironic considering it is associated with two of the most human-like machine lifeforms. It also gets used in the third boss fight in the Puppets' Bunker in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' crossover with the 905P-operated Heavy Artillery Unit, [[spoiler: which has the personality data of 21O implanted into it]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXlPt8mFkNI "Atonement"]], which is a remix of "Song of the Ancients - Fate", already one of the best songs of the first game. It's used in multiple fights throughout the game, and finally gets vocals in the scene where [[spoiler:Devola and Popola come to 9S's aid]]. It also gets used as the boss music for the first two bosses in the Copied Factory in the crossover in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVfav9san8E "Emil's Despair"]] which plays while fighting the Emil clones in the desert. A remix of "Emil/Sacrifice" from the first game, it's fast-paced enough to be an effective battle theme, but the soft choir in the background still reflects the sorrow and pain that Emil has had to live through in his long life.

* [[https://youtu.be/5wcXPfR5NJg "Birth of a Wish"]], which plays during some key battle segments. All of its variations, like [[https://youtu.be/N2bdFzLm7Rc "This Cannot Continue"]], include a deep, ominous chorus, which adds to the intensity of the battles. [[spoiler:Heck, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-37MWw9nyR0 the version]] that plays when you fight the DLC [=CEOs=] is epic, despite the comical GratuitousJapanese inserts.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcfJHfAXoJM War & War]], played during the first part of Route C...and nowhere else.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ce8qKGT88I Broken Heart]] is another track used at the ends of sidequests, usually the ones that end badly.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ketjdBDspC8 Dark Colossus - Kaiju]], a remix of the Knave of Hearts' theme from [=NieR=], here used for the fight against the MechanicalMonster Grun.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ketjdBDspC8 Dark Colossus - Kaiju]], a remix of the Knave of Hearts' theme from [=NieR=], here used for the fight against the MechanicalAbomination Grun.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxUlGMWBxhk "End of the Unknown"]], which plays during battles with Adam and Eve. Its techno ''Tekken''-esque sound clashes with the rest of the soundtrack, which is ironic considering it is associated with two of the most human-like machine lifeforms. It also gets used in the third boss fight in the Puppets' Bunker in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' crossover with the 905P-operated Heavy Artillery Unit, [[spoiler: which has the personality data of 21O implanted into it.]]