Music in Hey! Pikmin

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Almost all moments of Hey! Pikmin have some accompanying music to set the mood of the situation, from the menu the player is using to the cutscene they are watching to the area they are navigating through. The soundtrack for Hey! Pikmin was composed by Masato Kouda and Kento Hasegawa.

Menus

Title screen

Title screen
Internal name	BGM_02_title.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the title screen and saved game selection menu. This theme presents an ethereal electronic atmosphere, somewhat similar to The Distant Spring's theme from Pikmin. After some time, the synthesizers are joined by a harp ostinato and some simple hand percussion.

Sector selection

Sector selection
Internal name	BGM_04_world_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the sector selection menu, where the player spins the planet around and chooses which sector to go to. This theme draws on grand orchestral styles, opening with a strong melody on French horn, to emphasize the grand scale of the adventure across the planet, but it also features a constant layer of electronic sound effects, as if the sounds of the S.S. Dolphin II are playing in the background.

Brilliant Garden area selection

Brilliant Garden area selection
Internal name	BGM_05_W1_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Brilliant Garden's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. This wistful theme uses instruments with cute tone colors such as flute, xylophone, and harp to introduce the upcoming adventure in a peaceful way.

Verdant Waterfront area selection

Verdant Waterfront area selection
Internal name	BGM_06_W2_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Verdant Waterfront's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. A strong intro sets up this theme's firm rhythmic style. A simple melody is then exchanged between xylophone and a twangy plucked string instrument over a solid E chord. Later in the loop, dissonant scales in the background (very similar to those in the underground back side theme) change the feel considerably.

Sparkling Labyrinth area selection

Sparkling Labyrinth area selection
Internal name	BGM_07_W3_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Sparkling Labyrinth's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. This piece contains 3 distinct segments that are very different in style. The main thing holding them together is the steel drum, which is a fitting instrument for this sector's crystal theme.

Ravaged Rustworks area selection

Ravaged Rustworks area selection
Internal name	BGM_08__4_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Ravaged Rustworks's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. This theme is a lush bossa nova, with a melody played by raindrop-like and whistle-like synthesizers, and guitar and strings providing a jazzy background.

Leafswirl Lagoon area selection

Leafswirl Lagoon area selection
Internal name	BGM_09__5_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Leafswirl Lagoon's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. This beautiful theme in 3/4 time includes a calm melody played on panflute over a simple guitar line, and later a second section with a similar melody played by a Dallape accordion over a more full-sounding background. The resulting theme is fitting for an autumn landscape.

Sweltering Parchlands area selection

Sweltering Parchlands area selection
Internal name	BGM_10__6_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Sweltering Parchlands's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. Compared to the earlier area selection themes, this one is much more synthetic, and contains more of an uncertain feel around it. A hopeful-sounding melody is undermined by higher-pitched synthesizers playing at odd times. This theme was reused in Pikmin Bloom as the badge viewer theme.

Snowfall Field area selection

Snowfall Field area selection
Internal name	BGM_11__7_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Snowfall Field's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. This theme creates a snowy feeling without the use of sleigh bells, which is cleverly done with a mix of staccato notes and swelling long notes played on xylophone and strings, with plenty of space in between. The second half of the piece may be a reference to The Forest of Hope's theme from Pikmin.

Lushlife Murk area selection

Lushlife Murk area selection
Internal name	BGM_12__8_course_select.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the Lushlife Murk's area selection menu, where the player can pick which area of the sector to play in. This theme's strange synthesized sounds (plus a marimba) complement the poisonous swamp theme of the sector, without sounding too negative. The game may be nearing its end, but optimism remains.

Results

Results
Internal name	BGM_43_result.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the area results menu, when an area is cleared and the gathered Sparklium is tallied. This theme contains 2 prominent scalic melodies at the same time, one that goes up and up again, and one that goes up and down. These melodies are layered on top of a steady percussion part and a bassline that enters after some time. This theme was remixed in Pikmin Bloom as the Daily Lookback theme.

