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= Tracks = | = Tracks = | ||
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|time=1:05 | |time=1:05 | ||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/key $0.99 or more]}} | |bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/key $0.99 or more]}} | ||
{{Quote|opens|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/key Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''key'' is the song that sort of introduces you to the album, whereas ''door'' is a little bit of a small medley that welcomes you to the world of Minecraft.|C418}} | |||
=== Connections === | === Connections === | ||
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== Door == | == Door == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Door | |||
|time=1:51 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/door $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Welcome!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/door Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Subwoofer Lullaby == | == Subwoofer Lullaby == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Subwoofer Lullaby | |||
|time=3:28 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/subwoofer-lullaby $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Imagine a forest with a subwoofer on overdrive...|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/subwoofer-lullaby Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Subwoofer Lullaby'' is a song I named that way because I always imagine a big speaker somewhere far far in a forest blasting this odd little melody.|C418}} | |||
=== Connections === | === Connections === | ||
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== Death == | == Death == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Death | |||
|time=0:41 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/death $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Totally worth it though|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/death Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Living Mice == | == Living Mice == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Living Mice | |||
|time=2:57 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/living-mice $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Yes, I mean you.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/living-mice Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Living Mice'', or the opposite would be deadmau5, hah. Joel did help me a bit with making this album, so there’s that reference.|C418}} | |||
== Moog City == | == Moog City == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Moog City | |||
|time=2:40 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/moog-city $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Imagine that!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/moog-city Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Moog City'' is a fun track. Moog actually contacted me on it, telling me how much they liked it. I’m glad they never found out I actually didn’t make it with a Moog device. I kinda created this song because I ordered a Moog, but I didn’t have it yet.|C418}} | |||
=== Connections === | === Connections === | ||
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* Also remixed as part of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Alpha|Alpha]]''. | * Also remixed as part of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Alpha|Alpha]]''. | ||
== | == Haggstorm == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Haggstorm | |||
|time=3:24 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/haggstorm $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|MHG MHG MHG|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/haggstorm Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Minecraft == | == Minecraft == | ||
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|time=4:15 | |time=4:15 | ||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/minecraft $0.99 or more]}} | |bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/minecraft $0.99 or more]}} | ||
{{Quote|The very first and last song.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/minecraft Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Minecraft'' is by far the most minimalist song and also the first song I created for the game. It’s purely pentatonic in scale, builds up very slowly, and then slowly fades away. This is kind of what I built the entire soundtrack around on.|C418}} | |||
=== Connections === | === Connections === | ||
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== Oxygène == | == Oxygène == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Oxygène | |||
|time=1:05 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/oxyg-ne $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Accidental reference obviously.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/oxyg-ne Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|“Oxygène” and “Équinoxe” are naturally references to Jean Michel Jarre.|C418}} | |||
== Équinoxe == | == Équinoxe == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Équinoxe | |||
|time=1:54 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/quinoxe $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|No reference in here!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/quinoxe Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|“Oxygène” and “Équinoxe” are naturally references to Jean Michel Jarre.|C418}} | |||
== Mice on Venus == | == Mice on Venus == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Mice on Venus | |||
|time=4:41 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/mice-on-venus $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Or mars.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/mice-on-venus Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Mice on Venus'', or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.|C418}} | |||
== Dry Hands == | == Dry Hands == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Dry Hands | |||
|time=1:08 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dry-hands $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Yep!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dry-hands Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Wet Hands == | == Wet Hands == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Wet Hands | |||
|time=1:39 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/wet-hands $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|And cold too.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/wet-hands Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Clark == | == Clark == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Clark | |||
|time=3:11 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/clark $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|<3|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/clark Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Chris == | == Chris == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Chris | |||
|time=1:27 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/chris $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|He likes it.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/chris Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Thirteen == | == Thirteen == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Thirteen | |||
