NieR fans new and old agree that there's something special about the Shadowlord's theme. Identifying what that is opens a slew of new ways to love the piece.

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Special thanks to Benjamin Palmon (Twitter @beja_mon) and David Kautz for their help analyzing Section B!

Italian subtitles by Elena!

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The NieR Replicant soundtrack was directed by Keiichi Okabe. NieR Replicant and everything about it belongs to Square Enix.

Other music featured:
"His Dream" - Nier Replicant Ver.1.22
"This Dream" - Nier Replicant Ver.1.22
"Route 1" - Pokemon Yellow Version

0:00 Who is the Shadowlord?
1:34 4 Sections, 3 Tools
3:15 Tool 1: The Leading Tone
5:05 Tool 2: Secondary Dominants
6:39 Tool 3: The Relative Key
9:11 Fantastic People
9:38 7 Layers, One Arrival
12:28 Section B
14:24 Send in the Drums
15:52 Yonah's Decision
17:53 Section C
19:11 Section D and the Orchestra (Music)
21:21 Musical Edging
23:00 5 Layers, a Bigger Arrival
24:43 As Big as Resolution Gets (Music)
25:38 The Same, But Different
29:02 Farewell, Old Friend
29:59 The Music Box
31:15 So Listen

Correction:
1:30 it's very likely the original piece was also worked on by other members of MONACA, and of course Emi Evans on lyrics.

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