When the Hocotate ship abducts it, short whole-tone runs in the strings build tension until a crash of cymbals reveals the artifact is worth 100 Pokos. As Captain Olimar drops his souvenir, a flute dramatizes its rolling to Louie's feet, and this augments into a brief arrhythmic section characterizing the characters' confusion over the bottle cap. Dolphin, and a series of string stabs drives in the severity of the company's debt. Then a brief tuba-like sound effect characterizes the spaceship that takes the S.S. The President's monolog about Hocotate Freight's debt has no score, to focus attention on the President's words. The next scene, in which the Dolphin approaches Hocotate, includes a simple background of suspended chords in the strings and a droning synthesizer, while horns play the motif one last time. Dolphin escapes to Hocotate, during which the motif returns triumphantly before faltering off into an augmented cliffhanger. A brief major turnaround in the strings recaps the events of Pikmin, and the S.S. This orchestral suite begins with the 'Hocotatian motif' elaborated, until its regality is abruptly silenced by booming percussion as the S.S. Heard during the introduction cutscene, which plays upon starting a new game, or occasionally during attraction mode. A good amount of these samples can be traced back to the libraries of the Kurzweil K2500 and Roland SC-88 synthesizers. Although compared with the previous game, the technology used to mimic these instruments is more advanced and can cover a wider collection and range. All the compositions of this game consist wholly of synthesized sounds or samples attempting to mimic real instruments. It does not have an official album, unlike Pikmin did with Pikmin World. The soundtrack to Pikmin 2 was composed by Hajime Wakai, with help by Kazumi Totaka. In general, compared with the music of the previous game, the soundtrack of Pikmin 2 is less melodically driven, and more atmospheric, although this iteration of the game contains quite a few leitmotifs, or musical gestures that become associated with characters or ideas. Between gameplay, pre-rendered cutscenes are scored with a large orchestra, and in-game cutscenes are scored with small ensembles. Some tracks even adapt specifically to the actions of bosses. During gameplay, each piece of music sets the mood for the particular environment, and adapts dynamically to what tasks Pikmin are carrying out, the identity and condition of the controlled leader, and the time of day. Generally, the textural style of the music reflects either the game's new mission from Hocotate, the organic overworld of PNF-404, or the specific visual theme of a cave by vastly varying its unique instrumentations, register, and rhythms. The music of Pikmin 2 accompanies every mode of the game, from themes during gameplay to scores of cutscenes and menus, in order to provide a more engaging and focally directed experience.

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