Logs

Logs
Internal name	BGM_69_zukan_kyotu.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Hey! Pikmin logs menu. This theme contains 2 sections; the first features a melody on xylophone and later panflute, with an accordion adding additional harmony. The second section is more full-sounding, with long string chords and a harp part joining the other instruments. This theme's mood is generally positive to fit the enemy and creature logs it accompanies. A large pizzicato bass section is also present, though it's barely audible when played on the 3DS's speakers, which may make this theme sound flatter than what might have been intended.

Pikmin Park

Pikmin Park
Internal name	BGM_79_pikmin_hiroba.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Pikmin Park. Sparse percussive tones and a low fluttering panflute give this theme a "wild" feel that fits the style of the Pikmin Park well. The rhythm is similar to the Tropical Wilds theme from Pikmin 3.

Secret Spot results

Secret Spot results
Internal name	BGM_78_kirakira_no_izumi_result.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the results screen of a Secret Spot, where the collected pellet or treasure is shown. This short loop moves between simple piano chords which are colored by a synth arpeggio playing the notes of the chord a fifth above. The resulting theme is more reflective than celebratory.

Sparklium Springs results

Sparklium Springs results
Internal name	BGM_83_kirakira_no_izumi_after.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the results screen of a Sparklium Springs level, where the collected Sparklium is tallied up. This theme is the same as the Secret Spot results theme, but transposed up a minor third, and with a bright synth melody added. This creates a slightly more exciting texture.

Game over

Game over
Internal name	BGM_67_game_over.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the game over screen of a standard area, where the player can choose to retry the stage or return to the area selection menu of the sector they are on. This also includes the segment with the brief cutscene showing Captain Olimar being beamed up to the S.S. Dolphin II. The cutscene section contains a silly melody, and the main part is a slow march with dissonant chords and a melody that emphasizes the comic nature of Olimar's failure.

Secret Spot game over

Secret Spot game over
Internal name	BGM_87_minigame_failure_result.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "Try again?" menu of a Secret Spot, where the player can choose to retry the challenge or return to the area selection menu of the sector they are on, which can be reached by letting Olimar be killed. This slow march uses a rough yet mellow synthesizer to play a silly melody that mocks Olimar for his failure. This comic nature is only added to by the use of a slide whistle that plays with the cymbal.

Options

Options
Internal name	BGM_82_option.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the options menu. If the player adjusts the music volume, the effect takes place right away, so the player can use this song to figure out how loud the music volume is. This very electronic theme uses several synthesizer layers with heavy reverb and other effects, creating a technical feel that's fitting for the options menu.

Cutscenes

Prologue - space

Prologue - space
Internal name	ev_op.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the prologue cutscene where Captain Olimar is flying through space. Ends before the crash-landing cutscene.

Prologue - crash landing

Prologue - crash landing
Internal name	ev_prologue.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the prologue cutscene where the S.S. Dolphin II crashes into the planet.

Inside the S.S. Dolphin II - news

Inside the S.S. Dolphin II - news
Internal name	BGM_62_million_kira_clear.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during most of the S.S. Dolphin II update cutscenes, for all scenes that aren't the ship talking about having discovered a boss battle area, since the Inside the S.S. Dolphin II - boss found track plays in those situations. A bright introductory bar heralds the arrival of good news, and following that, a joyful melody on a saw synthesizer plays over a major chord progression.

Inside the S.S. Dolphin II - boss found

Inside the S.S. Dolphin II - boss found
Internal name	BGM_90_ev_battle.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the S.S. Dolphin II update cutscenes where the ship reveals that it found a boss battle area. A slow progression of tight and dissonant chords plays on high strings, while a chromatic and low-pitched piano and pizzicato string melody plays underneath, creating a highly threatening tone. Within the high string texture, there is a beeping alarm-like synthesizer, repeatedly playing the same note.

