 On July 15 , 2015 , an officially licensed arrangement of " Song of the Ancients " from Nier , along with a music video , were released by OverClocked Records . It was made available to stream or purchase . The song , a vocal performance with vibraphone and percussion , was the first officially licensed video game music single by the record label , an offshoot of the OverClocked ReMix video game music remix community . The single was sung by Jillian Aversa , who features in the accompanying music video , with percussion by Doug Perry . The song was performed by the duo prior to release at Video Games Live concerts , and was filmed at National Harbor , Maryland by the sculpture The Awakening in January 2015 during <unk> , an annual game music convention . 
