Line #29 AwesomeMusic/Pikmin


1	The ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' games are quite notable not only in their really ambient and relaxing [=OSTs=], but managing to perfectly capture the feel of what they're going for. Naturally, they have only gotten better with the release of each subsequent game.
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3	!! Across the Series
4	* [[https://youtu.be/h5dzAc2_Tsg The day results theme]] has been a staple since the first game, a calming sci-fi tune that plays as you review everything you've achieved in your day exploring the PNF-404.
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6	!! Pikmin 1
7	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzAMgBtpn8c The title screen music,]] which was used for much of the game's promotional material, truly captures the vibe of being stranded on an alien world with fantastical creatures and the whimsical personalities of the Pikmin themselves.
8	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Na0IYySuA The Forest of Hope]] is quite possibly the crowner when it comes to relaxing themes in the entire series, which is saying quite something! Once again, it embodies the feeling of exploring an alien world; this time, however, you have some friends to back you up. Easily one of Pikmin's most iconic tracks.
9	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2z7NX9Y2gk The Distant Springs]] manages to capture being on the furthest reaches of the island, surrounded by large pools of water and not knowing what could lurk within.
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11	!! Pikmin 2
12	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glpNG82s2ak music that is played in most Boss Fights]] is probably one of the first songs you think of when recalling a song from ''Pikmin 2'' or from the series in general, especially when most of the times you hear it, you and your colony of adorable carrots are standing their ground against a giant predator.
13	* [[https://youtu.be/R1MGx1sDx_s Emergence Cave]] plays once in the titular cave. The ambient synth arpeggios set the cold, desolate atmosphere for a lot of the caves you'll be exploring throughout the game, and then when you're collecting treasure and the drums and bell synths kick in, it really just takes off.
14	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiigbJadjNU Mystic Marsh]] only plays in one sub-level in the ''entire'' game, but is easily the best track from the second game. It conveys that feeling of being deep underground with only the supplies you have with you, unsure of what could lurk ahead, yet still feeling a relaxing ambiance from the cave.
15	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhSzWu6IYlM Jellyfloat Pool]]. As the name suggests, it only plays on sub-levels with Jellyfloats. But if that enemy could be a track, it'd be this one.
16	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uLQq3ts854 Rest Area]]. There's nothing quite like having this theme play after a long stretch of having to dodge bomb rocks and Violitle Dweevils.
17	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB5vyLgaiM4 Bulblax Kingdom]]. Completely unique to the titled cave, it truly makes you feel like you're someone else's castle. Someone who does ''not'' want you there, and isn't afraid to defend it if they must.
18	* [[https://youtu.be/afcGRhfpoOE Graphite Gulch]] plays exclusively in metal-themed sublevels. The banging drums and bells, accompanied by the haunting melody and subtle pad chords, make it one of the most emotionally tense tracks in the game. Very fittingly, it sounds like the aftermath of an apocalypse.
19	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6PpKISLZY Wistful Wild's theme]] is fittingly suspenseful for the last area in the game, yet still gives the region a feeling of natural beauty.
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21	!! Pikmin 3
22	* Like the Forest of Hope, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdlbMwx9Is Garden of Hope]] evokes images of a sleepy springtime day, and has quickly become one of the franchise's more iconic tracks.
23	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVEJTjAxDeQ Twilight River]] captures the feeling of early Autumn.
24	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAZZQVXh3I A Rainy Day,]] as the title suggests, depicts the feeling of those sleepy, overcast drizzly days.
25	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAr2lRG6B2s Formidable Oak]] is incredibly ambient. Despite only lasting for a short time before you encounter the Plasma Wraith, it perfectly sets the tone for the area. You just ''know'' something is lurking in this place. That something about what lives here is just so inherently ''wrong'' in the context of the Pikmin planet. And it only serves to gear you for when you find it...
26	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zitAr7nZbi4 Mission Mode]] theme is a sped-up version of the main theme and encapsulates the fast pace of the game mode.
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28	!! Pikmin 4
29	* The [[https://youtu.be/LxzJOCP_XR4 Tough Enemy theme]], nicknamed "Drumline Cadence" by the fanbase, takes the marching band aspects of some earlier themes in the series and pushes them up to eleven. The entire track is all percussion, and the drum loop itself is perfectly tense for facing off against the bosses above ground. What makes the theme even better is that each mini-boss it's used on adds a unique extra instrument to help each feel distinct and unique:
30	** The [[https://youtu.be/wqxAoAQe9Mg Burrowing Snagret version]] adds a didgeridoo.
31	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXBlJM8Rz3I Bug-Eyed Crawmad version]] adds intense banjo strumming.
32	** The [[https://youtu.be/Gw_AnBsaTsU Crusted Rumpup version]] adds threatening strings.
33	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wda0U-PSRl4 The Final Boss theme]], in contrast to most of the other songs in the game, is an intense rock theme that also fits the fight against the Ancient Sirehound well.
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35	!! Hey! Pikmin
36	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iaFcbzac9Y Brilliant Garden]] would not feel out of place in the main series games.
37	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk-SgwDGkwQ Cave]] is an ambient track that once again captures that feeling of exploring the deep depths of an alien world.
38	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP40CyHm8Rc Ravaged Rustworks]] truly feels like you're exploring the ruins of a lost civilization. Exciting, nostalgic, yet kind of sad at the same time.
39	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVpqVmLy_Pw Lushlife Murk]] conveys the lament of exploring woods that have ravaged by toxic pollutants.
40	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzhSTapiPg0 Snowfall Field]] is an upbeat track that is somehow still well-suited to exploring a frozen tundra.
41	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZj0nqkhD6s Sweltering Parchland]]. Despite being connected to a dried and dead forest that constantly catches fire, its reassuring tone embodies the nostalgia of what the woods were likely like before they died.
42	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCWUQ6Yui0 Leafswirl Lagoon]] is a relaxing, nostalgic soundings melody that could put anyone at ease.
43	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmN4iXQPfY Olimar's Madcap Dash]]. An absolutely fantastic track, ideal for accompanying the highlights of an adventure.
44	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4NIee4jog Sparkling Labyrinth]] is an all-around nice upbeat track that can both put you at ease while also pumping you up for an adventure.
45	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2nzNqAXzuk&pp=ygUkaGV5IHBpa21pbiBiZXJzZXJrIGxlZWNoIGh5ZHJvZSAgb3N0 All]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbfHFJ-4nAI three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWapbfKxwz4 phases]] of the Berserk Leech Hydroe battle. While Pikmin FinalBoss themes have always managed to make you feel small in comparison to the boss, this one outright makes you feel out of your league; that Olimar, a simple long-haul space shipper, and his army of fragile plant creatures are facing off against an EldritchAbomination that wants to consume the very planet they stand on.

Context AwesomeMusic / Pikmin