Bulborb introduction

Bulborb introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_01.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Bulborb's introduction cutscene in The Shadow in the Brush. Noises of Pikmin running away from an unseen threat start the cutscene. As the boss creeps through the grass, a short section of the main Bulborb battle theme with the lowest notes removed plays, coming to an altered ending as the boss roars.

Long Water Dumple introduction

Long Water Dumple introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_02.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Long Water Dumple's introduction cutscene in The Keeper of the Lake. An ostinato and bassline from the main Long Water Dumple battle theme play as Olimar descends into the water, and as the boss's mouth comes into view, Pikmin scream and the boss roars.

Armurk introduction

Armurk introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_03.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Armurk's introduction cutscene in Subterranean Tyrant. As Olimar and the Pikmin enter the empty cavern, high and mysterious strings quietly play in the background. As the boss appears, brass chords similar to those in the main Armurk battle theme enter, and grow in volume until the end of the cutscene.

Electric Cottonade introduction

Electric Cottonade introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_04.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Electric Cottonade's introduction cutscene in Flashes of Fear. A worrying xylophone pattern plays as Pikmin investigate a mysterious cotton object. As the object reveals itself to be a boss, strings enter, and play the string parts of a section of the main Electric Cottonade battle theme as the boss rises into the air.

Queen Shearwig introduction

Queen Shearwig introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_05.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Queen Shearwig's introduction cutscene in Troop Commander. A sudden string chord plays as a group of Pikmin are surprised by Shearwigs, and then two slide whistles comically slide up and down as Olimar falls. As Winged Pikmin catch Olimar and the boss is revealed, string chords similar to those in the main Queen Shearwig battle theme enter, playing until the end of the cutscene.

Fiery Blowhog introduction

Fiery Blowhog introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_06.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Fiery Blowhog's introduction cutscene in Blazing Winds. A cinematic string introduction plays throughout most of the cutscene, except for a brief xylophone and flute interlude where Olimar falls off a ledge. The music stops when the boss roars, and then the battle starts.

Luring Slurker introduction

Luring Slurker introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_07.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Luring Slurker's introduction cutscene in Cold-Hearted Guardian. A single suspenseful note plays as Pikmin investigate a mysterious object, then as the object suddenly moves, an electronic texture with the primary ostinato from the main Luring Slurker battle theme enters, playing until near the end of the cutscene.

Emperor Bulblax introduction

Emperor Bulblax introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_08.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Emperor Bulblax's introduction cutscene in The Last Lair. High-pitched string notes play as Olimar notices the ground rumbling. Then, a dramatic introduction similar to the main Emperor Bulblax battle theme play as the boss rises from the ground and Pikmin scream and jump out of the grass. This leads directly to the first part of the main battle theme.

Berserk Leech Hydroe buried form introduction

Berserk Leech Hydroe buried form introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_09_appear.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Berserk Leech Hydroe's introduction cutscene at Fragment of Hope.

Berserk Leech Hydroe quadruped form introduction

Berserk Leech Hydroe quadruped form introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_09_1_2.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Berserk Leech Hydroe's buried-to-quadruped form cutscene at Fragment of Hope.

Berserk Leech Hydroe winged form introduction

Berserk Leech Hydroe winged form introduction
Internal name	se_ev_boss_09_2_3.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Berserk Leech Hydroe's quadruped-to-winged form cutscene at Fragment of Hope.

Berserk Leech Hydroe defeated

Berserk Leech Hydroe defeated
Internal name	se_ev_boss_09_gekiha.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the Berserk Leech Hydroe's defeat cutscene, including the Leech Hydroe's encounter and the triumphant collection of the Sparklium Converter.

Epilogue - goodbye

Epilogue - goodbye
Internal name	ev_ed.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the epilogue cutscene where Captain Olimar says his goodbyes to the Pikmin. This theme is based on the sector selection theme.

Epilogue - space

Epilogue - space
Internal name	ev_epilogue.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the epilogue cutscene where Captain Olimar returns to Hocotate in the S.S. Dolphin II. Part of this theme is based on the sector selection theme.