|time=2:56 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/thirteen $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|No human was harmed in the making of this recording.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/thirteen Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Thirteen'' is a creepy little record you can find in Minecraft. I always wanted the player to find it somewhere deep within a cave, because it’s being played by a device, creating a creepy atmosphere. But it turns out it’s just a creepy song being played. We never actually did that in the game though.|C418}} | |||
== Excuse == | == Excuse == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Excuse | |||
|time=2:04 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/excuse $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|...|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/excuse Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Excuse'' was originally intended to be a song for Minecraft’s hell world, the “Nether”. However when I started creating this album, I wanted it to be more than just carbon copies of what’s in the game. I wanted to give people more. So I ultimately decided that ''Excuse'' would be one of several exclusive songs only to be found on this record.|C418}} | |||
== Sweden == | == Sweden == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Sweden | |||
|time=3:35 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/sweden $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Wonderful country|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/sweden Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Sweden'' is by far the most popular song, and I think it’s because of it’s very minimalistic chord progression that you can follow very easily. It is also based on the principle the song ''Minecraft'' is built on. Slow buildup, slowly fading away.|C418}} | |||
== Cat == | == Cat == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Cat | |||
|time=3:06 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cat $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|You know what they say - curiosity killed the cat.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cat Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Cat'' is a whimsical little track. People seem to like it a lot! I don’t know why!|C418}} | |||
== Dog == | == Dog == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Dog | |||
|time=2:25 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dog $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|I don't know about dogs though...|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dog Bandcamp]}} | |||
== Danny == | == Danny == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Danny | |||
|time=4:14 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/danny $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|All his fault|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/danny Bandcamp]}} | |||
=== Trivia === | |||
*The song was named after Danny Baranowsky. | |||
== Beginning == | == Beginning == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Beginning | |||
|time=1:42 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/beginning $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|All his fault|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/beginning Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Beginning'' because the end is always just the beginning. And with Minecraft, now we do know that this is not the last album and there is more to discover. That’s why I named it that.|C418}} | |||
=== Trivia === | |||
* A remix of ''Minecraft''. | * A remix of ''Minecraft''. | ||
* Specifically remixed on ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' as ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Beginning 2|Beginning 2]]''. | * Specifically remixed on ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' as ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Beginning 2|Beginning 2]]''. | ||
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== Droopy likes ricochet == | == Droopy likes ricochet == | ||
'' | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=Droopy likes ricochet | |||
|time=1:36 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-ricochet-2 $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Featured in the video on minecraft.net|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-ricochet-2 Bandcamp]}} | |||
{{Quote|''Droopy Likes Ricochet'' and ''Droopy Likes your Face'' are both songs from [[life changing moments seem minor in pictures|'''''life changing moments seem minor in pictures''''']]. It’s a song I haven’t created for anything in particular, but the first Droopy song ended up in the first official Minecraft game trailer. I get a lot of questions on what Droopy says. To be fair, I don’t know. It’s a sample library that you receive if you buy Kontakt. As far as I know, it’s a toy you could buy in the 80’s or 90’s which says random phrases about itself.|C418}} | |||
== Droopy likes your face == | == Droopy likes your face == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=Droopy likes your face | |||
|time=1:56 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-your-face-2 $0.99 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Not featured in the video on minecraft.net but nontheless completes the song|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-your-face-2 Bandcamp]}} | |||
= Vinyl tracks = | = Vinyl tracks = | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 21 August 2018
| Minecraft - Volume Alpha
| |
|---|---|
| AKA | Minecraft Volume Alpha |
| Release date | 2011-03-04 |
| Genre | Ambient |
| Running time | 58:51 (digital and CD) 38:13 (vinyl) |
| Bandcamp | $6 or more |
| Apple Music/iTunes | $9.99 |
| Spotify | Ad-supported |
| Google Play Music | $9.99 |
| Ghostly | $10 (digital) $12 (CD) From $18 (vinyl) From $21 (vinyl, international) |
 | This article is missing trivia. The basic details are all here, but if you know some fun facts on these tracks, you should add them. |
Tracks
Key
| Key | |
|---|---|
| AKA | nuance1 |
| Length | 1:05 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
opens—C418, Bandcamp
key is the song that sort of introduces you to the album, whereas door is a little bit of a small medley that welcomes you to the world of Minecraft.—C418
Connections
- Also appears on Minecraft - Volume Beta as Ki, using a different second half.
Door
| Door | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:51 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Welcome!—C418, Bandcamp
Subwoofer Lullaby
| Subwoofer Lullaby | |
|---|---|
| Length | 3:28 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Imagine a forest with a subwoofer on overdrive...—C418, Bandcamp
Subwoofer Lullaby is a song I named that way because I always imagine a big speaker somewhere far far in a forest blasting this odd little melody.—C418
Connections
- Briefly remixed at the end of Floating Trees.
Death
| Death | |
|---|---|
| Length | 0:41 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Totally worth it though—C418, Bandcamp
Living Mice
| Living Mice | |
|---|---|
| Length | 2:57 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Yes, I mean you.—C418, Bandcamp
Living Mice, or the opposite would be deadmau5, hah. Joel did help me a bit with making this album, so there’s that reference.—C418
Moog City
| Moog City | |
|---|---|
| Length | 2:40 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Imagine that!—C418, Bandcamp
Moog City is a fun track. Moog actually contacted me on it, telling me how much they liked it. I’m glad they never found out I actually didn’t make it with a Moog device. I kinda created this song because I ordered a Moog, but I didn’t have it yet.—C418
Connections
- Remixed on Minecraft - Volume Beta as Moog City 2.
- Also remixed as part of Alpha.
