Splatune (Splatoon Original Soundtrack)



Splatune is the original soundtrack for Splatoon, released in Japan on 2015-10-21. It features two discs with 61 tracks total, consisting of 37 in-game tracks, ten jingle tracks, and fourteen sound effect tracks. Also included are four alternate covers, lyrics to the music by the Squid Sisters, and three articles on some of the famous musicians and their music.

It was later accompanied by Splatoon Live in Makuhari, and received a full sequel in the form of Splatune 2.

Commercial performance
It debuted at #2 on both the Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart. It sold 24,355 copies within its first day of release, going on to sell an estimated total of 43,000 copies during its launch week (an earlier estimate by Oricon stated 42,649 copies were sold). At the end of the year, it was #46 on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums Year End chart, as well as #71 on Oricon's Yearly Sales Ranking for 2015.

Disc 2
Track 36 contains a hidden track: Wii U Menu Start Up (starts at 1:51).

Changes
Some songs contain slight changes in arrangement from the versions used in the game.
 * Splattack! (Jam Session) fades out, unlike the file in the game, which cuts out abruptly.
 * Inkopolis News has a different beginning jingle and ends properly.
 * Lookin' Fresh uses all four versions of the song, which use the same record scratch transition used when pressing the shoulder buttons in Booyah Base.
 * Visiting Inkopolis includes the jingle that plays whenever the train makes a stop in Inkopolis Plaza.
 * Plaza starts with the main speaker music before fading into the background to play the jingles that play from other speakers in Inkopolis Plaza and then fading back in before the song finally fades out.
 * All Hero Mode level music does not contain the percussion track that plays when an enemy spots the player. However, Inkstrike Shuffle and Octoling Rendezvous still retain any additional instrumentation that is added in these scenarios.
 * Inkstrike Shuffle loops differently.
 * Octoweaponry contains all three versions that coincide with the three phases of each boss.
 * I am Octavio contains all three variations on the song: the one that plays during the first phase, the one that plays on subsequent phases before the final one, and the music that plays when a missile is fired.

Lyrics
From the booklet included with Splatune. They are all nonsensical; the Japanese hiragana simply gives the pronunciation.

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Articles
Also included in the booklet are several fictional articles on some of the 'key artists' about the creation of their most popular titles.

Squid Squad
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Squid Sisters
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Turquoise October & DJ Octavio
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Music By

 * Toru Minegishi (disk 1 track 1-12, 15-22, 25, disk 2 track track 5-12, 14-18, 36)
 * Shiho Fujii (disk 1 track 13, 14, 23, 24, disk 2 track 1-4, 13, 19, 20, 35)

Sound Effects By

 * Yuki Tsuji (disk 1 track 20, disk 2 track 21-34)
 * Takuro Yasuda (disk 1 track 18, 23)

Performers

 * Vocal: Hiroaki Takeuchi (disk 1 track 3-6, 8)
 * Vocal & Voice (Callie): Yuki Mizutani (disk 2 track 1, 3, 4, 19, 20, 34; as keity.pop)
 * Vocal & Voice (Marie): Mari Kikuma (disk 2 track 1, 3, 4, 19, 20, 34)
 * Electric Guitar: Susumu Nishikawa (disk 1 track 1-8)
 * Electric Guitar: Yoshihiko Haga (disk 1 track 3, 4, 8)
 * Electric Guitar: Takafumi Koukei (disk 1 track 13-16; as Takafumi "CO-K" Koukei)
 * Electric Bass: Tatsuhiro Endo (disk 1 track 1-8; as TABOKUN)
 * Drums: Akira Tsuneoka (disk 1 track 1-8)
 * Drums: Shuntaro Kado (disk 1 track 13, 14)

Recorded & ProTools Operated By

 * Takashi Koiwa (disk 1 track 1-8, 13, 14, disk 2 track 1, 3, 4, 19, 20; as Takashi Koiwa (SIGN SOUND LLC))

Mixed & ProTools Operated By

 * Takashi Koiwa (disk 1 track 13, 14; as Takashi Koiwa (SIGN SOUND LLC))

Mastering Engineer

 * Naomi Sassa (as Naomi Sassa (MEMORY-TECH)