Splatune 3 (Splatoon 3 Original Soundtrack)



Splatune 3 is the original soundtrack for. It was released in Japan on 2023-04-26. It has four discs and includes both the game's soundtrack and the Deep Cut Concert at Nintendo Live 2022.

Tracklist
The tracklist has been published on the My Nintendo Store in the Japanese region.

The Tricolor Turf War variant of "Splatfest – Match Opening" is absent from the soundtrack. The songs from previous games that only play in the Battle Lobby and the jukebox are also absent, but other songs from previous games are featured (namely Octoling Rendezvous and all Salmon Run music).

Articles
Included in the booklet enclosed with the album are several fictional articles about certain bands.

Front Roe Article
{{collapse|Translation | The Secrets of Front Roe Who is Front Roe? Front Roe has shot to the top of the charts after their sudden debut with the indie label “AGARI” last spring.

They have never made any public appearances nor have their true faces been revealed to the public. Many of you may be listening to their music's powerful yet poppy sound that makes you nostalgic for your youthful days of rebelliousness, listening to explosive tracks, and spending all your time in battles.

Who are the members of Front Roe? It is an open secret that the band's name was formerly known as Squid Squad (you can find their songs on the jukebox!), a band that was active around the mid-'10s in Inkopolis. Since their rebranding into Front Roe, they have moved their base of activities to the Splatlands, however they do not seem to be performing or promoting their music in the main city, Splatsville.

Why is that?

'''What about the members who were replaced? Were there any departures?'''

The bassist of Squid Squad was Quinn, known better in recent times for his work with Mashup as part of the duo "Diss-Pair".

It is commonly believed that the creative differences with the frontman Ichiya, him and Quinn got into an argument so heated that they ended up shooting each other in the head with ink. Soon after that, they just stopped showing up to the studio entirely and the band fell apart from there.

The small man taking up the role of bassist for Front Roe is only credited as “004Clm”.

Plagiarism of a classic song? It seems that while Front Roe never performs any songs from the Squid Squad era, however is an ongoing incident related to "Now or Never," a song always played at the end of Squid Squad's live shows.

While the song has been covered by several artists, including idols Callie and Marie and the band Wet Floor, last year a group called C-Side claimed that they were original creators of the song and that the Squid Squad version is a rip-off, changing only the lyrics and claiming it was their original song without permission.

While Front Roe has "no comment" on this matter, they are presumably outraged at these accusations!

Is there a possibility for a Squid Squad reunion? There is a strong desire among fans for a Squid Squad reunion with Ikkan but is there any chance of this happening?

When a TV interviewer asked Ikkan this question, he replied, "That's a good question," and left the room, never to return.

A source is close to Murasaki, the drummer, reported that he told the owner of a bar he frequented: "It is possible, and it is not possible. When it is, it is, and when it's not, it's not." Reportedly, other people have heard him say similar things in the past.

What do you think?

Translation Notes
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Marie x Marina x Big Man interview
{{collapse|Translation |Marie (Squid Sisters) x Marina (Off the Hook) x Big Man (Deep Cut)

We asked members from well-known national idol duo The Squid Sisters, the world famous artists Off the Hook, and the rapidly rising popular trio which blossomed in Splatsville, Deep Cut, to talk about their recent music activities and future plans. Marie: So Marina, is this your first time meeting Big Man？

Marina: I've been listening to Deep Cut's music, but this is the first time for me to meet him. I'm Marina, and I'm a member of Off the Hook. It's nice to meet you!

Big Man: Ay! Ay! (It's nice to meet you too! I'm so glad you enjoy our music! I've always thought Off the Hook is an amazing band, talking to you is like a dream come true!)

Marie: Off the Hook is on a world tour right now, right?

Marina: We’re still on a tour, but when I heard that the Squid Sisters were dropping a new song, I rushed back to Inkopolis. I didn't want to miss the release event!

Marie: I’m sorry you had to get back in such a rush. Deep Cut is also expanding the scope of their activities. Bankalive was a huge success.

