Olimar's Theme

from Volume 28 by Phlub

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For Spintunes 18 Round 3.

This song is from an imaginary musical about Pikmin, where Captain Olimar crash lands on planet PNF-404 after colliding with an asteroid. He encounters a race of helpful plant people he dubs Pikmin, after their resemblance to his favorite brand of carrots. They form a mutually beneficial relationship where Olimar helps direct and protect the Pikmin, and the Pikmin in return help him put his rocket ship back together.

Musically, I stretched out a bit on this one and tuned my 110 year old upright piano to 7 limit just intonation based in C, with the frequency ratios in the scale being as follows:

1 16/5 9/8 7/6 5/4 11/8 3/2 8/5 5/3 7/4 15/8 2

I also accompanied it with a couple synth tracks programmed to use the same tuning. By using this tuning, one can access every value in the harmonic series for C up to the 12th harmonic, and every value for F up to the 10th harmonic. Also, you get the "septimal 3rd" of 7/6, which provides a particularly "mournful" or "longing" sound, as it's 33 cents below the standard 12 tone equal temperament minor third of 300c which closely approximates the 6/5 minor 3rd.

It's also in 5/8 but that's less neat.

lyrics

Olimar, so far out in space
Olimar, in another place
Very far, 30 days of air
Oxygen is more than I can bear

Ooooh, I found the friendly carrot people
looking out for me

They follow me, they don't bother me
Assisting me, when I'm in need.

(la la la la la la)
(bah-bah, bah-bah)

Oh, I want to return to my planet
Oh, I want to return to my home
So far away from here
So let's go find my gears

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from Volume 28, track released November 1, 2021
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