Staff roll

Staff roll
Internal name	BGM_27_staffroll.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the credits sequence.

Areas

Unlike in previous Pikmin games, the music in areas does not change dynamically based on what is happening in the game, and is constant throughout each scene of gameplay. However, most areas have 2 themes: one for the front side, and one for the back side, with one version fading out and the other version fading in when a doorway is entered. Front side themes are the primary themes of the areas, and contain diverse musical textures. In contrast, back side themes are much more sparse and ambient, and are only loosely based on the corresponding front side theme.

Brilliant Garden area

Brilliant Garden area
Internal name	BGM_14_W1_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of most areas in the Brilliant Garden: First Expedition, Mushroom Valley, Back-and-Forth Road, and Cherrystone Pass. It also plays in the tutorial area after the crash-landing. This theme sets a great introduction for the small scale and cute tone of the game, with high-pitched instruments playing a calming tune in the lydian mode. Throughout its several sections, instruments such as vibraphone, harp, clarinet, guitar, bright synthesizer, shaker, and clave come together in various combinations to make textures that exemplify the beauty of nature.

Brilliant Garden area - back side

Brilliant Garden area - back side
Internal name	BGM_15_dungeon_a.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Brilliant Garden area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. This theme has a very different tone to the front side, being made up almost entirely of low-pitched breathy synthesizers, slowly moving between two chords, as various percussive and melodic fragments quietly appear and disappear. The resulting tone is ominous, but not threatening.

Verdant Waterfront area

Verdant Waterfront area
Internal name	BGM_16_W2_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of most areas in the Verdant Waterfront: Foaming Lake, The Shallow End, and Treacherous Currents. A constant sound of bubbles plays quietly beneath the rest of the theme here, demonstrating the watery style of this piece. The melody in part of the piece is played on detuned bottle-like percussion, and watery metal hits form much of the background percussion elsewhere.

Verdant Waterfront area - back side

Verdant Waterfront area - back side
Internal name	BGM_17_W2_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Verdant Waterfront area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. This theme evokes the feeling of being deep underwater, with sound effects that descend into low pitches, atonal synthesizer melodies, and various synthetic click sounds.

Sparkling Labyrinth area

Sparkling Labyrinth area
Internal name	BGM_18_W3_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of most areas in the Sparkling Labyrinth: Crystal Tunnels, Echo Cavern, and The Burning Sky. The central pattern of this theme is a tresillo rhythm in the key of D, played on a synthesizer with the same sort of gravelly tone as a Rock Pikmin's voice, tying the theme of this sector to the Pikmin type it introduces. The melodies in the piece often have a delay effect, which matches the often enclosed nature of the areas in this sector, and the hard materials the walls are made out of.

Sparkling Labyrinth area - back side

Sparkling Labyrinth area - back side
Internal name	BGM_19_W3_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Sparkling Labyrinth area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. Heavy reverb or delay is on almost every sound in this theme, as if the sound is reflecting off the crystalline walls in the area. Various instruments come in and out throughout the loop, playing short and usually atonal melodies.

Ravaged Rustworks area

Ravaged Rustworks area
Internal name	BGM_20_W4_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of most areas in the Ravaged Rustworks: The Lonely Tower, Steel Pipe Forest, and Pollution Pool. The Ravaged Rustworks are filled with the abandoned relics of human construction, and this theme plays into that, creating a tone of resilient desolation with its guitar arpeggios, open melodies, and colorful chords. The theme may be in a major key, but there is sadness behind the beautiful harmonies.

Ravaged Rustworks area - back side

Ravaged Rustworks area - back side
Internal name	BGM_21_W4_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Ravaged Rustworks area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. Various metallic chords, tinkling noises, and unpitched percussion fill the first half of the theme, with plenty of space between every note. The second half of the theme has a melody and bass note, but the melody never leads anywhere.

