Onward!
| Performer | Turquoise October |
| Album | Splatune 2 |
| Game | Splatoon 2 |
| Heard in Splatoon 2 | Octo Canyon missions (once finished) |
| Length | 0:05 |
| BPM | - |
| Genre | - |
| Key signature | - |
| Track list no. | 24 (Splatune 2 Disc 2) |
| Album | Splatune |
| Game | Splatoon |
| Heard in Splatoon | Octo Valley missions (once finished) |
| Length | 0:05 |
| BPM | - |
| Genre | - |
| Key signature | - |
| Track list no. | 15 (Splatune Disc 2) |
Onward! is a jingle.
Description
Onward! is a very short jingle, lasting roughly five seconds, taking a lot of elements from Turquoise October songs. It is the signature five-note melody of the Octarians playing twice, the second time with a higher pitch. It is heard during the sequence that plays once the player finishes a mission in Hero Mode.
Remixes and covers
Onward! (Octo Canyon)
A remix of the jingle was composed for Splatoon 2, where unlike the original where no artist was given, the Splatune 2 booklet lists it as a Turquoise October song. Like the original, it plays after successfully completing a mission in Hero Mode.
Samples and interpolations
Eight-Legged Advance
- Main article: Eight-Legged Advance
The intro of Eight-Legged Advance is a version of the Onward! jingle. The "burp" sound effects have a great similarity to the sounds in Onward!
I am Octavio
- Main article: I am Octavio
A choral version of the Onward! jingle plays throughout I am Octavio as a musical motif.
Octo Eight-Step
- Main article: Octo Eight-Step
Like Eight-Legged Advance, the intro of Octo Eight-Step is a version of the Onward! jingle, albeit played in a flute.
Octarmaments
- Main article: Octarmaments
Octarmaments contains various distortions of the Onward melody.
Bomb Rush Blush (DJ Octavio)
- Main article: Bomb Rush Blush
Similar to its final boss theme predecessor, DJ Octavio's remix of Bomb Rush Blush also uses the Onward! motif throughout the track.
Scrapper jingle
Whilst stunning a Scrapper, a jingle is played, consisting of the Onward! theme being played with what appears to be car horns.
Ebb & Flow (Demo)
- Main article: Ebb & Flow
Similar to DJ Octavio's usage of the jingle, the demo version of Ebb & Flow contains interpolations of the Onward! theme, hinting at Marina's Octarian origins.
Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape
The Onward! jingle can be heard twice in the Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape. The first time, the same version of the jingle heard in Eight-Legged Advance plays, and the second, which seems to be the same choral version that plays in I am Octavio, is heard after the Opening jingle by Wet Floor.
Etymology
The name of the song states that the player has just completed a mission and it is time to continue onward.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ヒーローモード つづく！ Hīrōmōdo tsudzuku! |
Hero Mode continues! |
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