Haggstorm
| Haggstorm | |
|---|---|
| Length | 3:24 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
MHG MHG MHG—C418, Bandcamp
Minecraft
| Minecraft | |
|---|---|
| AKA | calm1 |
| Length | 4:15 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
The very first and last song.—C418, Bandcamp
Minecraft is by far the most minimalist song and also the first song I created for the game. It’s purely pentatonic in scale, builds up very slowly, and then slowly fades away. This is kind of what I built the entire soundtrack around on.—C418
Connections
- Technically predated by its first remix, Minecraft is acid, though this track made its first appearance in a video on 2009-06-07 testing sound in the game Minecraft. The version shown is Classic 0.0.14a_08, from 2009-05-28.
- It also made an early and very brief appearance in a 2010 preview of the Minecraft soundtrack.
- Remixed on this album as Beginning.
- The theme also appears on this album in Door and Chris.
- Remixed on Minecraft - Volume Beta as part of Alpha and The End.
- It was also remixed directly there as Mutation.
- Remixed by extension in Beginning 2.
- The theme also appears towards the end of Far.
Oxygène
| Oxygène | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:05 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Accidental reference obviously.—C418, Bandcamp
“Oxygène” and “Équinoxe” are naturally references to Jean Michel Jarre.—C418
Équinoxe
| Équinoxe | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:54 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
No reference in here!—C418, Bandcamp
“Oxygène” and “Équinoxe” are naturally references to Jean Michel Jarre.—C418
Mice on Venus
| Mice on Venus | |
|---|---|
| Length | 4:41 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Or mars.—C418, Bandcamp
Mice on Venus, or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.—C418
Dry Hands
| Dry Hands | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:08 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Yep!—C418, Bandcamp
Wet Hands
| Wet Hands | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:39 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
And cold too.—C418, Bandcamp
Clark
| Clark | |
|---|---|
| Length | 3:11 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
<3—C418, Bandcamp
Chris
| Chris | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:27 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
He likes it.—C418, Bandcamp
Thirteen
| Thirteen | |
|---|---|
| Length | 2:56 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
No human was harmed in the making of this recording.—C418, Bandcamp
Thirteen is a creepy little record you can find in Minecraft. I always wanted the player to find it somewhere deep within a cave, because it’s being played by a device, creating a creepy atmosphere. But it turns out it’s just a creepy song being played. We never actually did that in the game though.—C418
Excuse
| Excuse | |
|---|---|
| Length | 2:04 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
...—C418, Bandcamp
Excuse was originally intended to be a song for Minecraft’s hell world, the “Nether”. However when I started creating this album, I wanted it to be more than just carbon copies of what’s in the game. I wanted to give people more. So I ultimately decided that Excuse would be one of several exclusive songs only to be found on this record.—C418
Sweden
| Sweden | |
|---|---|
| Length | 3:35 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Wonderful country—C418, Bandcamp
Sweden is by far the most popular song, and I think it’s because of it’s very minimalistic chord progression that you can follow very easily. It is also based on the principle the song Minecraft is built on. Slow buildup, slowly fading away.—C418
Cat
| Cat | |
|---|---|
| Length | 3:06 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
You know what they say - curiosity killed the cat.—C418, Bandcamp
Cat is a whimsical little track. People seem to like it a lot! I don’t know why!—C418
Dog
| Dog | |
|---|---|
| Length | 2:25 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
I don't know about dogs though...—C418, Bandcamp
Danny
| Danny | |
|---|---|
| Length | 4:14 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
All his fault—C418, Bandcamp
Trivia
- The song was named after Danny Baranowsky.
Beginning
| Beginning | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:42 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
All his fault—C418, Bandcamp
Beginning because the end is always just the beginning. And with Minecraft, now we do know that this is not the last album and there is more to discover. That’s why I named it that.—C418
Trivia
- A remix of Minecraft.
- Specifically remixed on Minecraft - Volume Beta as Beginning 2.
Droopy likes ricochet
| Droopy likes ricochet | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:36 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Featured in the video on minecraft.net—C418, Bandcamp
Droopy Likes Ricochet and Droopy Likes your Face are both songs from life changing moments seem minor in pictures. It’s a song I haven’t created for anything in particular, but the first Droopy song ended up in the first official Minecraft game trailer. I get a lot of questions on what Droopy says. To be fair, I don’t know. It’s a sample library that you receive if you buy Kontakt. As far as I know, it’s a toy you could buy in the 80’s or 90’s which says random phrases about itself.—C418
Droopy likes your face
| Droopy likes your face | |
|---|---|
| Length | 1:56 |
| Bandcamp | $0.99 or more |
Not featured in the video on minecraft.net but nontheless completes the song—C418, Bandcamp
Vinyl tracks
The vinyl version has a different tracklist to the main release due to limitations of the format.