Moebius (music)

Moebius is Disc 3, Track 9 on the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Original Soundtrack and Disc 14, Track 9 on the Xenoblade Chronicles Original Soundtrack Trinity Box.

It plays in the following cutscenes:

Main story

 * Consul K confronts the party after the fight against in.
 * Mechafriend protects Valdi from Consul Q during The Kind Right Hand.
 * Consul J reveals his mudpuppet-creating power in.
 * Consul O and Consul P show off their Interlink form in.
 * Consul M reveals her power of bodily possession in.
 * The Annihilator charges up to fire at the City in.
 * Consul Y explains the violet Flame Clocks during Mio's Side Story.
 * Consul D reveals his habits during his lives before he became Moebius in Chapter 6.
 * Consul Y confronts the party in Origin.

Sidequests

 * B transforms into his Moebius form during Where The Heart Is.

Future Redeemed

 * and confront Matthew and A in.

Motifs
Moebius is composed of several melodies used as motifs in other tracks in the game's music.


 * 0:05 to 0:24 (unofficially referred to as 'Moebius 1') is a leitmotif appearing in the following sections of the following tracks:
 * Battlefield - The Scramble for Life (0:39)
 * Young Warriors (0:30, 1:50)
 * Suffocating Reverberation (0:07)
 * Against the World (0:06)
 * Suspicion (2:23)
 * (0:00)
 * Origin Upper Reaches/Origin Depths (1:25)
 * Congregating Lives (1:48, 2:08)
 * Something's Beginning to Move (3:00)
 * 0:35 to 0:54 (unofficially 'Moebius 2') plays in the following tracks:
 * Battlefield - The Scramble for Life (2:05, 3:21)
 * The Two Off-Seers (1:59)
 * Suffocating Reverberation (0:50)
 * Suspicion (1:00)
 * Ferronis (1:42)
 * Origin Ascending (1:58)
 * Noah and N (0:17, 0:29)
 * Congregating Lives (0:17, 1:40)
 * How the Future Endures (4:15)
 * 1:15 to 1:55 (unofficially 'Moebius 3') is arguably the main melody of the piece. It plays in the following tracks:
 * Battlefield - The Scramble for Life (1:08, 3:09)
 * Young Warriors (1:43, 2:34)
 * Impending Crisis (2:23)
 * The Two Off-Seers (1:06, 2:15)
 * Suffocating Reverberation (1:43)
 * Against the World (2:13)
 * Encroaching Malice (0:50, 2:25)
 * Ferronis (2:24)
 * Origin Ascending (1:27, 2:51)
 * Origin Upper Reaches/Origin Depths (0:17)
 * Noah and N (1:13)
 * Grand Theater of Life (0:39)
 * Z - Harbinger of the End (1:22)
 * Congregating Lives (0:00, 0:32)
 * Showdown With Z, Act 1/Act 2 (0:26)
 * Something's Beginning to Move (3:15)
 * 3:55 to 4:35 (unofficially 'Moebius 4') is a melody that continues from Moebius 3. It plays in the following tracks:
 * Origin Upper Reaches/Origin Depths (2:21)
 * Noah and N (1:43)
 * The Two Queens of Aionios (2:45)
 * Congregating Lives (1:07)
 * Showdown With Z, Act 1/Act 2 (1:55)
 * How the Future Endures (0:31)

The Moebius motifs are not to be confused with those of Ouroboros Awakening, which are similar but distinct.

Trivia

 * Moebius and its variations were sung by Lauren McGlynn of ANÚNA. Correspondingly, Ouroboros Awakening and its variations were sung by Aisling McGlynn, Lauren's sister.