Minecraft:Music
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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.
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.
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>
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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.
Development
Java Edition
Bedrock Edition
Issues
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
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Artwork for the (now removed) official music pack in the Marketplace
Notes
References
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