Ouroboros Awakening

Ouroboros Awakening
Original Title	ウロボロス覚醒 (かくせい)
Composer(s)	Yasunori Mitsuda
Vocals	Aisling McGlynn
Length	2:34
Used in	Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Ouroboros Awakening is Disc 2, Track 8 on the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Original Soundtrack and Disc 13, Track 8 on the Xenoblade Chronicles Original Soundtrack Trinity Box.

It plays when Noah and Mio form an Interlink for the first time while fighting Moebius D in Chapter 1.

Motifs

Ouroboros Awakening contains two main melodies used as motifs in other tracks in the game's music.

• 0:16 to 0:48 (unofficially referred to as 'Ouroboros 1') plays in the following sections of the following tracks:
  • Confronting Our Past (0:00, 0:27, 2:25)
  • City (0:24)
  • City/Night (0:27)
  • Noah and N (3:14)
  • The Two Queens of Aionios (0:24)
  • Hope for the Future (0:20)
• 1:32 to 2:08 (unofficially 'Ouroboros 2') plays in the following sections:
  • Confronting Our Past (1:10)
  • City (1:58)
  • City/Night (2:12)
  • Noah and N (2:24)
  • The Two Queens of Aionios (2:00)
  • Hope for the Future (1:37)

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

Album notes

Album notes written by Yasunori Mitsuda. No official translation exists.

ノアとミオが初めてインタリンク (融合) し、 ウロボロスへと覚醒するシーンで流れる曲ですが、 頂いた絵コンテ を自分でVコンテに作り直し、 それに合わせて作曲していきました。 ノアとミオの過去の記憶がお互いの意識へ と流れ込んでくる場面では、神秘的な声を使って印象的なシーンにしたいと考え、 ANÚNAのアシュリン・マク グリン氏にお願いする事にしました。 初めて体験するインタリンクを独特な音楽で表現できたのではないでしょ うか。

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Trivia

• Ouroboros Awakening and its variations were sung by Aisling McGlynn of ANÚNA. Correspondingly, Moebius and its variations were sung by Lauren McGlynn, Aisling's sister.
• The song was used during the reveal trailer for the game, making it and A Life Sent On to be the first songs to be revealed.