Smeared Canvas
Smeared Canvas
| Artist | Deep Cut |
| Vocals | Anna Sato Laura Yokozawa Shiver (in-game) Frye (in-game) |
| Game | Splatoon 3 |
| Heard in Splatoon 3 | Splatfest Battle (Past vs. Present vs. Future only) Rocket 04The Spirit Lifter: Steerage Rocket 05The Spirit Lifter: First Class |
| Featured in |  JukeboxSplatune 3 – disc 3, track 11 Ordertune – disc 4, track 24 (2nd Deep Cut Concert)  Nintendo Music –link |
| Genre | Pop Electronic |
| BPM | 170 |
| Key signature | B minor |
| Length | 1:43 |
| Samples | https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/File:RotM_Smeared_Canvas.mp3 First Class version: https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/File:RotM_Smeared_Canvas_(First_Class).mp3 |
Smeared Canvas is asong performed byDeep Cut.
Description
Smeared Canvas is an energetic pop song. The song starts with an instrumental intro, then a verse sung by bothShiver andFrye. This first verse samples the melody ofGot That Treasure!. The second verse is two solo parts, first by Frye, followed by Shiver. The first verse is then repeated. Afterwards, a bridge is played featuring Frye's vocals before looping back to the intro.
This song is played during two missions inAlterna Space Center of theReturn of the Mammalians single-player campaign inSplatoon 3, first duringThe Spirit Lifter: Steerage, then immediately followed byThe Spirit Lifter: First Class. Although the song is played continuously throughout these two missions, different percussion instruments are used between them, with the transition to the different instrumental happening after the player lands onto the latter mission.
Like in many other missions, when the player has been spotted by enemies, an additional percussion track is layered on top of the music.
InSplatune 3, the track contains two loops of the version played in The Spirit Lifter: Steerage, then switches to the version played in The Spirit Lifter: First Class. The music starts fading out near the end of the second loop, but stops to maintain the volume when switching to the First Class version, then resumes fading out about 30 seconds later.
Samples and interpolations
Got That Treasure!
- Main article:Got That Treasure!
The vocals use mostly the same melody as theGot That Treasure! jingle.
Lyrics
The booklet included withSplatune 3 gives the official lyrics forSmeared Canvas.[1] The lyrics are nonsensical; the Japanesehiragana andkatakana simply give the pronunciation.
| Smeared Canvas | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Cut | Japanese lyrics[2] | Romanized lyrics | |||
| Shiver | Frye | ||||
 |  | ディ ヘティカ ニュタリンデ ディ メンディア ファトゥファレ ラタ ウェンダ ウィニャルディハ ダンザ マカンリ | Di hetika nyutarinde Di mendia fatufare Rata wenda winyarudiha Danza makanri | ||
| | ディ ヘティカ ニュタリンデ ディ メンディア ファトゥファレ マカ ジャンタ ナンニュラリエ ウテン チャパタニ | Di hetika nyutarinde Di mendia fatufare Maka janta nannyurarie Uten chapatani | ||
| ラ カン ニュディラ タイワァベンニ ミュハイレイ ノイツェンナ | Ra kan nyudira taiwaabenni Myuhairei noitsenna | |||
| はい な るぴら まかんぴ ちら まいらんてぃ | Hai na rupira makanpi Chira mairanti | |||
| Repeat | |||||
Other versions
Smeared Canvas (Live)
During theSplatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, an extended version ofSmeared Canvas is used. In this version the percussion line follows the version used in The Spirit Lifter: Steerage.
Smeared Canvas (Grand Festival)
During the first two days of thePast vs. Present vs. Future Splatfest, an extended version ofSmeared Canvas can be performed by Deep Cut at theGrand Festival Grounds, based on the performance featured in theSplatoon 3 Live Concert featuring Deep Cut at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO. Revisiting the Grand Festival Grounds via use ofidolamiibo and selecting the "Colorful Evenings" option will allow the song to be replayed, along with the rest of the set list from the first part of the Splatfest.
Smeared Canvas (Grand Festival battle)
During days two and three of thePast vs. Present vs. Future Splatfest, an alternate version ofSmeared Canvas plays. This version lacks the intro of the original version and, like the live version, featuresBig Man's vocals during the chorus. Additionally, this version features the solo from the live version as the members of Deep Cut hum along. While this solo is played by a guitar in the live version, it is played by a synth in this version, which sounds similar toGot That Treasure!.[3]
Chords
- The symbol- indicates a chord change happening after the indicated chord length
- The symbol> indicates a chord change happening afterhalf the indicated chord length.
- The symbol|| indicates the start/end of a phrase
- The symbol:|| indicates to repeat the previously indicated phrase
- If a chord is wrapped in parentheses, it is animplied chord
Intro (8 measures)
The intro doesn't feature any prominent chords.
The intro rests statically on anA5 chord,which accompanies theApentatonic introductory melody(this is also a good indicator of the song's key)
Pre-Chorus (8 measures)
(Chords change every measure)
|| Esus4 - F#sus4 - G - A> Bmi:||
Chorus (16 measures)
(Chords change every 2 beats)
|| Gma7 - F#mi9 - D/F# - D/F#
Gma7 - F#mi9 - Dma7/C# - D7/C
Cma7/B - Bmi - Emi - F#mi
[ending 1]:
G - E/G# - F#sus4/B - F#/A#:||
[ending 2]:
Bmi - A - Bsus2 - Bsus2||
Trivia
- Before the release ofversion 3.0.0, this song was listed as "?" on Deep Cut's page on theSplatoon Base website.[4]
Names in other languages
The name of the song is the same as English in all languages except for Japanese.
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese | 天命反転ローリンストン tenmei hanten rōrinsuton | Reversed Fate Rolling Stone |
 Internal | BGM_Mission_Stage_Rocket_04 BGM_Mission_Stage_Rocket_04_Jukebox |
