Ranking EVERY Splatoon SONG To See Which Is The Best 

A few people have brought up the music volume here, so for the record. I streamed this live and had twitch chat help decide the volume, (with the exception of the last 4 songs because that was recorded at a later date) and in editing it seemed fine. Personally with my speakers or headset the volume seems fine but if some of it seems a bit quiet that's something I will try to fix in future. But in most cases I simply just have the people joining me live help adjust volume for this. Hopefully that is understandable.

The fact that Kraken Up was put into C tier, even temporarily, is a criminal offense.

Petition for Chara to make an updated version of this once Splatoon 3 completes its soundtrack 📃🖊️

As a musician of 20+ years, it's always really interesting to hear the musical opinions of listeners/non-musicians. I think it's really important for musicians to understand that we're also supposed to be the audience for our own music, and so understanding what makes a listener like a song vs what makes a musician like song is a very interesting thing to think about. When I see you talk about a certain song "ramping up" or "this is the good part" or "the song gets interesting here", it makes me realize that there are certain experiences in the music that are being seeked out when listening that are outside of the notes, or maybe the way the notes and rhythms are presented are creating a certain impression on you. I understand that the personal experience we have with music in general is going to dictate our expectations for it, and it's really cool to see that in effect here. Anyway, I'm talking too much about this lol. Great job, I can tell this took a lot of work on your part! Can't wait to see what kind of impression Splatoon 3 is going to have on us 🙂

47:28 I legit, though that the video ended for a second

A bit of a fun music fact: Now Or Never has a completely different version of itself in the Beta of Splatoon1, and can be heard in the E3 demos before the game's release. It sounds completely different. ^-^ you can find a few good recreations on youtube.

I much prefer the Splatoon 2 credits over Splatoon 1. Callie and Marie singing the lyrics to eachother's solos as a form of reconciliation warms my heart in a way Maritime Melody just can't. (Also the choreography for that part of the song is top notch)

As someone who's hyperfocused the hell outta the Splatoon soundtracks, I can really appreciate the effort put into this tier list. The music may be weird to those who aren't used to it, but it holds a special place in my heart. I could go on and on about how much I adore them. I have the perspective of both a musician who appreciates the technical details, and a fan of the series who lives for hype and nostalgia, and it just makes my heart so happy to combine both. I can't WAIT to see what Splat3 has in store for us, both musically and plot-wise, so that I can continue playing these songs on loop and remembering the journeys we've been on.

Pearl is definitely not the first Nintendo character to swear but it is a decently small list

tbh I feel like Fresh Start is less about the conclusion of this journey, and more about the beginning of the next one, and I like that about this song. It gives me a sense of "we're just getting started with the next chapter."

Into the light is absolutely the best splatoon song ever. The breakdown part that you skip to is amazing and the way it played over the credits legit made me tear up. It was and is unbeatable. Period.

The fact that every splatoon 3 song we've had has easily been some of the best they've ever made makes me so unbelievably hopeful, and it's just the REGULAR stuff like battle themes and level themes, we haven't even GOTTEN to where most of the good stuff is, god I'm so unbelievably exited for this game

As a musician, the music of Splatoon is literally my favorite element of the series! So fun to see "casual listeners" give some love to the songs as well. Thank you for making this video man!

a really cool detail about tidal rush: if you listen with headphones on, callie's singing is being played on the left ear, and marie's is being played on the right

Tbh Nintendo did something REALLY impressive to make a song that you hear every time you win/lose and have it not get old. Splatoon 3's OST makes me super excited to hear

I consider myself an Ink Theory fanboy, lol but seriously, I hope they have more songs in Splatoon 3. Gotta love the trumpets and harmonica

I disagreed with like half this list. Still thank you for bringing more attention to the soundtrack because not only is the world-building behind it is amazing, but it's also a really good Nintendo Soundtrack. Also yes most of the Smash Remixes suck. The Bomb Rush Blush remix is the only one that's really good.

