In the beginning, there was...

in the beginning, there was... is Disc 1, Track 1 on the Xenosaga II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse ~Movie Scene Soundtrack~ and Track 1 on the Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose Soundtrack. It plays on the title screen of both discs of Xenosaga Episode II. An extended version of the first note of this track also plays in the cutscene where Shion learns of what happened to MOMO in the U.M.N. Control Center (English audio only — in the Japanese version of the game, The Sacrificed Ones plays instead).

in the beginning, there was... #2 is a remix of this track. Moreover, assault, strain~Jin, the image theme of Xenosaga II #piano ver., the image theme of Xenosaga II, and (from the music of Xenosaga Episode III) fate all sample this track.