Big Man: Ay〜(It’s thanks to you! I’m sorry that I forgot to look at the set list.... I was really surprised by the appearance of the Squid Sisters. Shiver and Frye apologized as well. They both said “We were the main performers at the live show and they interrupted us...but we still lost our tempers”.)

Marie: Yeah, after the show was over you rushed over and got down on your knees to apologize to us. But after that, we stayed up and hung out until the morning.~

"I want people to see the appeal of the present."

Big Man: Ayy! (Boss and her team have been putting a lot of effort into songwriting lately, right? “Wave Goodbye” was fantastic!)

Marina: …Boss?

Marie: Well, Callie wrote the lyrics to this song. She said “I want to write a song about my feelings toward my distant ancestors and this planet!” Then Shy-Ho-Shy wrote the melody.

Marina: The sample from “The Chorus of Calamari Country” halfway through the song was such a heartwarming reminder of our history…

Big Man: Ay, Ay (On the other hand, "Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today" features a new producer, You★Me!) Marina: The kicking sound fades away around the B melody, and instead, the song takes on the unique groove of a folk song. There is a sense of maturity that has not been present in the Squid Sisters works up to this point. I felt the sincere message of "Don't confine us to your memories, look at us now."

Marie: Well, the landscape of Inkopolis has changed little by little since our debut so we wanted to add a "grown-up" element to the song.

Marina: What I feel is a big change from your past works is the strong kick of the solid beat created by the SuperSaw bass. I do love this kind of EDM type sound creation.

Big Man: Ay, Ay, Aaay! (know! It also comes in from the Gmaj7/A on-chord as the A melody enters, which can be interpreted as a 13th-like tension...)

Marie: Yes, yes, stop, stop! I don't think I can handle two music geeks in one room...

Marina: Ah, sorry! Well you created "Liquid Sunshine" for the Splatfest, but I noticed it features outside artists, which is strange for a Squid Sisters song. Did you have any change of heart regarding collaborations?

Marie: When I thought about the future of the Squid Sisters, I felt that in order for people outside of the city to know the appeal of the current Inkopolis, it would be good to expand the scope of our outreach efforts. Due to this I collaborated with IanBGM, an up-and-coming artist from the Splatlands.

Marina: So how in the world did you get in touch with this...IanBGM...?

Marie: Well...you know~

Big Man: A-Ay!? (Speaking of collaborations, the collaboration songs performed with Damp Socks are all unconventional and challenging songs for Off the Hook, aren't they?!)

Marina: Huh? Well yes, our theme was to "try to cross the lines of typicality" "There were some times where we clashed musically..."

Marina: For example, Pearl usually specializes in thrilling raps, but this time she sang in a very "normal" way. On the other hand, I went on a riot with my rapping and piano playing. I tried to have fun by making a complete change from my main style and doing it with a playful attitude.

Marie: Speaking of which, I'm wondering about the two of you and where you stand at the moment.

Big Man: Ayyy？(The arrangement is quite outlandish, is it a creative decision by Damp Socks?)

Marina: Actually, Pearl took the lead in coordinating this project. I tend to cut back on my own vocal parts, but she encouraged me by saying, "I want to make your part more lively- don't you?". Also, despite their style of music, the members of Damp Socks are all good, diligent people, and in order to make the most of their unique qualities, Pearl decided to leave some things up to them without saying a word.

Marie: Unexpectedly, Pearl is the type of person who is always on the lookout for people around her, isn't she? How are you doing?

Marina: Yes, she is! But we actually had a musical clash and Pearl even left...

Big Man: A-Ay?! (W-What?!）

Marina: I couldn't get in touch with her at all, and I was really worried! As long as I could keep playing music, I was happy, but Pearl seemed to feel that it wasn't fulfilling enough. In a way, Off the Hook had already won the world, and we had reached our zenith. During the time of her disappearance, Pearl spent a lot of time on video sites digging for rock music, which is what she had always wanted to perform. She put together Damp Socks by asking some of the young people who were playing exceptionally well to come and play with us. Then one day I got a message from her saying, "I found some really sick dudes. We could be the next big hit!" (laughs).