Make it easy for yourself chara and put everything on x tier coz all splatoon music is great

am I one of the very few people who actually liked the 8 ball levels? I always found them so relaxing. I also was one of those people who cleared every level with every weapon expecting a reward only to find out that there was nothing

a little fun fact, theres another secret splatoon song that isnt in the games that i really like. its in the emperor gear trailer. pretty sure its ikkan on the vocals and thats why i love it, i wish they made an extended version and used it in the games. and as to my comments on the video..honestly its so fascinating to me how different peoples music tastes can be. i love the metalopod parts chara didnt and not really fond of the ones he thought were great. maybe its just the metalhead in me, its still my favorite splatoon song either way. But....dudes be sleepin...is it really supposed to be bad on purpose? it sounds like what i regularly listen to and my poor heart got hurt by those words 😭i think its genuinely really good.

I just like how Nintendo made 181 Songs for this franchise

The fact that the piano in Hooked is having its keys slammed yet still makes good music is amazing

Im honestly kinda sad that so many people hate metalopod. It has really good guitar riffs

One of my favorite tracks in this series is Into The Light! It is so good. Especially since you just came out of the octo expansion, so it can be emotional.

I love Broken Coral because of the emphasis on brass that a lot of the other songs in both games don’t have

I'm fine with how this is ranked, everyone has their own opinions and there will always be some variation between songs But Chara come on you called every non-7/4 Salmon Run song "7/4" and I didn't see a mention of the actual 7/4 songs being in 7/4. The music nerd inside of me is dying please Chara For the record: Deluge Dirge/Tutorial are 7/4, Fishing Frenzy is 31/32, and Frantic Aspic is alternating between a bunch of different stuff

I like Splatoon 1 music so much better than 2 honestly has a big effect on how much I enjoy playing the different games

Entropical is by far the best multiplayer song in Splatoon 2 imo. Plus canonically Sashi Mori uses "ancient sounds" (Human voices) in their songs, so the lady you hear in Entropical is actually voice clips from a real human! Really creative and fun song, glad Chara feels the same way about it :)

So what I’ve learned from this video is that every song from off the hook slaps

One thing we can agree on, is that Splatoon and Splatoon 2 HAVE SOME OF THE BEST GAME MUSIC TO EVER EXIST AND NOT TO MENTION SPLAT 3 TOO!!!

The sunken scroll theme used to traumatize me when I was little and I didn’t know what any of the scrolls were until like a year after beating the single player

Hey Chara. Your videos have inspired me to start doing my own Splatoon content. I want to target Spanish-speaking audience. I live in Costa Rica and I have noticed a lack of information regarding the depth of this game, which I wish people understood here in Latin America. Most of my knowledge of the game is thanks to my English, which allows me to understand the content out there. Wish me luck! I'm hoping to get the money soon to buy some basic streaming equipment.

Actually, I realized while the ranking was happening, that it became a bit split between being well-made, and being a banger, which could be the same thing, but I kinda see bangers as something you'd listen to on repeat I guess

Personally salmon run ost are my absolute favorites. I just really like it when songs have the guts to try somthing really different and those ones just have a vibe I can't find anywhere else.

“Blitz it” is what got me into chiptune and I will forever be thankful for that

Glad to say I was watching on twitch for this masterpiece

It might actually be scientifically impossible to create a Splatoon song as horrendous as Ultimate’s Now or Never remix.

My favourites are endorphin surge, shock,sucker punch friend list,ink me up, tentacular circus,tacones revendous, cepholoparade,maritime matrony, don't slip, riptide rupture,color pulse,bomb rush blush ebb and flow and ink or sink those are bangers but my absolute favourite is regret #8

Just here to say that the Bomb Rush Blush remix in Smash is really good.

The fact that chara called a cello a guitar 😂

Ink Me Up and Metalopod are my favourite songs from Splatoon 1. They got me so hyped in Smash Bros. I’d always play Moray Towers just to use them

i still vividly remember the splashdown into the closing of inkoming as the splatoon 2 logo flashed up on screen, hype as hell reveal also wet floor im very okay with, the main thing i love about their music is the bass lines in their music tbh also yeah OE really carried S2s lmao

Dang, the amount of effort it would take to make this video, I appreciate your effort to bring us good quality content

Over an hour long, time to grab some popcorn and sit down for a show

Why does everyone say "Splat attack" it's "Splattack", one word. the at in 'splat' is the same 'at' that starts 'attack' you don't repeat the at

45:20 and 1:00:16 are where the happy tears go off. These endings made me feel so accomplished in my darkest time of my life, and really helped me become the person I am.

