A dark omen

a dark omen is Disc 1, Track 4 on the Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Original Sound Best Tracks album. the body of the saint is a remix of this track.

It plays in the following cutscenes:
 * Shion shares the secret recording of the T-weapon demonstration with Doctus.
 * Juli notifies Mary and Shelley Godwin of the Federation government's plans to invade Michtam.
 * Shion and Allen come across a crashed U-TIC transport near Dasgupta on Old Miltia.
 * Joachim informs Shion and Allen about the plans to perform connection experiments with test subjects in the Acute Neurosis Treatment Facility.
 * Voyager stands against Ziggy after being fought in the Elsa on Old Miltia.
 * Juli, Mary, and Shelley consider the new reappearance of Abel's Ark on the Durandal.
 * Jr. catches up with Helmer and the Durandal crew regarding his father's plans.
 * Canaan attempts to attack Yuriev on the Durandal but is stopped by Citrine.

A variation of this track with more ambient noises and no timpani, unofficially referred to as , plays as the area theme of Merkabah.