Minecraft:Music

File:Jukebox playing.png

A jukebox playing otherside

Minecraft contains many music tracks, which play in various places in the game, including on the Minecraft:menu screens, during Minecraft:gameplay, and during the credits. Certain tracks from Minecraft:music discs can also be played with a Minecraft:jukebox. The music tracks in the game are composed by Minecraft:C418, Minecraft:Lena Raine, Minecraft:Kumi Tanioka, Minecraft:Samuel Åberg, Minecraft:Aaron Cherof, Minecraft:Amos Roddy, Minecraft:Hyper Potions, and Minecraft:fingerspit.

Playing

Background music

Music tracks can play at various points during gameplay. Some types of music are triggered by events, while others play randomly while certain criteria are met.

• If the player is in the menu screens (not in a world), a random menu track starts playing after 1 to 30 seconds. Menu music stops playing Template:In when the player enters the Minecraft:loading world screen, or fades out Template:In when the loading screen finishes.
• If the player is in the Overworld and not in Creative, a random general track plays which depends on the Minecraft:biome.
• If the player is in the Overworld and is currently in Minecraft:Creative mode,Template:Note a random track plays from the Creative music (as well as regular in Java Edition).
• If the player is underwater in an Minecraft:ocean or Minecraft:river biome, random underwater tracks play.
• If the player is in the Minecraft:Nether, a random general Nether track or a Nether Minecraft:biome-specific track plays, except Minecraft:warped forests, which don't have any music.

• If the player is in the Minecraft:End and the ender dragon has been defeated, the normal End track plays.
• The song "Boss" always plays instantly while the player is in the End if the ender dragon is undefeated or resummoned.
• The song "Alpha" always plays instantly during the credits.

If a music track is playing while the player is entering a Minecraft:pale garden, it fades into silence. The music resumes when the player exits the biome.

Game music stops playing when the player quits the world, or fades out in Bedrock Edition. When the game is paused, game music continues to play in Java Edition, while in Bedrock Edition it pauses and resumes when the player exits the game menu or disables pausing.

File:Music toast.png

A music toast in Java Edition

The regular, Creative, Nether, End, and underwater gameplay music randomly plays 10 to 20 minutesTemplate:Verify after currently playing tracks are finished. Template:IN, the player can change how frequently music plays by changing the "Music Frequency" setting in the "Music & Sounds" menu.

Template:IN, when the "Show Music Toast" setting is enabled in the "Music & Sounds" menu, a toast showing the track name and artist appears on-screen when a new track starts playing. This toast is also shown in the game menu.

Music discs

Template:Main An additional 22 tracks in Minecraft are exclusive to music discs. These are rare items obtained through specific loot chests or Minecraft:mobs killed in a specific way. A music disc can be played in a Minecraft:jukebox block and can be heard up to 64 blocks away by any player. Music discs can automatically continue as playlist by arranging them in a Minecraft:chest above the jukebox.Template:Upcoming

Background music fades out when a music disc song can be heard, and fades in again when no music disc is playing.Template:Only

In the Minecraft:Music Features Add-On,Template:Upcoming players can create custom track discs for menu screen music tracks. Music discs can also be played and stored in a pocket jukebox, which can function as playlist and paused/resumed at any time.

For a full list of jukebox tracks, see Minecraft:Music Disc.

Technical details

The player can force specific music tracks to play using the Template:Cmd command with the track's ID. Template:IN, the Template:Cmd command can also be used and allows to set a queue, or stop only music sounds.

All music as well as sounds in Minecraft are stored in the sound directory. Template:IN, however, the sound files are obfuscated and cannot be directly accessed. To get around with this, the sound directory can be extracted by the methods showed in Minecraft:Tutorial:Sound directory. Template:IN, the music files are not obfuscated and can be found directly at Template:Cd.

The song name shown in the music toast is found by converting the sound file's Minecraft:resource ID into a translation key that can be looked up in the current Minecraft:language file. Note that this is the sound file, not the sound event. To form a translation key, all path and namespace separators in the resource ID are replaced with periods. For example, a resource ID like custom_namespace:music/game/custom_song would use the translation key custom_namespace.music.game.custom_song. If the song is in the vanilla minecraft namespace, the namespace is not included, so the vanilla song minecraft:music/game/creative/blind_spots uses the translation key music.game.creative.blind_spots.

List

Overworld music

These music tracks are played when the player is in the Minecraft:Overworld.

