Editing Music in Pikmin 3

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==Leitmotifs==

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[[File:Success and Adventure Motif.png|thumb|300px|center|[[File:SuccessMotif.ogg]] The "success motif", denoting a success or setting a victorious mood.]]

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==Cutscenes==

Most of the [[cutscene]]s of the game have pre-rendered soundtracks, as they are usually a specified length. The theatrical cutscenes have a Hollywood-style orchestra to perform them, plus electronics. Meanwhile, the in-game cutscenes can sometimes have a looped theme, since dialog occurs over the cutscene that requires player input to progress. These cutscenes can be performed by a wide range of ensembles and electronics, as they all have varying moods and contexts to convey.

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Heard during attraction mode, or when a new game begins. The first-ever narrator in the series (voice of Julian Macfarlane) reads the following passage, which contains key elements that change the soundtrack.

Before the passage begins, a dramatic percussion hit silences the audience, with a quiet A in bass strings immediately disconcerting the mood. After the galactic date, a synthesized bass joins this A, bringing overtones into the passing drone. Only when the narrator introduces [[Koppai]] does this texture change. Pad strings and a small gesture in a triangle wave follow the appearance of the planet, and tremolo strings in an F-Lydian chord accent the name "Koppai". The next sentence begins with a low tam-tam, and reverb from the previous gesture morphs into an organ-like synthesizer, violins playing open notes, and a small gesture in marimba accent Koppai's predicament, although focusing more still on its introduction. This fades into reverb; at "another planet", a new texture arrives. As it plays the technology of space travel and [[SPERO]]s, it is entirely synthesized, and quite major. Reverberant strings bring it down, however, clogging this initial texture until "to their dismay", when the whole texture ends on C minor and falters away. At "the final vessel", the music suddenly builds into a major orchestral sting, with full strings, horns, and timpani. The texture is by no means "miraculous" sounding; its dissonant blaring around D minor leaves the mood of PNF-404 very ambiguous. But this thins out to a simple triumphant counterpoint in pad strings when "they mobilize". At "Koppai's last hope", the theme gains power from a trumpet, and loses reverb to become more coherent. As the narrator pauses, a drum machine, timpani, and tambourine accent the space travel scene. A trumpet toots the triumphant "Koppaite motif", under a quiet chip-tone texture. A harp flourish sweeps out this beat at "nears its end". The music is now continued in the orchestra, but it quickly spirals into dissonant whole-tone harmonies as "they initiate the landing sequence". Percussion mounts the tension until the big release at "something goes horribly wrong", when the resolving high D sustains in violins over decaying cellos. It all fades, and when the three leaders plummet to PNF-404, only a lone shimmering drone in F returns. The final gesture is an echoing synthesized ''Pikmin 2'' motif, in a sustained chord context. Unlike [[Music in Pikmin 2#Opening cinema|the prologue in the previous game]], this ending is much more ambiguous, the major turnaround only suggesting the title of the game and not the fate of the Koppaites.

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Heard when an important non-Pikmin item is discovered, such as the first piece of [[fruit]] or the [[KopPad]]. This is a new rendition of the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Success|success theme]], with more prominent flutes with vibrato playing the "success" motif, and a clearer sound in the harmony and bass, thanks to an acoustic guitar sound. Percussion is also added in this rendition, another element adding to the satisfying conclusiveness of this tonal motif.

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Heard when a new type of Pikmin is plucked or found. Again, a mixture of synthesizers and small natural instruments introduce the Pikmin, this time with a decoration of the ''Pikmin 2'' motif. One should notice how the melodic synthesizer detunes at the end of the cue, leading into the dialogue about new Pikmin.

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|name=Brittany's theme reprise

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|name=Medusal Slurker encounter

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|name=Rescued Brittany

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|name=Recovered important item (loop)

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|name=Leader is down

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|name=Pikmin extinction

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|name=Land in Distant Tundra

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|name=Captain Charlie's theme

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|name=Louie's theme

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|name=Recovered Louie

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|name=Found Olimar

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Heard when Olimar is saved; the cutscene occurs this way no matter how much [[fruit]] was recovered. It begins with the Koppaites meeting Olimar, who is immediately characterized by the true [[Music in Pikmin 2#Leitmotifs|"Hocotatian" motif]] played resoundingly in trumpet (and later echoed in a horn section and a flute). The bold texture for Olimar contrasts with a softer, thinner texture for the awestruck Koppaites, in harp, thumb piano, and flute. This friendly texture stays for the remainder of the scene, as Olimar and the Koppaites exchange friendly dialog. One other element receives musical attention: the [[S.S. Drake#Cosmic Drive Key|cosmic-drive key]]: its appearance is almost comically chimed by a bell and the same choir used as a sound effect in the [[KopPad]].

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*(0:17) Blue Pikmin are idling in water in the [[Garden of Hope]]. The first gesture repeats with glockenspiel, harp, and bass pizzicato added. This adds complexity and development, before the gesture is briefly set aside for some more detailed scores.

*(0:52) Several Pikmin watch as other Pikmin slide down the larger ice slide in the [[Distant Tundra]]. The music switches a new passage in a deceptively different key using the tuned gongs, jingle bells, and synthesized pad from the Distant Tundra's theme. This may sound like an entirely different turn, but the orchestra bassoon and strings can still be heard building behind it.

