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|aka=''Minecraft: The Story of Mojang'' soundtrack | |aka=''One''<br>''Minecraft: The Story of Mojang'' soundtrack | ||
|date=2012-12-23 | |date=2012-12-23 | ||
|genre=Ambient, Orchestral | |genre=Ambient, House, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Orchestral | ||
|time=1:35:42 (digital)<br />1:50:44 (CD) | |time=1:35:42 (digital)<br />1:50:44 (CD) | ||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/one $7 or more] | |bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/one $7 or more] | ||
|fangamer=[https://www.fangamer.com/products/minecraft-doc-film-soundtrack $15]}} | |fangamer=[https://www.fangamer.com/products/minecraft-doc-film-soundtrack $15] | ||
|spotify=[https://open.spotify.com/album/5P6bUwmfCbLIL01nYLHHgQ Ad-supported] | |||
|newgarbage=[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/one/id589037994 $9.99]}} | |||
'''''one''''' is C418's sixteenth released album and | {{WIP}} | ||
'''''one''''' is C418's sixteenth released album and fourth major album. ''one'' serves as the original soundtrack for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft:_The_Story_of_Mojang Minecraft: The Story of Mojang]'', a documentary on ''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft Minecraft]'' and its development by Mojang. Like C418's other soundtrack albums, ''one'' favours usage of more ambient elements over soaring leads. For ''one'', this meant the unique combination of heavy usage of mbiras and chiptune, although it also features selective use of other styles. | |||
= Official descriptions = | = Official descriptions = | ||
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|source=[https://c418.org/albums/one/ c418.org]}} | |source=[https://c418.org/albums/one/ c418.org]}} | ||
{{Quote|Finally. After two long years working on this, it’s finally done. | |||
This is the official soundtrack to 2 Player Productions documentary about Mojang, and I created the music for it. Though this album contains all the music in the film, I think I made it much stronger and bigger than that, and it works well on its own, too. | |||
Most importantly, I managed to release a big album in 2012, albeit a bit late, hehe. | |||
It taught me how to properly add orchestrations onto a song, and how you should mix and master them. It’s pretty hard, actually! Oh, and I used actual gameboys extensively, too. As a combination, it creates this super weird chiptune orchestra, sort of. | |||
Also one of the highlights is that I got Laura Shigihara to collaborate on one song, called “tsuki no koibumi”. I always wanted to have a song that I cannot understand, due to language differencies, and now I have one, in this album!|C418|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160909001650/http://c418.org/?p=247 C418's blog (old website)]}} | |||
= Tracks = | = Tracks = | ||
''Note that while some releases of this album use title case for the track titles, the Bandcamp release uses all lowercase and so is considered to be the official version.'' | ''Note that while some releases of this album use title case for the track titles, the Bandcamp release uses all lowercase and so is considered to be the official version.'' | ||
== cliffside hinson == | |||
{{Track infobox | {{Track infobox | ||
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|source=[https://c418.org/albums/one/ c418.org]}} | |source=[https://c418.org/albums/one/ c418.org]}} | ||
=== Trivia === | |||
* Uses the same theme as ''social lego''. | * Uses the same theme as ''social lego''. | ||
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* C418 collaborated with BigGiantCircles on ''[[Seven Years of Server Data#BGC418|BGC418]]'', and remixed a track of his as ''[[148#Jimtention|Jimtention]]''. | * C418 collaborated with BigGiantCircles on ''[[Seven Years of Server Data#BGC418|BGC418]]'', and remixed a track of his as ''[[148#Jimtention|Jimtention]]''. | ||
== surface pension == | |||
{{Track infobox | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=surface pension | |name=surface pension | ||
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|source=[https://c418.org/albums/one/ c418.org]}} | |source=[https://c418.org/albums/one/ c418.org]}} | ||
=== Connections === | |||
* The theme from this song reappears later on the album, such as in ''preliminary art form''. ''surface pension'' features a warmer, more synthesised version of what is essentially the same soundscape. It also contains a variety of chiptune-style synthesizer sounds, an mbira, and a subdominant role for a piano. During the song, the sound of typing on computer keyboards is used as percussion to emphasise the theme of the life of computer developers. ''preliminary art form'' is more minimal in its approach in that it mostly focuses on the piano. Both versions retain an upbeat atmosphere, much unlike ''post success depression''. As the name hints at, ''post success depression'' is of a darker nature. It is a lower-pitched version of the song, transposed into a minor scale. ''post success depression'' starts small but slowly builds up to an entire orchestra. | |||
== independent accident == | |||
{{Track infobox | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=independent accident | |name=independent accident | ||
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|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/independent-accident $1 or more]}} | |bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/independent-accident $1 or more]}} | ||
=== Trivia === | |||
* ''independent accident'' is the first-presented version of what has been nicknamed the "''independent accident'' theme". Only a few songs in ''one'' feature this theme. | |||
== danny makes chiptune == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=danny makes chiptune | |||
|time=2:46 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/danny-makes-chiptune $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“danny makes chiptune” is yet another introduction to “social lego”. It’s like an intro without the rest.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== the first million == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=the first million | |||
|time=3:19 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/the-first-million $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“the first million” is about the feeling of relief and the happiness of finally having your project be successful and you’re no longer struggling with money. However, it’s also with the sudden change of your social life. You have money, therefore everyone looks at you with completely different eyes. They think before they talk to you. It’s kind of weird and not in a fun way. Still, at least you have the success?|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== certitudes == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=certitudes | |||
|time=4:33 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/certitudes $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“certitudes” is another main theme, it stands for friendship and the feeling of not being the only one.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== impostor syndrome == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=imposter syndrome | |||
|time=2:24 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/imposter-syndrome $1 or more]}} | |||
== buildup errors == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=buildup errors | |||