Soundtrack title	Gameplay	Soundtrack	Artist	Length	Track preview
"Minecraft:Aerie"	Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga, Minecraft:Lush Caves and Minecraft:Swamp	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	4:56	File:Aerie.ogg
"Minecraft:Aria Math"	Minecraft:Creative mode	Template:Sort	C418	5:09	File:Aria math.ogg
"Minecraft:Ancestry"	Minecraft:Deep Dark	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:43	File:Ancestry.ogg
"Minecraft:A Familiar Room"	Minecraft:Creative and Minecraft:Survival Template:InTemplate:Note	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	4:01	File:A Familiar Room.ogg
"Minecraft:An Ordinary Day"	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Kumi Tanioka	5:31	File:An ordinary day.ogg
"Minecraft:Below and Above"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Cherry Groves.	Template:Sort	Amos Roddy	3:32	File:Below and Above.ogg
"Minecraft:Biome Fest"	Minecraft:Creative mode	Template:Sort	C418	6:17	File:Biome fest.ogg
"Minecraft:Blind Spots"	Minecraft:Creative mode	Template:Sort	C418	5:31	File:Blind spots.ogg
"Minecraft:Broken Clocks"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Forests.	Template:Sort	Amos Roddy	3:33	File:Broken Clocks.ogg
"Minecraft:Bromeliad"	Minecraft:Bamboo Jungle, Minecraft:Cherry Grove, Minecraft:Flower Forest, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Jungle, and Minecraft:Sparse Jungle	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	5:12	File:Bromeliad.ogg
"Minecraft:Clark"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	3:11	File:Clark.ogg
"Minecraft:Comforting Memories"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Groves.	Template:Sort	Kumi Tanioka	4:35	File:Comforting memories.ogg
"Minecraft:Crescent Dunes"	Minecraft:Badlands and Minecraft:Desert	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	4:08	File:Crescent Dunes.ogg
"Minecraft:Danny"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	4:14	File:Danny.ogg
"Minecraft:Deeper"	Minecraft:Deep Dark, Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:03	File:Deeper.ogg
"Minecraft:Dreiton"	Minecraft:Creative mode	Template:Sort	C418	8:16	File:Dreiton.ogg
"Minecraft:Dry Hands"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	1:08	File:Dry hands.ogg
"Minecraft:Ebb"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Main Menu; further emphasized in Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Frozen Peaks, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Sulfur Caves, and Minecraft:Swamp	Template:Sort	fingerspit	5:06	File:Ebb.ogg
"Minecraft:Echo in the Wind"	Minecraft:Badlands, Minecraft:Cherry Grove, Minecraft:Flower Forest, and Minecraft:Lush Caves	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	4:56	File:Echo in the Wind.ogg
"Minecraft:Eld Unknown"	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	4:56	File:Eld Unknown.ogg
"Minecraft:Endless"	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	6:42	File:Endless.ogg
"Minecraft:Featherfall"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Badlands, Cherry Grove, Flower Forests, and Minecraft:Lush Caves	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	5:45	File:Featherfall.ogg
"Minecraft:Firebugs"	Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga, Minecraft:Lush Caves and Minecraft:Swamp	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:12	File:Firebugs.ogg
"Fireflies"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Deserts.	Template:Sort	Amos Roddy	2:35	File:Fireflies.ogg
"Minecraft:Floating Dream"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Jagged Peaks and Minecraft:Lush Caves.	Template:Sort	Kumi Tanioka	3:26	File:Floating dream.ogg
"Minecraft:Haggstrom"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	3:24	File:Haggstrom.ogg
"Minecraft:Haunt Muskie"	Minecraft:Creative mode	Template:Sort	C418	6:00	File:Haunt muskie.ogg
"Home"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Main Menu; further emphasized in Minecraft:Bamboo Jungle, Minecraft:Cherry Grove, Minecraft:Frozen Peaks, Minecraft:Jungle, Minecraft:Meadow, and Minecraft:Sparse Jungle	Template:Sort	fingerspit	6:20	File:Home.ogg
"Minecraft:Infinite Amethyst"	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	4:31	File:Infinite amethyst.ogg
"Key"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In (Shortest track in the game)	Template:Sort	C418	1:05	File:Key.ogg
"Minecraft:komorebi"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	Kumi Tanioka	4:48	File:Komorebi.ogg
"Minecraft:Labyrinthine"	Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga, Minecraft:Lush Caves and Minecraft:Swamp	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:24	File:Labyrinthine.ogg
"Minecraft:Left to Bloom"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Meadows and Minecraft:Lush Caves.	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:42	File:Left to bloom.ogg
"Lilypad"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Groves and Minecraft:Frozen Peaks.	Template:Sort	Amos Roddy	3:55	File:Lilypad.ogg
"Minecraft:Living Mice"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	2:57	File:Living mice.ogg
"Minecraft:Memories"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Main Menu; further emphasized in Minecraft:Badlands, Minecraft:Cherry Grove, Minecraft:Desert, Minecraft:Flower Forest, and Minecraft:Forest	Template:Sort	fingerspit	4:05	File:Memories.ogg
"Minecraft:Mice on Venus"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	4:41	File:Mice on venus.ogg
"Minecraft"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	4:14	File:Minecraft.ogg
"Minecraft:Nightly"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Main Menu; further emphasized in Minecraft:Cherry Grove, Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Frozen Peaks, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	fingerspit	5:02	File:Nightly.ogg
"Minecraft:One More Day"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Meadows, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, and Minecraft:Lush Caves.	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	4:38	File:One more day.ogg
"Minecraft:O's Piano"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In; further emphasized in Minecraft:Lush Caves.	Template:Sort	Amos Roddy	4:35	File:O's Piano.ogg
"Minecraft:Oxygène"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In (Longer than "Key" by 125 ms)	Template:Sort	C418	1:05	File:Oxygene.ogg
"Minecraft:pokopoko"	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Kumi Tanioka	5:04	File:Pokopoko.ogg
"Minecraft:Puzzlebox"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	4:59	File:Puzzlebox.ogg
"Minecraft:Shores"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Main Menu; further emphasized in Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Flower Forest, Minecraft:Forest, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Lush Caves, Minecraft:Old Growth Taiga, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	fingerspit	5:20	File:Shores.ogg
"Minecraft:Stand Tall"	Minecraft:Frozen Peaks, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, and Minecraft:Stony Peaks	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:08	File:Stand tall.ogg
"Minecraft:Subwoofer Lullaby"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	3:28	File:Subwoofer lullaby.ogg
"Minecraft:Sweden"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	3:35	File:Sweden.ogg
"Minecraft:Taswell"	Minecraft:Creative mode	Template:Sort	C418	8:34	File:Taswell.ogg
"Minecraft:Watcher"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	Aaron Cherof	5:32	File:Watcher.ogg
"Minecraft:Wending"	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:14	File:Wending.ogg
"Minecraft:Wet Hands"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	C418	1:30	File:Wet hands.ogg
"Minecraft:yakusoku"	Minecraft:Survival Template:In, and Minecraft:Creative Template:In	Template:Sort	Kumi Tanioka	4:31	File:Yakusoku.ogg

