Crossing Swords

Crossing Swords is Disc 1, Track 12 on the Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack and Disc 6, Track 12 on the Xenoblade Chronicles Original Soundtrack Trinity Box.

It plays in the following cutscenes:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

 * Rex and Pyra attack Malos aboard the Ancient Ship.
 * Brighid captures Nia in Torigoth.
 * Akhos gains the upper hand before fights him off in Garfont Village.
 * Poppi and Lila duel in the air in Mor Ardain's Old Factory.
 * The party, alongside Mòrag, defeats Mikhail and Patroka in the Old Factory.
 * Lora and Haze spar with Addam and Mythra in Aletta (flashback).
 * Fan la Norne halts the Titan in Temperantia.
 * The party frees Pyra from the Titan weapon in Theosoir.
 * Jin incapacitates the party at Genbu Crown.
 * Rex and the newly-awakened Pneuma fight Jin at the Cliffs of Morytha.
 * Garlus attack the party during Dahlia's Blade Quest, Fly in the Ointment.
 * Electra recognises the child she shocked earlier being attacked by an Arachno in her Blade Quest, Go for it, Electra!.
 * Volff attack Theosoir in Godfrey's Blade Quest, Flames of Justice.
 * The party encounters the Laia in Temperantia during Herald's Blade Quest, The Calm and the Storm.
 * KOS-MOS destroys Blade Bots outside the World Tree in her Blade Quest, Artificial Intelligence.
 * The party confronts child traffickers at Genbu Port during Perun's Blade Quest, Eternal Spirit.
 * The summoned Gluttonous Pterix attacks the party during Vale's Blade Quest, The Ties That Bind.
 * The Enraged Gogol throws rocks at the party during Wulfric's Blade Quest, Tender-Hearted Beast.
 * Thanatobeast Andraz uses its regenerative powers for the second time in Zenobia's Blade Quest, A Real Challenge.
 * A second wave of Indoline monks attack the part during T-elos's Blade Quest, Lingering Resentment.
 * Crossette enrages the Ignas in their lair during her Blade Quest, Bright Spark.

Torna ~ The Golden Country

 * Lora and Jin fight a pack of wild animals in Lasaria.
 * Lora and Jin use their weapon-passing technique against Addam and Mythra.
 * Mythra duels Brighid in the remains of Torigoth.
 * Lora and Haze spar with Addam and Mythra in Aletta.
 * The party defeats the near Hyber Village.
 * Azurda shows up to the fight against Malos, who successfully steals the n Titan's limiter.

While the full track does not play in any of the above cutscenes, all parts of the track do play in-game. For example, the first part of the track plays in the Ancient Ship cutscene and the last part plays in the Bright Spark cutscene (both mentioned above).

In Super Smash Bros.
Crossing Swords is one of the music tracks in, available on the and the  stages.