{"id":137384,"date":"2026-05-29T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201770"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:55:00","slug":"the-original-pikmin-soundtrack-has-been-added-to-nintendo-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/29\/the-original-pikmin-soundtrack-has-been-added-to-nintendo-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Original Pikmin Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d05b11d6fb96b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d05b11d6fb96b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"d05b11d6fb96b\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pikmin\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d05b11d6fb96b\/pikmin.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d05b11d6fb96b\/pikmin.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" alt=\"Pikmin\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/nintendo_music\">Nintendo Music<\/a> mobile app for Switch Online subscribers has been updated today with the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/pikmin\">Pikmin<\/a> soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>This GameCube classic made its debut in 2001\/02 and the soundtrack was composed by Hajime Wakai, who is known for his work on not only the Pikmin series but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">The Legend of Zelda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a>. The album comes loaded with a total of <strong>33 tracks<\/strong> and has a runtime of one hour.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s every song included:<\/p>\n<h3>Nintendo Music Update &#8211; 29th May 2026 &#8211; Pikmin (GameCube)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Pikmin Title Screen<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>They Carry, Fight, Multiply and Get Eaten<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Choose a Ship&#8217;s Log<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prologue<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Impact Site<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Onion Discovered!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>First Encounter<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ship Parts Discovered!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ship Parts Recovered!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Nightfall<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Today&#8217;s Report<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bird&#8217;s-Eye View<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Forest of Hope<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ship Parts Appear!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Powering Up the Ship<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Forest Navel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A Boss Approaches<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Due to My Carelessness&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Distant Spring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s Now or Never. Time for Lift Off!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Escape, Only to Crash<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Life as a Pikmin<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Final Trial<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Final Boss<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ship Complete!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Ship is Complete. To Space!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Escape! Next Stop&#8230; Hocotate!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Complete Shipwreck Records<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Staff Credits<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Creature Records<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Take on the Challenge<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Challenge Results<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>New Record!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once again, to listen to this soundtrack on the Nintendo Music app, you&#8217;ll need to have an active Switch Online subscription. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pikmin_4\">Pikmin 4<\/a> soundtrack is also available on this service.<\/p>\n<p>The original Pikmin game is also available on Switch and is <a href=\"https:\/\/switch-software-compatibility.nintendo.com\/en-AU\/details\/0100aa80194b0000\">supported on the Switch 2<\/a>. Unfortunately, the game isn&#8217;t currently available on Switch 2&#8217;s &#8216;Nintendo Classics&#8217; GameCube library.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"91Uq8Md-Egc\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91Uq8Md-Egc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:151644,182410,199359,173865 @ 1780163666 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be revisiting this delightful soundtrack? What else would you like to see added? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo The Nintendo Music mobile app for Switch Online subscribers has been updated today with the original Pikmin soundtrack. This GameCube classic made its debut in 2001\/02 and the soundtrack was composed by Hajime Wakai, who is known for his work on not only the Pikmin series but also The Legend of Zelda and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}