Underwater music

Template:Hatnote These music tracks can be heard while the player's head is submerged in Minecraft:water in any Minecraft:river or Minecraft:ocean biome.

Soundtrack title	Gameplay	Soundtrack	Artist	Length	Track preview
"Axolotl"	Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers	Template:Sort	C418	5:03	File:Axolotl.ogg
"Minecraft:Dragon Fish"	Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers	Template:Sort	C418	6:13	File:Dragon Fish.ogg
"Minecraft:Shuniji"	Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers	Template:Sort	C418	4:04	File:Shuniji.ogg

Nether music

These music tracks play while the player is in the Minecraft:Nether.

Soundtrack title	Gameplay	Soundtrack	Artist	Length	Track preview
"Minecraft:Ballad of the Cats"	Minecraft:The Nether	Template:Sort	C418	4:34	File:Ballad of the Cats.ogg
"Minecraft:Chrysopoeia"	Minecraft:Crimson Forest	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	4:03	File:Chrysopoeia.ogg
"Minecraft:Concrete Halls"	Minecraft:The Nether	Template:Sort	C418	4:13	File:Concrete halls.ogg
"Minecraft:Dead Voxel"	Minecraft:The Nether	Template:Sort	C418	4:55	File:Dead voxel.ogg
"Minecraft:Rubedo"	Minecraft:Nether Wastes	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:12	File:Rubedo.ogg
"Minecraft:So Below"	Minecraft:Basalt Deltas and Minecraft:Soul Sand Valley	Template:Sort	Lena Raine	5:19	File:So below.ogg
"Minecraft:Warmth"	Minecraft:The Nether	Template:Sort	C418	3:58	File:Warmth.ogg

End music

These music tracks play while the player is in the Minecraft:End.