I just watched the whole thing and man, I forgot how good Splatoon music was. Not only does many of the tracks fit the theme/mood of which you are in, but they are BANGERS as well. Personal favorites of mine that show this are #8 regret (the 8ball stage theme) and #0 shell

till this day, it's canon that Pearl says "FUCK" lmfao

I really love where they’re going with now or never, it sounds so good compared to the second one

I bet Anarchy Rainbow would be in S+ AT LEAST

I remember playing Salmon Run and my dad walked in and commented on the music, calling it "strange noises." I quite like the strange noises.

Wish you included the concert music in here. Into the Light is somehow even better live, and I love the concert rendition of Muck Warfare! There's also some unique songs on the live albums like the Inkopolis Memorial Mixtape and the demo of City of Color

I really admire your work on this, going through every single song and also condensing it from the stream. I could only see the Octo Expansion live, but seeing the rest was such a delight, and wow, it was such a nostalgia trip!

I was worried Shooting Starfish wouldn't be appreciated, but thank you for giving it s+ Also, yes, into the light is the best splatoon song

Sharkbytes not being in X was the only one that completely confused me.

I wont have time to see the entire vid BUT so far I'm agreeing with pretty much every choice! well done Mr chara

Hey Chara! New fan of your content and streams, so I'm late seeing this video, but I LOVE it! I've studied music professionally for many years and have been a musician for most of my life, so this one hit home! Only area of disappointment was not seeing your rating/reaction to the live concert versions, especially with the crowd's energy and participation, and the new verses in many of the pieces. When I got those CD's and listened to them for the first time, I ACTUALLY cried with happiness, ESPECIALLY with Off the Hook closing their concert with an incredible version of "Now or Never." I'd LOVE to see this continued when the entire Splatoon 3 OST is out, DLC and all. Thank you for this video!

Thank you so much: I bet this took hours to do, with editing included, and I appreciate the tier list although I felt like some songs you placed as mediocre made me sad, but I loved how so many Octo Expansion songs got X or S+ tiers, made me reappreciate the OSTs all over again.

Ok so little hot take here, I LOVE broken coral and riptide rupture. They are like the ones that I would rank highest out of all of the multiplayer splatoon 2 songs, not the whole series but the 2nd game. I just love the up beat trumpet mixed in with the more melancholy piano.

Idk why nobody ever seems to talk about it, but the smash ultimate remix of bomb rush blush is actually my favorite song in the entire soundtrack for that game. It feels like a fanmade remix and I mean that in the best possible way. Such a banger.

HOT DOG all the splatoon songs? And i thought my ranking vid was going to be long!

17:27 i really hope they'll be back in Splatoon 3 with the triple inkstrikes being in the game and all they were probably my favorite types of levels

24:50 This song still sticks out to me maybe still put of nostalgia but the final bit that they put exclusively in the reveal trailer when they show what's going to go down is what really gets me.

Not even kidding, I watched just to see your thoughts on Into the Light. Best song btw CANNOT BE BEATEN also love your vids keep it up!

Hearing the salmon run victory jingle after a super intense difficult wave 3 literally brings me back to life, S+ for me on that one just because I get butterflies in my stomach listening to it Also the final fest has ANOTHER alt versions of Now or Never (with both squid sisters and off the hook)

Finally a tier list that I can understand!

Idk why but Octo Expansion conclusion had me grinning LITERALLY from ear to ear because I was so happy to see them saving Inkopolis- *like I literally wanted to jump for joy in excitement and I have no idea why-*

I really appreciate Metalopod. It was relieving during A rank rage.

the fact that most Dedf1sh music is in your higher tiers made me so happy 😂❤ honestly my absolute favorite splatoon artist personally, i'd put them all in X tier, but for a very biased and personal reason her music sounds like how my depression has felt for years. i'm not here to write out a sob story tho, and i'm actually a lot happier now, don't worry! but tbh it felt like having a best friend in spirit next to me when no one else could be there, like it was sent from God, man. The ups, the downs, the confusion and frustration and losing yourself in between. idk how Nintendo did it, but there's rarely a song that can resonate just so easily and as inexplicably deep down in my soul when put beside her. regardless tho, i loved watching your opinions too! i'd been a cellist for a while, so seeing you recognize actual musical concepts even without the lingo really impressed me, especially when it felt absent to you! i'd love to see you do a short sequel with all the new music we've gotten as 3 has progressed. (but probably don't do it till 3 is done because we're gonna get a ton with the DLC)

