NieR Automata OST - City Ruins ('Rays of Shade' Mix)

As the title suggests, this mix is a little different from my usual sequential mixes in that I've mashed the instrumental versions of both Rays of Sunlight and Shade together. The pattern is still the same: Quiet, Medium, and finally Dynamic, but the vocal pattern is not... Hope you enjoy!
(Wall of Text) P.S. I've been...rather lackluster when it comes to responding to comments and uploading requests for a good (or more accurately, bad DX) while now, and for that I apologize. But y'see, it was like this: [insert excuses here] But while I may not have replied, your comments have not gone unread, and I appreciate everyone who's taken the time to watch, like, dislike, and comment on my videos. I didn't expect to get nearly as many views and likes as I have, when i first uploaded A Beautiful Song, but it's great to know that others are enjoying these sequential mixes when I'm posting them primarily for myself. So thanks again, everybody. You're all awesome! Please rest assured that I shall henceforth respond to comments and finish requests in a much more timely manner. :D

[@chimpventures]

The first time I was playing the C route and heard the "remake" of City Ruins OST was devastating. It was the reminder to 9S to cherish every moment he shared with 2B, with all the pain that task requires. But life goes on, and reinventing himselft is needed, just like this OST. Jesus, what a game.

[@jimijenkins2548]

Too bad he never figured that out.

[@Chucky_the_killerdoll]

The one where ahem *spoilers*
2b was an assassin android ?

[@Axel69328]

@@Chucky_the_killerdollA2 se lo revela en la ruta D Y E

[@thecatalyst-es5lx]

About time someone mixed these tracks. Good job.

[@truelife428]

One of the best games ever

[@sumyungguy8322]

I love the song city ruins, probably my favorite, especially the piano gives that desolate and almost hopeless feel to it

[@MythicalHarmony]

This is such an amazing track and something that immediately tells you this game is gonna be something really special!

[@fajarfirdaus8674]

What have you done....
Beautiful

[@dirtyfranku]

Perhaps shades of light

[@bellinbluee]

Can I be autistic for a second?
Shade sounds a lot more adventurous and crowded compared to Rays of Light, and it's honestly a bit weird to me.
Shade uses:
- a glockenspiel/vibraphone for the melody, an instrument commonly associated with more joyful, upbeat songs and tones
- what sounds like mandolin or dulcimer trills and broken octaves alongside said melody and within other parts of the song
- tambourines and similar metallic percussion, which is typically used in more energetic settings
- two tracks of Emi Evans' light, enunciated, and harmonizing voice
Rays of Light uses:
- a single piano for the melody, with no other instrument supporting it, unlike Shade
- an eerie, electronic synth pad that plays no matter the dynamic, whereas the synth pad is nearly imperceptible by Shade's medium variant
- relatively slow acoustic guitar chord strums and arpeggios
- pretty barebones, heavily reverberated percussion
- only a single track of J'Nique Nicole's low, soulful, and delayed voice
Shade's melody and its lyrics are both comprised of two different instruments/voices, and it's a pretty nonchalant song. Rays of Light has a single melody and a single voice, and the instrumentation is significantly more melancholy than Shade's. Yet Rays of Light plays in the game when there are two partners alive. Shade plays when there is only one.

[@ImDaRealBoi]

For me, it feels like city ruins shade's upbeat tone is because of A2's character arc of her progressively opening up and becoming intimate again after the events of pearl harbor, on top the two finding a real purpose to keep going. Not to destroy all machines, but save people you love and to honor someone. At the start, the doom and gloom of the world and being an android is palpable. The true ending of the game is meant to give some hope as now they can exist as people without yorha restrictions tying them down. I mean I know 9S during the ending was going insane, but androids, things that are meant to be emotionless droids, are being people and having outbursts and feeling passionate.
I'm not totally sure if I'm phrasing my thoughts correctly, but I think it's summarized with A2's "I never quite realized... how beautiful this world is."
City Ruins Shade is my favorite for a lot of reasons, and I'm thankful to have read an analysis from someone that understands way more about music and can actually tell the individual instruments, because I was wondering that for a while.

[@grace4535]

i adore your remakes! your one of the copied city was what brought me to you. chef’s kisses all around

[@lw2w]

my favorite ost

[@Gaawachan]

Stunning. I like the purity of the standard tracks, but this gives it a depth that really appeals to me. Would you consider doing a 2x loop of the part where both vocal tracks are used? Would it be possible to make a version without instrumentals?

[@MrCholoPants3415]

Awesome mix

[@SuperDuperCooper08]

There was a mix that had the rays of light instrumentation woth the shade vocals. It got taken down years ago This is the next best thing 😭

[@ivanandresr]

This world is beatiful

[@ruinzin]

very good

[@ineedname9963]

Pretty good

[@ghnna]

Would be even better if you added 2B's footstep into the background

[@hayatexiii2339]

Can you possibly do a medium mix of these two?

[@mannymercado1649]

My best WaiFu android, in Nier automata,,,2B,,❤ & my best favorite soundtrack, ✌️👍

[@Shu_Utsugi1999]

Tus comerciales arruinan la joya de melodía de este juego