Big Man: Ay!! (Cool!!）

Marina: We've been all good since then. During our first practice, all the strings of all the instruments broke when we played the chorus of "Tentacle to the Metal".

Marie: You guys have too much energy.

Marina: It is a song that gets quite gung-ho, and it seems that she went to the microphone with an aggressive spirit. "That was the first song the three of us ever wrote together."

Marina: While we're talking about smoking tunes, Hide and Sleek comes to mind.

Big Man: Ay. (When I was in middle school, a senior asked me to sing a cheering song for their upcoming competition against a neighboring school. Frye and I were fine with whatever, but Shiver insisted, "We'll cheer for you," ...for the price of 30,000 G. The result was "Hide and Sleek", the first song the three of us ever created together.)

Marie: Oh, so that was the reason behind the song's creation?

Big Man: Ay, ay. (The manager of a bowling alley that the three of us frequented happened to hear the song and asked us to write a commercial song for his establishment. Frye and I were fine with whatever, but Shiver agreed to do it ...for the price of 300,000 G. The result was our second song, "Smeared Canvas" ）

Marie: Your fee is a bit much, isn't it?

Marina: I noticed that the main melody and the harmony are reversed in the middle of this song. Does this have something to do with the title of the song, "Smeared Canvas"?

Big Man: Ay! (That's right! We still have a song in my hometown that tells a story about a catastrophe that threatened to wipe out all life on earth. Then one day, Frye said "The earth is a big bowling ball, too!" After that I thought about how I always end up getting beaten during the last round of bowling, and I started to connect the keywords in my mind, and the song's theme of "the destiny of life's prosperity and destruction, reversing on the spinning stone called the earth" took shape.)

Marie: Your middle school sounds extremely unsafe.

Big Man: Ayy! (Thanks in part to that commercial song, our name has become well-known in Splatsville! Nowadays, we're exclusively writing songs for the Splatfests that will liven up the Splatlands!) "What lies beyond the world?"

Marie: What do you two want to do in the future? While I want to live up to the expectations of everyone who supports us, I would like to gradually take on the challenge of creating a new generation for the Squid Sisters. I have a feeling that there will be more young people depending on us.

Marina: As I realized the success of the world tour, I was overwhelmed with thoughts about "What is there beyond the end of the world?" Beyond this chaotic world, there may be a world of order that is beyond our comprehension. Gazing at the end of the world may be similar to being able to choose one's inner self....In any case, I feel like I am about to explode with such a thought, and I would like to construct a new frontier with the power of art.

Marie: I have no idea what you are talking about but that's amazing. What about you ...Big Man?

Big Man: Ay~ (Well Frye says, "I'm going to capture the world, starting with Splatsville!" and Shiver says, "I want to make a fortune, don't you?" With how much Splatlandian pride they have, they're going to be a little irritated when I say this, but... I hope that through music, I can help the people of the Splatlands and Inkopolis become closer to one another!)

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Changes
Some songs contain slight changes in arrangement from the versions used in the game.


 * All tracks by C-Side and Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook now have proper endings instead of fade outs.
 * Clickbait (Demo Tape) does not fade out early.
 * The drum fills at the start of C-Side's songs are now an even volume with the rest of the song instead of being 1db louder than everything that follows.
 * Clickbait has a new guitar solo in the second half that can't be heard in-game.
 * All Alterna hub world music now smoothly transitions between each different version that plays as more gold records are collected.
 * The formant synth at the start of Nine Out of Tension has a different starting position.
 * Whenever the low-pass filter is used in Ride or Fry, the song goes out of tune, about 18 cents sharp.
 * A snare drum loop is added throughout Seep & Destroy. Previously, this could only be heard in the version of the song that plays in the hub world when standing near a kettle.
 * A synth was removed from Seep & Destroy during the vocoder section.
 * Both Surprise and Shine and Bear with Me smoothly transition between phases when the one before it ends.
 * The third phase of Bear with Me includes an additional bass loop.
 * Hide and Sleek and Smeared Canvas are both missing the drum fills that start the songs in-game.
 * Anarchy Rainbow features an additional kick drum during the chorus.
 * The synth arpeggio at the start of "Splatfest – Match Opening" is missing.
 * Calamari Inkantation 3MIX has a slightly different intro and instrumental.
 * Frye’s vocals in Calamari Inkantation 3MIX are slightly different. Her vocals seem to have more reverb and are more “gargly”
 * Tracks which play in-game with a filter to sound like they are playing from a speaker, such as "Lobby Terminal" and "Alterna Citizen Program M-02: Challenge Course (Offshore at Dusk)", are included in Splatune 3 in their original high quality without any filter.