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*'''Afternoon version:''' The theme that plays at the beginning of the day is considered by this article to be the normal theme of the area. As the [[HUD#Sun Meter|Sun Meter]] reads noon, the music fades out for the bell chime and then comes back in with a new intro. Usually, the theme is the same before and after noon, but for the [[Garden of Hope]], the two are different. For the other areas, the links in this article are only to the afternoon intro, since the following themes are the same as morning.

*'''Sunset version:''' Once the [[HUD]] warns the player to collect all stray Pikmin before [[Day#Sunset|sunset]], the music changes to a thinner, calmer remix of ''part'' of the original theme. This completely replaces the original theme, and does not feature any of its own enemy, task, and carrying mixes, unlike the sunset themes in the previous games.

A new feature of ''Pikmin 3'' is that these parameters are global; the active leader does not need to be nearby a gameplay event for it to trigger a musical adaptation. This actually makes music a helpful gameplay element, for example alerting the player as to when Pikmin not on screen are in danger with the enemy mix. Also, when the active leader is [[hiding]], the music will fade out.

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'''Instruments'''

*'''Enemy mix''': Timpani, crash cymbals, and bell collection.

*'''Task mix''': Baritone saxophone, metal tom drum, conga, and rotary organ.

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'''Instruments'''

*'''Enemy mix''': Timpani, snare drum, crash cymbals, and bell collection.

*'''Weather version''': See '''[[#Rain|Rain]]'''.

*'''Afternoon version''': Same as main version, but piccolos, a full use of banjo, and pizzicato basses are added.

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It does not rain in the Distant Tundra; its weather equivalent is snow, prompting a new version of the theme on any day that it is snowing; this theme is actually a passage longer than the main version.

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*'''Enemy mix''': Timpani, snare drum, crash cymbals, and bell collection.

*'''Task mix''': DX electric piano, and pizzicato cellos and basses.

*'''Afternoon version''': Same as main version.

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'''Instruments'''

*'''Enemy mix''': Timpani, snare drum, crash cymbals, and bell collection.

*'''Weather version''': See '''[[#Rain|Rain]]'''.

*'''Afternoon version''': Same as main version, but the intro contains bass accordion.

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'''Instruments'''

*'''Enemy mix''': Timpani, snare drum, crash cymbals, and bell collection.

*'''Weather version''': See '''[[#Rain|Rain]]'''.

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'''Instruments'''

*'''Main version''': Timpani, bamboo marimba, snare drum, pad/modulating sine synthesizer, distorted modified vocal synthesizer, filtered noise, and basses.

*'''Sunset version''': Detuned chorused glockenspiel, bamboo marimba, celeste/wind chime sample, and distorted modified vocal synthesizer.

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'''Instruments'''

*'''Enemy mix''': Electronic drum kit.

*'''Task mix''': Hi-hat, electronic piano, sawtooth synthesizer, ping-like chordal synthesizer, and cave-drop sound effect.

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The [[Plasm Wraith|final boss]] of the game has two forms, with two very different themes. These two boss themes do not function like the normal boss themes; there is little (although still significant) dynamism that the boss can trigger. Also, since the [[Formidable Oak]] is entirely designed for this boss battle, the boss theme is global, and the second phase of it completely replaces the Formidable Oak's theme.

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Heard when the Plasm Wraith gives up its inner cube, which reveals Olimar and ends the game. This cutscene begins with one last iteration of the Plasm Wraith's motif in synthesizer and then in horns. It stops on an F midway through the horn iteration however, indicating the immediate end of the boss's threat. This F is sustained in high tremolo violins, and suddenly switched into a B♭ major dominant context as the cube begins to open. The orchestra chimes in with more major harmony and trilling woodwinds and arpeggiating synthesizers, until Olimar is fully revealed with a grand orchestral four-note gesture in the C Lydian mode. The music then cuts, leaving the echo of synthesizers, before the [[#Conclusion cutscene|conclusion]] begins.

===Mid-bosses===

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Mid-bosses in ''Pikmin 3'' are smaller bosses in the game that are larger and stronger than most enemies but that do not contain an important plot element. These are the [[Shaggy Long Legs]], [[Burrowing Snagret]], and [[Bug-Eyed Crawmad]] (the [[Baldy Long Legs]] does not trigger mid-boss music because it does not appear in story mode). They get their own theme that plays whenever the active leader is near, similarly to how boss themes worked in the previous games. The theme itself is a new rendition of the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Common boss battle|previous game's boss battle theme]]. The new theme is less brass-centered, with the melody in strings and a few muted horns instead. The percussion and synth bass are also more articulate.

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==Mission Mode==

[[Mission Mode]] in ''Pikmin 3'' is considered [[Canon|non-canonical]], and as such the music does not necessarily reflect the normal compositional style in the main game. The themes used here are not to address the scenery of a particular environment, they are meant to encourage gameplay and strategic thinking. At times they can be simpler so as not to clutter up the Mission Mode experience, or at other times they can be very complex in order to direct the player to the game rather than the music. Either way, the music still changes dynamically based on Pikmin battling enemies, carrying items, or overcoming obstacles. So even if the music does not direct a lot of attention, it can still help categorize what is going on in a Mission Mode stage. The themes of Mission Mode play continuously throughout a stage, and transpose up one half-step and accelerate at one minute remaining.

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