Leafswirl Lagoon area

Leafswirl Lagoon area
Internal name	BGM_22__5_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of the following areas in the Leafswirl Lagoon: Fragrant Forest, Downpour Thicket, and Gale-Force Glen. Diverse synthetic tones, a flute, and some hand percussion make up most of the instruments in this highly syncopated theme. There are lots of large jumps between notes, and there are very few low notes in the piece, fitting with the airy theme of the Leafswirl Lagoon.

Leafswirl Lagoon area - back side

Leafswirl Lagoon area - back side
Internal name	BGM_23__5_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Leafswirl Lagoon area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. This theme prominently features an atonal melody line made of minor thirds and seconds, as well as a variety of alien-sounding pitchless textures.

Leafswirl Lagoon area 2

Leafswirl Lagoon area 2
Internal name	BGM_32_special_course_2_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of the following areas in the Leafswirl Lagoon: Valley of the Breeze and Bed of Fallen Leaves. This theme in septuple meter creates a dark tone through its subtle percussion and chord layers, and the way it stays on chords for long periods of time. A syncopated bassline and a whistled melody produce an ominous and airy feeling that fits the precise flying-based gameplay of these levels.

Leafswirl Lagoon area 2 - back side

Leafswirl Lagoon area 2 - back side
Internal name	BGM_33_special_course_2_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Leafswirl Lagoon area 2, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. Unlike most back side themes, this one approaches tonality in many of its melodic fragments, but most of these fragments are in different keys. Each one plays after the previous one with little connection between them.

Sweltering Parchlands area

Sweltering Parchlands area
Internal name	BGM_24_W6_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of the following areas in the Sweltering Parchlands: Scorched Earth/Charred Plains and Barriers of Flame. This theme captures the burnt nature of the areas it plays in with its wispy background chords and textures, but the melody and other foreground parts tell a different story, moving between chords in a more hopeful progression. The song also prominently features a delayed synthesizer pattern in the second half of most bars.

Sweltering Parchlands area - back side

Sweltering Parchlands area - back side
Internal name	BGM_25_W6_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Sweltering Parchlands area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. This theme creates tension throughout, with quick and sudden descending synthesizer lines that repeat louder an octave up each time. In other parts of the piece, ominous bass notes dominate the texture. This helps warn the player about the fire in the area.

Snowfall Field area

Snowfall Field area
Internal name	BGM_26_W7_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of the following areas in the Snowfall Field: Freezing Wasteland and Frozen Hazard. Wispy high-pitched noises are constantly in the background of this theme, evoking a feeling of coldness. The melodies and harmonies of this piece are also mostly made of high notes, and use synthetic tone colors that sound as if they are glistening off the snow.

Snowfall Field area - back side

Snowfall Field area - back side
Internal name	BGM_27_W7_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Snowfall Field area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. This theme uses the same kinds of wispy tone colors as the corresponding front side theme, but subverts this by playing most of its atonal melodies with a low-pitched mellow saw synthesizer.

Lushlife Murk area

Lushlife Murk area
Internal name	BGM_28__8_course_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front" side of most areas in the Lushlife Murk: Scourge of the Skies, Septic Swamp, and Burning Bog. As the game nears its end, the music doesn't get more threatening, but instead builds a calm ambience that simultaneously draws attention to the deadly nature of the area. Most of the theme moves between two chords, outlined by arpeggiated kalimba-like synthesizers, while other sections are based around a string section playing more colorful chords.

Lushlife Murk area - back side

Lushlife Murk area - back side
Internal name	BGM_29__8_course_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Lushlife Murk area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. This theme, unlike the rest of the back side themes, is not atonal, instead using a variety of complex chords in a slow ambient theme, punctuated by quick bursts of percussion and short melodies with heavy delay.

Underground area

Underground area
Internal name	BGM_30_special_course_1_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front side" of most areas that take place underground: Cavern of Confusion, Serene Stream, Glowing Bloom Pond, Springpetal Cave, The Hollow Sky, Space of Silence, Drenchnozzle Den, Lights in the Darkness, Terror Trench, Below the Ice, Ordeal of Flame, and Peculiar Rockfall. This theme starts with a high-pitched ostinato that sounds like water falling from the ceiling of a cave, over a low drone that plays for most of the piece. The piano that comes in later plays an expressive chord progression that always stays strictly in time with the percussion and the other layers that gradually come in. The piece's B-section replaces the sixteenth-note rhythms with a triplet pattern that stays in the same key, but moves between different chords.