It's sad he couldn't rate Anarchy Rainbow, it's probably S+

For the first couple of Splatoon 2 songs, I think I prefer the testfire versions. They sound a bit more Splatoon1-like

Got about 5 minutes into this when I realized you were going to have to rank Tidal Rush, my favorite song in the whole series. Quickly went to check where you put it (while trying very hard not to cry BECAUSE THAT SO (stopping myself before I rant)) and... well, I am happy you at least had some sense to put it in S+... Tidal Rush is literally better than Calamari. There. I said it.

It's crazy how splatoon 2 went from an eh soundtrack to literally producing banger after banger post update 3.0 and the octo expansion

Really like all those rankings you make, of everything there is in Splatoon! Btw, Entropical in X is just 👌😂

Chara, how did you know I have today 1:12:45 of spare time to watch this? lol My favorite song is Ebb & Flow

51:57 you were SO REAL for putting #8 Regret in X tier, it might be my favourite video game soundtrack ever, thanks for that :D

Ever since I watched your vids and I saw that this was a goal I hoped others would help achieve it. I love Splatoon's music!

35:03 This one is actually in 31/16. Deluge Dirge is in 7/8.

Into the light is the best of all songs. So nostalgic, reminds me of when I finished Octo expansion and I was so happy :)

5:55 it sounds like the inkling popping off so I love it

Fun fact about Shashimori, they don't have a vocalist. The DJ (the young Octoling) takes vocals from other albums and ancient records, implying that it's the only band that has human vocals in-universe.

NICE AND DEPRESSING LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! good prochara out of context moment right there

listening to chara singing and saying "dun!" over and over again is so adorable lol

To be honest, I prefer pretty much all of the S2 stuff to the S1 stuff. Instrumentation is more lively, rhythmically all of the stuff is just way more interesting and cool to listen to, and I actually LIKE the squid vocals. They just tried so much cool shit like fiddle-shanty rock and upbeat jazz-rock instrumentation and that shit carried some of the poorer songs like the lobby theme. I like pretty much all the songs that play in real matches because they all have such bombastic presence.

The base sp2 tracks were so underwhelming, those chirpy chips songs from 3.0 were a return to form

Chirpy Chips is the best Splatoon band hands down!!

He has to do this again for splatoon 3's tracks. Not to mention how much better all of the songs got in 3.

Too bad you couldn’t hear Splatoon 3’s Splatfest Now or Never it’s so good

I'm loving the vibe of Splatoon 3 The rock music in a post-apocalyptic area is just chefs kiss. 👌👌

i died coughing at the rank he gave dudes be sleeping help 💀

this makes me miss the 1st game so much. music just hits different

Did my guy just call kraken up mid??

I didn’t play Splat1, and all of the nostalgia songs you’re naming are what attracted me to play Splat2. I found the Splatune ost before I played any Splatoon games.

I don't know if I had any influence on you doing this video, regardless I'm not too disappointed on your tiering!(yes I made that a verb)

this made me realise that splatoon is actually the reason i love experimental music😭 damn it’s ruined me

The original now or never from splatoon 1 is my favorite of them all. It continually has high pressure rhythm with its drums and it always gave me a sense of urgency playing splatoon 1. Splatoon 2's now or never never made me feel as urgent.

bro I love your videos and I think you make really high quality content great as usual, but I think you should improve your audio of the mic you are using. Your content is S teir, but I think if you set up better audio it would really improve the quality of your videos, even tho they're already great. Keep up the good work! love your channel❤

All the music in Splatoon are Godlike Breathtaking but if I have to choose number one... It would be "Into The Light" which is probably the best saddest song since "Rosalina Story Book".

I can't unsee the hard squid beatz charting for splattack (octo) so everytime i hear it I just see the notes flying at 1000 times speed

Dude Into The Light make me nostalgic for my LIFE