Onward!
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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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. Shortly after, a radio static sound effect is heard on the iris out shot of the Zapfish or a plush of it, although said sound effect is absent from the Splatune version. It is heard during the sequence that plays once the player finishes a mission in Octo Valley.
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. Similar to the original, it plays after successfully completing a mission in Octo Canyon.
Onward! (Return of the Mammalians)
A remix of Onward! was created for the missions in Splatoon 3's single-player campaign Return of the Mammalians. However, unlike the previous games, it is only played in the four missions in the Crater, and a different jingle plays in Alterna.
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, this time on 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 sounds 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
- Main article: 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 |
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 Japanese |
ヒーローモード つづく！ Hīrōmōdo tsudzuku! |
Hero Mode: To Be Continued! |
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