Underground area - back side

Underground area - back side
Internal name	BGM_31_special_course_1_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the same areas as Underground area, but during the "back side", accessible by entering a doorway. Unlike most of the back side themes, this one has a slow melody throughout most of it, that gradually builds over a 2-chord loop and a bass drone. Later there is a staccato synthesizer playing scales, a frequent inclusion in back side themes.

Sizzling Precipice

Sizzling Precipice
Internal name	BGM_34_special_course_3_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "front side" of the Sizzling Precipice. This theme makes heavy use of 2:3 polyrhythms, with some instruments dividing the bar of 6/8 in 4 and some dividing it in 6. The first half of the theme is based around some jazzy electric piano chords, while the second half features a sliding melody in the upper register.

Sizzling Precipice - back side

Sizzling Precipice - back side
Internal name	BGM_35_special_course_3_back.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the "back side" of the Sizzling Precipice, accessible by entering a doorway. This theme contains very diverse textures for its instruments, which come in and out in short bursts like in most other back side themes. Some of these bursts feature alternating notes that are quite similar to those in the Leafswirl Lagoon area theme.

Over Wintry Mountains

Over Wintry Mountains
Internal name	BGM_36_special_course_4_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during Over Wintry Mountains. This track appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is called such in that game. This fast-paced theme features heavy use of chromatically rising or falling notes, in melodies, chord progressions, and background elements, creating tension in a silly way, which fits with the level's theme of rapidly sliding down a mountain.

Olimar's Madcap Ride

Olimar's Madcap Ride
Internal name	BGM_38_special_course_5_head.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during Olimar's Madcap Ride. This entirely electronic theme with no percussion features a slow melody soaring over complex chord progressions, fitting with the level's theme of riding on slow-moving Adult Centipares.

Before a boss battle

Before a boss battle
Internal name	BGM_44_boss_before.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in all boss battle areas, including Fragment of Hope, in the section that takes place before the boss is actually encountered and fought. The player is unlikely to hear this theme for more than a few seconds, but even right at the start, tense string chords and dissonant xylophone arpeggios set a strong theme of tension. Later on, there are some unexpected harmonic shifts in an exchange between the strings and a bassoon.

Secret Spot

Secret Spot
Internal name	BGM_72_amiibo_minigame_kyotsu.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during a Secret Spot. This theme encourages completing the puzzle as quickly as possible, through creating constantly rising tension. This is done with lots of chromaticism, as the most common chord movement is a semitone rise upwards, and almost every part has plenty of contrast between neighboring notes. This reaches a climax when the piece breaks its pattern of chord resolution to modulate to a higher key, accompanied by a change to brighter synthesizer tones.

Sparklium Springs

Sparklium Springs
Internal name	BGM_76_kirakira_no_izumi_kyotsu.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during a Sparklium Springs area. This incredibly synthesizer-dominated piece uses many different electronic sounds and fast rhythms to create an exciting texture that fits the minigame well. The pop-style chords and melodies leave no time for hesitation or reflection – the goal is to get the Sparklium as quickly as possible.

Boss battles

The Shadow in the Brush

The Shadow in the Brush
Internal name	BGM_46_boss_stg1.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Bulborb. A tense and dissonant xylophone and shaker pattern repeats through almost the entire length of the piece, as sharp accented notes play on low instruments, and various wind instruments play short melodies at inconsistent times. There are only 2 breaks from the constant rhythm – a 2-beat solo vibraphone interlude that breaks the pattern, and a short 3/4 section with longer notes than in the rest of the piece.

