Battle Mini Game
| Battle Mini Game
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| Release date | 2016-06-21 |
| Running time | 33:37 |
Battle was a mini game for the Legacy Console editions of Minecraft released on June 21, 2016. It was inspired by Hunger Games, a competitive deathmatch game often played on Java Edition servers. It was the first of three mini games released for consoles. Gareth Coker is credited as the composer for the soundtracks of all three. However, it is essentially confirmed that C418 actually created four songs for the base Battle mini game.
History
Six months after Battle's launch, Minecraft: Battle & Tumble (Original Soundtrack) was released on streaming services. Even though it was marketed as Battle's complete soundtrack, only the songs from DLC maps were included - the four default tracks that played in standard maps were oddly missing. The reason for this discrepancy wouldn't be uncovered until Anthony Fantano's C418 Interview in January 2021. C418 stated he made the music for one mini game, but refused to create more under a tight deadline. This would lead 4J Studios to hire Gareth Coker instead. C418's Battle music has yet to be officially released, possibly being reserved for the Untitled Minecraft album.
This set of tracks is often referred to by fans as Battlemode, a misnomer which comes from the first publicly available extraction of the music by loinmin. Legacy Console editions stored their music in BINKA format which heavily compressed the bitrate to 86kbps. Versions of the music processed with spectral band replication were made in an attempt to remedy the poor audio quality. In late 2024, MattNL discovered that TU36 of Xbox 360 Edition in particular retained the XWB format for audio; a lossless format. The music was pre-compressed before being added in game, but at a higher bitrate of 128kbps. This rip also revealed the internal file names for the songs which all begin with MG01, likely an acronym for "Mini Game 01." These remain the best quality versions of the tracks barring an official release.
Tracks
MG01 [1]
| MG01 [1] | |
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| Length | 8:11 |
- Commonly referred to as Battlemode 1.
MG01 [2]
| MG01 [2] | |
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| Length | 8:09 |
- Commonly referred to as Battlemode 2.
MG01 [3]
| MG01 [3] | |
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| Length | 8:28 |
- Commonly referred to as Battlemode 3.
MG01 [4]
| MG01 [4] | |
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| Length | 8:48 |
- Commonly referred to as Battlemode 4.