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{{Infobox person
|title = Daniel Rosenfeld
|image = Daniel Rosenfeld new.jpg
|imagesize =
|real_name = Daniel Rosenfeld
|date_of_birth = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|9|mf=yes}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190710075833/https://twitter.com/c418/status/729642454627028992 I'm 27 today! Or 30 if you believe the Minecraft wiki, which the German tax agency did, I shit you not. Happy fake 30th to me?] - {{tweet|C418}}, May 9, 2016</ref>
|occupation = Freelance musician
|nationality = German
|languages =English, German
|website = [http://c418.org/ c418.org]
|known_for = Producing the soundtrack and sounds of ''Minecraft''
|also_known_as =
|reddit = C418
|twitter = C418
|bluesky = c418.org
|instagram = c418
|minecraft_name = C418
|wiki_name = C418bla
}}
'''Daniel Rosenfeld''', also known as '''C418''', is a musician who composed a majority of the background music for {{MC}}<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.minecraft.net/credits|title=Minecraft Credits {{!}} Minecraft|author=[[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]]|website=[[Minecraft:Minecraft.net]]}}</ref> as well as the songs for all of the [[Minecraft:music discs]] added before the [[Minecraft:Nether Update]]. He also produced some sound effects for the game, such as footsteps, [[Minecraft:villager]] and [[Minecraft:ghast]] sounds.

All of his songs are featured in his albums ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'', which includes all the music present in the game made by him up to the soundtrack's release with some bonus tracks, and ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'', which includes more music and the remaining music disc tracks, as well as some music for various ''Minecraft'' productions.

== Biography ==
Daniel Rosenfeld was born on May 9, 1989, in [[Wikipedia:East Germany|East Germany]], and his parents were both from the [[Wikipedia:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]. His brother, known as C818, nicknamed him C418<ref>{{ytl|N3DAAbwT6ak|C418 INTERVIEW, Minecraft Music & Sound Composer|BebopVox YOGSCAST|May 12, 2011}}</ref> and introduced him to creating music with a computer. Since then he has had an interest in music.<ref>{{ytl|SDI2rHG1Xsc|Minecon 2012 - The Music of Minecraft & Minecraft Documentary|PC Gamer|November 28, 2012}}</ref> Rosenfeld has one cat and a corgi.<ref>{{tweet|C418|1245386670561787907|The world is in a pretty bad spot, but honestly the only thing I can think about is "when will valve ship me an index" and also "how much longer until I can get my dog"|April 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|1245386842129735683|And I know the answers to both of these questions and yet I still ask this daily. They are "never" and "6 weeks"|April 1, 2020}}</ref>

== Works ==
=== Official ''Minecraft'' soundtracks ===
* ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' - (March 4, 2011)
* ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta|Minecraft – Volume Beta]]'' - (November 9, 2013)
* ''Warmth (Festive)'', ''Ballad of the Cats (Festive)'', ''The End (Festive)'' - (December 9, 2014; as part of [[Minecraft:Festive Mash-up|Festive Mash-up Pack]] soundtrack for [[Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition]])
* ''Halloween menu, Halloween 1, Halloween 2, Halloween 3, Halloween Nether 1, Halloween Nether 2, Halloween The End'' - (October 22, 2015; as part of [[Minecraft:Mash-up pack|Halloween Mash-up Pack]] soundtrack for [[Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition]])<ref>{{Tweet|4JStudios|657528284218052609|.@dexinsaintsrow1 Scary Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack music by @C418 :)|October 23, 2025|archive=no}}</ref>
* ''Battlemode 1, Battlemode 2, Battlemode 3, Battlemode 4'' - (June 21, 2016; as part of [[Minecraft:Battle (mini game)|Battle mini game]] soundtrack for [[Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition]])
* ''[[Minecraft:Dragon Fish]]'' - (August 8, 2018)
* ''[[Minecraft:Shuniji]]'' - (November 7, 2018)
* ''[[Minecraft:Axolotl (song)|Axolotl]]'' - (December 12, 2018)

There are also official physical and non-physical copies made of ''Volume Alpha'' and ''Volume Beta''. They were released on vinyl, cassette, CD and for download.

=== Unreleased third ''Minecraft'' volume ===
In 2015, Rosenfeld hinted at a potential upcoming third album for ''Minecraft'''s soundtrack, stating "I'll still work on Minecraft, so there'll probably be another album".<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/09/05/minecraft-c418-interview/|title=Can You Dig It: FACT meets Minecraft composer C418|website=factmag|author=Tom Fenwick|date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, he confirmed the future release, claiming the album "is still far from done".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210308183610/https://twitter.com/C418/status/829667788897783809 I’m still far from done, but I tallied up a few numbers, and the third Minecraft soundtrack is gonna be longer than Alpha and Beta combined.] - {{tweet|C418}}, February 9, 2016</ref> He confirmed on Twitter that the third album would have not been called "Volume Gamma"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191055/https://twitter.com/C418/status/822673435147046912 Minecraft Volume Gamma? nope]- {{tweet|C418}}, January 21, 2017</ref> and it would have be longer than the previous two albums combined (which in total is over 3 hours and 18 minutes).