The Keeper of the Lake

The Keeper of the Lake
Internal name	BGM_89_boss_stg2.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Long Water Dumple. This track appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is called such in that game. A dark-sounding string pattern provides the song's foundation, establishing a constant C chord with heavy use of D-flat notes. The melodies throughout the piece feature heavy use of chromatic melodies and tritone intervals. A techno drumbeat plays quietly in the background, except in a breakdown section where it comes to the front.

Subterranean Tyrant

Subterranean Tyrant
Internal name	BGM_90_boss_stg3.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Armurk. This theme starts with a high-velocity piano pattern, a snare drum, and a bass drum, playing in 7/8 time. Throughout the first section, more and more layers enter – a bass drone, a xylophone, a french horn ostinato, a piccolo, a trombone melody, and a trumpet section, building the tension. Some parts drop out in the second section, but in the third section, the tension is brought to its maximum with loud and epic jumps between distant chords, repeated in 2 different keys.

Flashes of Fear

Flashes of Fear
Internal name	BGM_103_boss_stg4.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Electric Cottonade. This track appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is called such in that game. This light boss theme starts with a pair of flutes playing a fast and tense melody on top of a bassoon bassline. In the next section, chords rise and fall chromatically with several different instrumentations. In the next section, a melody similar to one in the Over Wintry Mountains theme plays over a simple orchestral backing track.

Troop Commander

Troop Commander
Internal name	BGM_104_boss_stg5.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Queen Shearwig. This complex boss theme contains several harmonically ambiguous sections, each creating tension in different ways. The sections are unified by the use of a string-heavy orchestral instrumentation and a strong and percussive tresillo rhythm.

Blazing Winds

Blazing Winds
Internal name	BGM_105_boss_stg6.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Fiery Blowhog. This theme is dominated by diminished chords, and the slow melody contains lots of semitone and tritone intervals, creating a very dissonant tonality. The harmony is fairly static, letting the player focus on the boss, though one section is in a different key from the rest of the loop.

Cold-Hearted Guardian

Cold-Hearted Guardian
Internal name	BGM_106_boss_stg7.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Luring Slurker. This piece has two distinct sections. The first primarily uses conventional instruments such as accordion and xylophone, and uses short notes to create a lively feel. The second uses almost entirely synthesized sounds with heavy reverberation, creating a much more mysterious tone.

The Last Lair

The Last Lair
Internal name	BGM_107_boss_stg8.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Emperor Bulblax. The slow chords at the beginning of this theme are reminiscent of the original Emperor Bulblax theme from Pikmin. The rest of the piece is menacing, with droning low instruments creating a dense texture, except in a section where they drop out entirely save for the occasional bass drum note, creating a different kind of menacing feel. There is a wistful flute solo in the last section of the loop.

Fragment of Hope - buried form

Fragment of Hope - buried form
Internal name	BGM_108_boss_stg9_1.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Berserk Leech Hydroe during its buried form.

Fragment of Hope - quadruped form

Fragment of Hope - quadruped form
Internal name	BGM_109_boss_stg9_2.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Berserk Leech Hydroe during its quadruped form.

Fragment of Hope

Fragment of Hope
Internal name	BGM_110_boss_stg9_3.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the fight against the Berserk Leech Hydroe during its winged form. This track appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is called such in that game.

Minor jingles

Home Menu jingle

Home Menu jingle
Internal name	BGM_68_homemenu_title.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when the player selects the game from the Nintendo 3DS's Home Menu. This is a shortened version of the main melody of the Brilliant Garden's theme.

Area start

Area start
Internal name	BGM_13_course_start.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays at each area's starting cutscene, when the S.S. Dolphin II's pod drops Captain Olimar into the area. This takes place after the loading screen, and before the player takes control of Olimar. A string section and xylophone play a descending sequence of bright chords, ending on a held chord that a harp plays arpeggios over, which leaves a slight suspenseful feel that is resolved when the area music starts playing afterwards.

Area clear

Area clear
Internal name	BGM_41_jingle_goal.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the cutscene at the exit of each area, where the S.S. Dolphin II's pod beams up Captain Olimar and whatever Pikmin he brought along. The jingle starts with a drum roll as the Pikmin line up, and then as they celebrate, a joyful fanfare on percussion and brass instruments plays, with an A-C-A chord progression.

