Upward

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Upward​

Upward

Artist	Free Association
Game	Splatoon 3 (Side Order only)
Heard in Splatoon 3	Elevator
Featured in	Ordertune - disc 1, track 14
Genre	Ambient electronic
Length	3:36 (Ordertune)
Sample	First climb: 1F–10F: 11F–20F: 21F–29F: 30F:

Upward is a song by Free Association. It plays while the player is inside the elevator.

Description

Upward consists of five different versions that depend on the player's progress. In Ordertune, the song is a medley that features each of the versions one after the other.

• First climb: This version lacks the melody of the latter versions and only plays a single note on the main synth instrument at most every other measure. The percussion seems to use a shaker as the snare.
• 1F–10F: This version introduces the full melody on the main synth instrument while using the same percussion as the previous version.
• 11F–20F: This version introduces a backing melody of a bell-like synth arpeggiating. It also switches to slightly heavier percussion using a more traditional snare sound. The main melody is also played on a more artificial-sounding synth with more reverb.
• 21F–29F: This version introduces heavier and more echoing percussion and uses a more drawn-out, droning synth as the backing, while the main melody is much more distorted and is in parts overshadowed by the backing synth.
• 30F: This version introduces an even heavier echoing effect to the percussion and removes the main melody entirely, while the backing synth remains but is quieter and less droning. This version does not include the second part of the song, and instead loops back to the intro earlier than the other versions.

Etymology

Upward might describe the upward motion of the elevator, as the player only ever ascends in it.