Promised pain

promised pain is Disc 1, Track 16 on the Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Original Sound Best Tracks album. Its melody contains a motif from a prelude to the tragedy at 1:46.

It is the final boss theme of Xenosaga Episode III, playing in the battle against.

A version of the track with no vocals, sometimes unofficially referred to as , plays in the following cutscenes: Another version of the track (also with no vocals) with a somewhat different opening structure plays when Zarathustra goes out of control and Kevin suppresses it before the party fights it.
 * Wilhelm reveals that he is Heinlein to Margulis.
 * Kevin damages Wilhelm after KOS-MOS destroys Shion's pendant.