Voice of No Return (*instrm, guitar ver.) - NieR: Automata (sheets & piano)

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Published on June 15, 2017 11:31:11 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqTO_KotYB4

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Nier: Automata (2017)

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This is a transcription of the guitar version's accompaniment, for piano. I thought it'd sound nice on the latter. Lyrics are below. It repeats from 1:54 to 3:02*
A romantic, French-sounding piece that has a...fairly morbid title (?) There are two versions of this song - a piano/guitar/violin/cello one, and a solo guitar one, which plays after the Turf War sidequest in the Forest Zone (thanks, John!) and in a cutscene with Pascal in Route C. I'm not sure if it plays anywhere else, but I personally like this guitar version more, it feels more intimate.

*** Sheet music notes:
- *The guitar on-vocal version has both an interlude which reuses m18-28 (repeats from 1:54 to 3:02) and an actual ending, which I've added in the instrumental
- As this was originally for guitar, I've made 3 versions, altered slightly:
a) Piano version (moved some notes from the 2nd half of the sheets down)
b) Literal version (all original notes, grand staff)
c) Guitar version (all original notes, one stave, for some reason I can't make the A# in m32 a Bb)
- Minus a couple pale notes in m4 and m28 that don't seem to be part of the main piece, this...should be as accurate as I can make out. But if anyone notices anything that I should fix (especially for the guitar version, I'm not a guitarist), do let me know.

Composers: Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Kakeru Ishihama
Game: NieR:Automata ニーア オートマタ
***Sheet music***
-Piano version-
PDF: http://www.mediafire.com/file/si3ax83sfixxoco/Voice_of_No_Return_instrumental.pdf
MIDI: http://www.mediafire.com/file/z8s2fv7z5oetam6/Voice_of_No_Return_Instrumental.mid
WAV (not the greatest quality tbh but you're free to use it if you want, just credit me): http://www.mediafire.com/file/1e6xbk5shl9bs5y/voice_of_no_return_instrum.wav
-Literal version-
PDF: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zlsp6966hq0l922/Voice_of_No_Return_literal.pdf
MIDI: http://www.mediafire.com/file/g8mp99m5xytorla/Voice_of_No_Return_literal.mid
-Guitar version-
PDF: http://www.mediafire.com/file/8kq8bvd6y0euypv/Voice_of_No_Return_-_Instrumental_%28Guitar%29.pdf
MIDI: http://www.mediafire.com/file/775n9uai7awql6q/Voice_of_No_Return_-_Instrumental_%28Guitar%29.mid
Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/3618676/scores/4097926

***Other NieR:A / video game covers: *** https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFnIn4TNaXj4ANzFrS0Rw6UnrBmgdzVOZ

ChromaticApparatus arranged a cello trio alongside this cover, over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTw0wQenWXo
ChromaticApparatus' channel (he does wonderful cello, guitar, and harp covers): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUsveu_kAUGlay8m_TR9nig

Original OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOKYBa3lhks
OST Scene (not sure if it plays anywhere other than Turf War, though...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4SzrnlUFu0

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Lyrics (credits to unione315 with some alterations, she has some beautiful NieR acapella covers on her channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/unione315)

Fatung fleurni say
Halurha sans sapri
Meiyeur contrafi
straeleu swashjeu desire
sa u menal chei
Pei blan du conjour flui
Coneur de maussi plu sal kli meilan lucie

Esilhe apacon lontuni iadormon
Vialu setana prigu plueu
Tahali contramu sahati
contrala sonfräulai conte

-interlude-
(starting 2:23 / m19):
ooh aah
ah ah ah ah ah
ooh aah
ah ah ah ah ah
ooh aah
oo oo oo oo
ooaah aah
ooaah aah
aaah aaah

Tonti yelpur lei
A fuenon anpleului
monca chatase
qurqu ui sa numei
tontral nal sewur
sila fua samo
miya talchi que pluskasai
je troi jesi ei fui
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Not sure if this is the consensus, but a native French speaker told me that this song sounded vaguely like a French person singing an East European language, which I found interesting. If someone is able to play this version on guitar, please let me know, I'd love to listen to it.

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