Minecraft:Music
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Minecraft contains many music tracks, which play in various places in the game, including on the main menu, in Minecraft:Creative mode, in Minecraft:the Nether, in Minecraft:the End, 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 21 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.
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.
| Filename in Minecraft |
Minecraft:Gameplay | Soundtrack title | Soundtrack | Artist | Length | Track preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| axolotl.ogg | Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers | "Axolotl" | Template:Sort | C418 | 5:03 | File:Axolotl.ogg |
| dragon_fish.ogg | Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers | "Minecraft:Dragon Fish" | Template:Sort | C418 | 6:13 | File:Dragon Fish.ogg |
| shuniji.ogg | Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers | "Minecraft:Shuniji" | Template:Sort | C418 | 4:04 | File:Shuniji.ogg |
Nether music
These music tracks play while the player is in the Minecraft:Nether.
End music
These music tracks play while the player is in the Minecraft:End.
| Filename in Minecraft |
Minecraft:Gameplay | Soundtrack Title | Soundtrack | Artist | Length | Track Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boss.ogg | Minecraft:Ender Dragon battle | "Boss" | — | C418 | 5:46 | File:MinecraftBoss.ogg |
| the_end.ogg end.ogg |
All Minecraft:the End biomes | "The End" | 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.
| Filename in Minecraft |
Minecraft:Gameplay | Soundtrack Title | Soundtrack | Artist | Length | Track Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alpha.ogg credits.ogg |
Minecraft:End Poem and Credits | "Alpha" | Template:Sort | C418 | 10:02 | File:Alpha.ogg |
| beginning_2.ogg menu3.ogg |
Minecraft:Menu screen | "Minecraft:Beginning 2" | Template:Sort | C418 | 2:55 | File:Beginning 2.ogg |
| floating_trees.ogg menu4.ogg |
Minecraft:Menu screen | "Minecraft:Floating Trees" | Template:Sort | C418 | 4:04 | File:Floating trees.ogg |
| moog_city_2.ogg menu2.ogg |
Minecraft:Menu screen | "Minecraft:Moog City 2" | Template:Sort | C418 | 2:59 | File:Moog city 2.ogg |
| mutation.ogg menu1.ogg |
Minecraft:Menu screen | "Minecraft:Mutation" | 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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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
- "The End" is heavily built on modified versions of several tracks from "Minecraft - Volume Alpha".<ref>https://genius.com/C418-the-end-lyrics#about - Genius's description</ref>
- "calm3.ogg", or "Sweden", is a Template:W, with a changing melody over a repeated bass line.
- 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.
- hal3.ogg (Haggstrom) is in Template:W (precisely 7/4 time).
- According to C418, the track "Mice on Venus" (game filename is piano3.ogg) was originally a short piano solo, but was then changed later in Minecraft's development and an addendum was added, which made the track what the game has currently.<ref>Template:Cite</ref>
- Some of the music tracks have a special title:
- The word "Shuniji" (主虹) means "primary rainbow" in Japanese.
- The title of the track "So Below" is a reference to "Template:W"<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>, a phrase associated with Hermeticism that is derived from a passage from the Template:W, relating to the secrets of creating the Template:W.
- The word Template:W is Latin for "redness". The term was adopted by alchemists to refer to the final stage of creating the philosopher's stone.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
- The word Template:W (χρυσοποιία) is an alchemical term that describes the creation of the philosopher's stone, or the transmutation of a given object into gold.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
- "Bromeliad" refers to a taxonomic family of flowering plants. This family contains Minecraft:pitcher plants and species resembling Minecraft:torchflowers.
Gallery
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Artwork for the (now removed) official music pack in the Marketplace
See also
- Minecraft:Music Disc
- Musicians:
- Soundtracks:
- Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Alpha
- Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta
- Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack)
- Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack)
- Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack)
- Minecraft: Trails & Tales (Original Game Soundtrack)
- Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack)
- Minecraft: Chase the Skies (Original Game Soundtrack)
Notes
References
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