Soundtrack title	Gameplay	Soundtrack	Artist	Length	Track preview
"Boss"	Minecraft:Ender Dragon battle	—	C418	5:46	File:MinecraftBoss.ogg
"The End"	All Minecraft:the End biomes	Template:Sort	C418	15:03	File:The end.ogg

Extras

These music tracks play in the menu screens and during the Minecraft:End Poem and credits specifically.

Soundtrack title	Gameplay	Soundtrack	Artist	Length	Track preview
"Alpha"	Minecraft:End Poem and Credits	Template:Sort	C418	10:02	File:Alpha.ogg
"Minecraft:Beginning 2"	Minecraft:Menu screen	Template:Sort	C418	2:55	File:Beginning 2.ogg
"Minecraft:Floating Trees"	Minecraft:Menu screen	Template:Sort	C418	4:04	File:Floating trees.ogg
"Minecraft:Moog City 2"	Minecraft:Menu screen	Template:Sort	C418	2:59	File:Moog city 2.ogg
"Minecraft:Mutation"	Minecraft:Menu screen	Template:Sort	C418	3:04	File:Mutation.ogg

Composers

Originally, all of Minecraft's music was composed by Minecraft:C418. According to Mojang, as the game got more popular (specifically starting with the Minecraft:Update Aquatic<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>), others were hired to produce music and soundtracks for the game. However, C418 has cited legal disputes between himself and Microsoft, who wanted to own the music he produced outright, as the real reason for additional composers.Template:Citation needed Since the Minecraft:Nether Update, new tracks composed by Minecraft:Lena Raine, Minecraft:Kumi Tanioka, Minecraft:Samuel Åberg, Minecraft:Aaron Cherof, Minecraft:Amos Roddy, Minecraft:Hyper Potions and Minecraft:fingerspit were added. Samuel Åberg also composed many recent ambient sounds. Famous music producer and DJ Minecraft:Deadmau5 was also meant to make music for the game alongside C418, but his works didn't make it into Minecraft for unknown reasons.<ref>https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-java-edition/discussion/117217-deadmau5-music-in-minecraft</ref><ref>https://x.com/notch/status/28881206351?s=20</ref><ref>https://x.com/deadmau5/status/558355139526656?s=20</ref><ref>https://x.com/deadmau5/status/621148593192960?s=20</ref>

Data values

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Sound events by biome

Sound event/music definition	Biomes
music.game	Any Minecraft:Overworld biome not listed below
While underwater: Template:JE: music.under_water Template:BE: music.water While not underwater: music.game	Template:BiomeLink
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Template:JE: music.nether.basalt_deltas Template:BE: music.game.basalt_deltas	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.nether.crimson_forest Template:BE: music.game.crimson_forest	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.nether.nether_wastes Template:BE: music.game.nether_wastes	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.nether.soul_sand_valley Template:BE: music.game.soulsand_valley	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.nether.warped_forest Template:BE:	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: Template:Info needed Template:BE: music.game.end	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.overworld.badlands Template:BE: music.overworld.mesa	Template:BiomeLink
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music.overworld.bamboo_jungle	Template:BiomeLink
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music.overworld.cherry_grove	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.deep_dark	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.desert	Template:BiomeLink
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music.overworld.dripstone_caves	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.flower_forest	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.forest	Template:BiomeLink
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music.game_and_wild_equal_chance	Template:BiomeLinkTemplate:Only
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music.game_and_wild_favor_game	Template:BiomeLinkTemplate:Only
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music.overworld.frozen_peaks	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.grove	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.jagged_peaks	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.jungle	Template:BiomeLink
	Template:BiomeLinkTemplate:Only
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music.overworld.lush_caves	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.overworld.meadow Template:BE: music.game.meadow	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.old_growth_taiga	Template:BiomeLink
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music.overworld.snowy_slopes	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.overworld.sparse_jungle Template:BE: music.overworld.jungle_edge	Template:BiomeLink
music.overworld.stony_peaks	Template:BiomeLink
Template:JE: music.overworld.swamp Template:BE: music.game.swamp_music	Template:BiomeLink
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History

Due to the way assets are downloaded Template:In, changes can be seen in development versions released before the change was made, due to them using the same assets index file.

Trivia

• On April Fools' Day 2014, Mojang played a bunch of villager themed pranks on the players, including temporarily replacing the track "hal1.ogg", or "Subwoofer Lullaby", with a version that had a villager singing along, as well as temporarily replacing all the menu songs with the villagers singing the Game Of Thrones theme song. This was reverted on April 2, 2014.

Gallery

• Artwork for the (now removed) official music pack in the Marketplace
  Artwork for the (now removed) official music pack in the Marketplace