Carrying the Weight of Life

Carrying the Weight of Life, known as The Weight of Life in prerelease material, is a track in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It was used in promotional material for the game, being featured in the game's release date trailer. The track was released as part of Xenoblade Note vol. 5, and was also released in a tweet by XenobladeJP on Twitter.

The track uses (different) motifs from Counterattack (from the Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack) at 2:06 and 2:29, and from Engage the Enemy (from the Xenoblade Original Soundtrack) at 2:17. The flute line uses a motif from Off-seer Mio at 2:55 and 3:23.

It plays in the following cutscenes:
 * Eunie first awakens her Ouroboros form, and Noah and Mio destroy Colony 4's Flame Clock.
 * Noah and Mio destroy the cliff O and P are standing on before their interlink causes an annihilation event.

Trivia

 * An excerpt from the end of The Weight of Life was played by a live orchestra at The Game Awards 2022.