In January 2021, Rosenfeld was asked in an interview whether there was still a third volume of the soundtrack in the works. He responded, "I have something—I consider it finished—but things have become complicated, especially as ''Minecraft'' is now a big property, so I don't know".<ref>{{ytl|4mn47MqhbFY|10 Years of the Minecraft Soundtrack - C418 INTERVIEW|fantano|January 7, 2021}}</ref> Later, in October 2021, when the Caves & Cliffs music was added to the game, he stated on [https://discord.com/invite/c418 his Discord server] "I still want to do stuff for minecraft, but I've never managed to get to an agreement with the big guys", and "I have a lot of music but only time will tell how we will get it out. It will involve at least 20 lawyers."<ref>{{reddit|qc2wxr/like_music_to_my_ears_minecraft_snapshot_21w42a|hheco6c|Please be respectful and remember not to take any of this out of context. From C418’s discord shortly after 21w42a released and discussion was going on about the new music and his Third Album:|Blainezab|October 20, 2021}}</ref>

In an April 2025 interview done with Kristin Robinson for Billboard Pro, Rosenfeld revealed that he had parted ways with Microsoft in terms of negotiations with his musical compositions with Minecraft, unable to compose new music for the game but desiring to work on other projects over ''Minecraft''.<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-minecraft-score-became-big-business-for-composer|title=How the ‘Minecraft’ Game Score Unexpectedly Became Big Business For Its Composer|website=Billboard Pro|author=Kristin Robinson|date=April 16, 2025}}</ref> The details of his third album for the game remain unknown.

=== Other soundtracks ===
'''Film'''
* ''[[Minecraft:One]]'' (December 23, 2012), created the soundtrack to the movie ''[[Minecraft: The Story of Mojang]]''.

'''Games'''
* Rosenfeld created the soundtracks for the Mojang games ''[[Minecraft:Catacomb Snatch]]'' and {{0x10c}}.
* He also created the soundtrack for the Steam version of the game ''{{w|Cookie Clicker}}'', as well as various TIGsource games or prototypes and unreleased games.
* He is the composer of the soundtrack for the game ''{{Wikipedia|Wanderstop}}''.

== Trivia ==

* His ''Minecraft'' skin is the [[Minecraft:Steve]] skin, but the head is replaced with a small variant of the texture for a [[Minecraft:jukebox]].
* C418 revealed in an AMA on Reddit that the [[Minecraft:ghast]] sounds are taken from his pet cat when he is disturbed while sleeping.<ref>{{reddit|sub=IAmA|nbe2h/i_am_the_composer_and_sound_designer_of_minecraft|c37sjyb|Well, to make this story short, my cat has this interesting behaviour of sounding very human if you disturb him while he's sleeping. It just so happens that a microphone was next to him when he complained.|C418|December 14, 2011}}</ref> He was also going to have his cat voice [[Minecraft:ocelot]]s, but since his cat never meows clearly, C418 decided to use cat sounds from Freesound instead.<ref>{{tweet|C418|164364075097272320|In other news my voice actor refuses to say his lines today.|January 31, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|164074775721947136|My voice actor (cat) finally did some lines (meowed) and I acutally captured it this time|January 30, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|166522516993622016|The only well recorded cat sounds I have are meowing with purring. Makes it sound somewhat horny. Freesound! To the rescue!|February 6, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|167673197414723585|My cat only purrs and purreows|February 9, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|167673164573327362|It's actually done with the help of the freesound community's weird cats|February 9, 2012|archive=1}}</ref>
* C418's only uncredited work for ''Minecraft'' are songs that play on free maps in Battle mini game for Legacy Console Edition. Those are also the only songs that were never released as a part of any album.
* C418 performed the vocal sounds of the [[Minecraft:villager]]s.<ref>[https://www.20k.org/episodes/minecraft <nowiki>Daniel also used his voice for the villagers who inhabit the strange, isolated towns. Dallas’s Daughter: All they go is “Hmm hmm hmm.” Daniel: I think some sound effects got lost with the villagers, because I originally did the "eh" sounds [sfx: Minecraft villager], but then I also made very contrasting sound effects for the children villagers. They were like, "Hahahaha." Like screechy little kids. And I'm kind of bummed that that never got into the game, because like what they put in the game ultimately was just the “eh” but pitched up, [sfx: Minecraft villager child] which was really bizarre for little children. Like “eeeh.”</nowiki>]</ref>

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Daniel Rosenfeld.jpg|A photo of C418 in 2011
File:C418 skin.png|C418's ''Minecraft'' skin
File:Minecraft - Volume Alpha cover.png|Album cover of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Alpha|Volume Alpha]]''
File:Minecraft - Volume Beta cover.png|Album cover of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta|Volume Beta]]''
File:Axolotl cover.png|Cover art for ''[[Minecraft:Axolotl (song)|Axolotl]]''
File:Dragon Fish cover.png|Cover art for ''[[Minecraft:Dragon Fish]]''
File:Shuniji cover.png|Cover art for ''[[Minecraft:Shuniji]]''
File:One cover.png|Album cover of ''[[Minecraft:One]]'', the ''Minecraft: The Story of Mojang'' soundtrack
File:Catacomb Snatch cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/catacomb-snatch/ Catacomb Snatch]''
File:0x10c cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/0x10c/ 0x10<sup>c</sup>]''
File:C418-twitter.jpg|C418's Spotify account cover
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Samuel Åberg]]
* [[Minecraft:Sound]]
* [[Minecraft:Music]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://c418.org/ C418's website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/C418 C418's YouTube channel]
* [https://c418.bandcamp.com/ C418's Bandcamp]
* [https://c418wiki.absolutelywhizzer.co.uk/ C418's own wiki]
* {{w|C418|C418's article on Wikipedia}}

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