Music By

 * Toshiyuki Sudo (disc1: 16, disc2: 13, 14, 18, 26, disc3: 1-5, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19-23, 25-27, 29-31, 34, disc4: 8, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31)
 * Ryo Nagamatsu (disc1: 1-10, 13, 14, 21-36, disc2: 24, 25, disc3: 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 36, 37, disc4: 9-12, 16, 22, 23)
 * Toru Minegishi (disc1: 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, disc2: 1-6, 15, 16, 19-23, disc3: 5, 29, 35, disc4: 6, 17, 24)
 * Yumi Takahashi (disc1: 15, 17-19, disc3: 24, 28, 32, 33, disc4: 1-5, 7)
 * Sayako Doi (disc1: 18, disc2: 7-12, 27, 28, disc3: 7, 8, disc4: 13-20)
 * Shiho Fujii (disc2: 6, 17, disc3: 16, 18, 32, disc4: 31)

Sound Effects By

 * Shu Tamura (disc3: 38, 39, 32, 44, 46-48)
 * Tomohiro Imura (disc3: 43)
 * Takuro Yasuda (disc3: 45)
 * Kota Okumura (disc3: 40)
 * Takahisa Yamamoto (disc3: 41, 51, 52)
 * Yuki Tsuji (disc3: 49, 50)

Performers
C-Side (except disc3: 36, 37)
 * Vocal: Yoshimasa Masukura
 * Vocal: Miki Aihara
 * Guitar: Yohske Yamamoto
 * Bass: Ryosuke Nikamoto
 * Drums: Hideki Aoyama

Front Roe
 * Vocal: Hiroaki Takeuchi
 * Guitar: Susumu Nishikawa
 * Bass: TABOKUN
 * Drums: Akira Tsuneoka

Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook
 * Vocal (Pearl): Rina Itou
 * Vocal (Marina): Alice Peralta
 * Piano: Takuro Iga
 * Guitar: Takayuki "Kojiro" Sasaki
 * Bass: Hiroo Yamaguchi
 * Drums: Yasuo Sano

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 * Cello: Seigen Tokuzawa

Deep Cut
 * Vocal & Voice (Shiver): Anna Sato
 * Vocal & Voice (Frye): Laura Yokozawa

Squid Sisters
 * Vocal & Voice (Callie): Keity.pop
 * Vocal & Voice (Marie): Mari Kikuma

Recorded & Mixed By

 * Ryota Gomi

Originally Mastered By

 * Takeo Kira (disc1: 1-14)

Live Arrange & Direction

 * Tetsuya Oyama

Live Musician

 * Guitar: Haruka Sakamoto
 * Bass: Satoshi Adachi
 * Drums: Seiichiro Hayakawa
 * Keyboard: Shoko Nagasaki
 * Percussion: NanaN.
 * Percussion: Nao Ohashi
 * Percussion: Kasane Murata
 * Manipulator: Daisuke Oku (Actyente)
 * Instrumental Tech: Hiroyo Maehana (SOUNDCREW)
 * Instrumental Tech: Nanami Dote (SOUNDCREW)

Live Mixing Engineer

 * Kazuo Takei (Public Address)

TD & Mixing Engineer

 * Takahiro Tezuka

Choreography

 * Melochin

Live Stage Direction

 * Yuki Hashiguchi

Live Stage Coordinator

 * Toshiyuki Negami

Mastering Engineer

 * Naomi Sassa (MEMORY-TECH)