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.
 * Eunie lashes out at Consul X during Side Story: Eunie.
 * Consul I reveals herself during Transparent Dreams.
 * Triton appears during Doing It My Way, then challenges the party to a punch-up later in the same quest.

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 (0:40)
 * Young Warriors (0:30, 1:50)
 * Suffocating Reverberation (0:07)
 * Against the World (0:06, 2:55)
 * Suspicion (2:21)
 * (0:00)
 * 🇲🇺 (1:26, 4:32)
 * Congregating Lives (0:17, 1:49, 2:08)
 * Something's Beginning to Move (3:01)
 * 0:35 to 0:54 (unofficially 'Moebius 2') plays in the following tracks:
 * Battlefield - The Scramble for Life (2:06, 3:21)
 * The Two Off-Seers (1:58)
 * Suffocating Reverberation (0:50)
 * Suspicion (0:58)
 * Ferronis (1:43)
 * Origin Ascending (1:58)
 * Noah and N (0:18, 0:30)
 * Congregating Lives (1:40)
 * How the Future Endures (4:16)
 * 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 (1:09, 3:09)
 * Young Warriors (1:05, 1:43, 2:34)
 * Impending Crisis (1:13, 2:22)
 * The Two Off-Seers (0:26, 1:06, 2:13)
 * Suffocating Reverberation (1:42)
 * Against the World (2:10)
 * Encroaching Malice (0:51, 2:26)
 * Ferronis (1:27, 2:25)
 * Life's Fading Flame - Holding These Thoughts (3:10)
 * Origin Ascending (1:27, 2:52)
 * Origin (0:18, 3:24)
 * Noah and N (1:14)
 * Grand Theater of Life (0:40)
 * Z - Harbinger of the End (1:22)
 * Congregating Lives (0:00, 0:32)
 * Showdown with Z (0:27)
 * Something's Beginning to Move (3:16)
 * 2:15 to 2:59 (unofficially 'Moebius 4') is a melody that continues from Moebius 3. It plays in the following tracks:
 * Origin (2:22, 5:28)
 * Noah and N (1:44)
 * Congregating Lives (1:06)
 * Showdown with Z (1:56)
 * How the Future Endures (0:32)

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.