Boss defeated

Boss defeated
Internal name	BGM_49_boss_defeat.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the cutscene that takes place when the player collects a treasure (or Sparklium Seed) dropped by a boss (except the Emperor Bulblax), and the S.S. Dolphin II's pod beams up Captain Olimar, any living Pikmin, and the treasure. This is a more triumphant version of the regular Area clear music, with a shorter drum roll and a larger set of orchestral instruments playing the fanfare (which uses an A-Eb-A chord progression instead of A-C-A).

Emperor Bulblax defeated

Emperor Bulblax defeated
Internal name	BGM_81_boss_8_clear.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays in the same context as Boss defeated, but exclusively in The Last Lair. This fanfare is very different from the others, featuring orchestral strings playing a chromatic melody over triumphant chords, in a way slightly similar to the Level Complete theme from Pikmin that plays when the Emperor Bulblax's ship part is collected.

Olimar is down

Olimar is down
Internal name	BGM_66_miss.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when Captain Olimar loses all of his health and the screen fades to black, in a regular area. This short jingle communicates a sense of failure in only 3 chords.

Log category complete

Log category complete
Internal name	BGM_70_zukan_complete.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the area results menu if a notification about a log category being completed shows up. This jingle cuts off the Results theme, and when it's over, the latter continues. This simple fanfare with a common C-D-E chord progression features an interesting countermelody outlining each chord.

Secret Spot start

Secret Spot start
Internal name	BGM_71_amiibo_minigame_start.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when a Secret Spot level is introduced, after the loading screen, and before the "Start!" message. The arpeggiated chords and scales in the jingle effectively state to the player that a puzzle is about to occur.

Secret Spot cleared

Secret Spot cleared
Internal name	BGM_73_amiibo_minigame_clear.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the short cutscene where Captain Olimar and the Pikmin celebrate having collected the pellet or amiibo treasure at a Secret Spot. This simple fanfare with a common G-A-B chord progression features an interesting synthesizer tone playing a short melody.

Secret Spot Olimar is down

Secret Spot Olimar is down
Internal name	BGM_74_amiibo_minigame_failure.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when Captain Olimar loses all of his health and the screen fades to black, in a Secret Spot. Using instruments commonly associated with sad musical themes, this jingle sets up a chord resolution and then doesn't resolve it, to emphasize the failure of Olimar.

Sparklium Springs start

Sparklium Springs start
Internal name	BGM_75_kirakira_no_izumi_start.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when a Sparklium Springs challenge starts, after the loading screen, and before the "Ready..." message. This unusual-sounding fanfare features bright synthesizer tones reminiscent of those in the main Sparklium Springs theme, playing a sequence of quite diverse chords.

Sparklium Springs cleared

Sparklium Springs cleared
Internal name	BGM_77_kirakira_no_izumi_end.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays during the short cutscene where Captain Olimar and the Pikmin celebrate having finished a Sparklium Springs challenge. This is a very traditional video game fanfare, featuring brass instruments playing ascending chords and a harp playing glissandi.

Pikmin Park Sparklium

Pikmin Park Sparklium
Internal name	BGM_85_jingle_kira_get.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when the player finds a stash of Sparklium Seeds at the Pikmin Park, whether it's from cleaning up a piece of clutter or by having found it in the open after everything is clean. This brief jingle features a quick and exciting melody on flute and glockenspiel, played over some quiet chords.

Pikmin Park treasure

Pikmin Park treasure
Internal name	BGM_86_jingle_otakara_get.dspadpcm.bcstm
External links	Link

Plays when the player finds a treasure at the Pikmin Park. This fanfare uses syncopation and a rising brass melody to make the discovery of the treasure exciting.

See also

• Music
• Music in Pikmin
• Music in Pikmin 2
• Music in Pikmin 3
• Music in Pikmin Bloom