|time=3:26 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/buildup-errors $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“buildup errors” is a name that is quite literal. This song had a few glitches at the beginning, but I decided to make these glitches into a song. It’s a somber little melody that builds up to explode in melancholy. There’s no real meaning behind this little piece. I just liked how a glitch made me have this sort of spiritual time with creating a song.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== for the sake of making games == | |||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=for the sake of making games | |||
|time=1:33 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/for-the-sake-of-making-games $1 or more]}} | |||
== | == preliminary art form == | ||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=preliminary art form | |||
|time=3:07 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/preliminary-art-form $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“preliminary art form” is about the trance you have when working on a thing for so long that it becomes second nature.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== | == lawyer cage fight == | ||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=lawyer cage fight | |||
|time=1:58 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/lawyer-cage-fight $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“lawyer cage fight” introduces “social lego”, yet again. But this time it tells us that things might not be as good as they seemed before? Is it going to be bad?|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== | == lost cousins == | ||
=== lost cousins | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=lost cousins | |||
|time=1:31 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/lost-cousins $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“lost cousins” ... is a more somber, introspective variant [of "certitudes"], yet still talking about the same feeling of friendship.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
=== drunken carboni | == total drag == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=total drag | |||
|time=1:31 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/total-drag $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“total drag” introduces the final and last song, “tsuki no koibumi”|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== drunken carboni == | |||
{{Track infobox | {{Track infobox | ||
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|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/drunken-carboni $1 or more]}} | |bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/drunken-carboni $1 or more]}} | ||
=== Trivia === | |||
* Named after [http://anthonycarboni.com/ Anthony Carboni]. | * Named after [http://anthonycarboni.com/ Anthony Carboni]. | ||
* Used in the New Year's 2011 sequence in the film. | * Used in the New Year's 2011 sequence in the film. | ||
=== the weirdest year of your life === | == the weirdest year of your life == | ||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=the weirest year of your life | |||
|time=3:58 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/the-weirdest-year-of-your-life $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“the weirdest year of your life” is about literally that. The weirdest year of your life. Maybe that’s when you got fired and were in a ditch. Maybe it was when you finally finished school and had to go into the unknown. With any luck, it was about changing your life for the better.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== swarms == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=swarms | |||
|time=2:51 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/swarms $1 or more]}} | |||
== diskdance == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=diskdance | |||
|time=2:22 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/diskdance $1 or more]}} | |||
== pr department == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=pr department | |||
|time=1:25 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/pr-department $1 or more]}} | |||
== faux video production == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=faux video production | |||
|time=3:08 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/faux-video-production $1 or more]}} | |||
== one last game == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=one last game | |||
|time=1:19 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/one-last-game $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“one last game” is about the hope that one day you will have the friends you had in your past.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== this doesn't work == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=this doesn't work | |||
|time=3:08 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/this-doesnt-work $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“this doesn’t work” is about having fun and not caring what the next day has to offer. Sometimes you gotta just let your emotions roam free and not constantly worry if you have enough money to pay the bills. Sometimes you just gotta party.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== wooden love == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=wooden love | |||
|time=1:33 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/wooden-love $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“wooden love” is about the loss of friendship. Friends you wish were still your friends do not appreciate or want to talk to you anymore, you feel alone. Again, it’s essentially the same song, several times. But yet, they all have completely different meanings.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== I glove thy flob == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=I glove thy flob | |||
|collab=disco | |||
|time=1:47 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/i-glove-thy-flob $1 or more]}} | |||
=== Trivia === | |||
* A remix of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel%27s_Canon Pachelbel's Canon] played by a Minecraft noteblock [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLDM1AY1-E creation] by YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/user/FVDisco disco]. | |||
* The title is an approximate anagram for "I love my job", a phrase used for several other C418 songs including [[72 Minutes of Fame#I jike my lob|I jike my lob]] and [[life changing moments seem minor in pictures#I jate my hob|I jate my hob]]. | |||
== post success depression == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=post success depression | |||
|time=3:12 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/post-success-depression $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“post success depression” identifies with the times when working hard becomes the enemy. When your work hours are way past 60 a week. When you still have to get your work done, no matter if you want to or not.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== social lego == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=social lego | |||
|time=4:51 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/social-lego $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|Finally, “social lego” appears, and it’s probably not what you expected. It’s minimal and it never even once changes its main chord. It’s constantly the same, yet building up to something. Builds up to the moment your project is finally done, and it’s as good as you hoped it would be.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== jayson glove == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=jayson glove | |||
|time=3:18 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/jayson-glove $1 or more]}} | |||
== clumsiness and innovation == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=clumsiness and innovation | |||
|time=3:03 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/clumsiness-and-innovation $1 or more]}} | |||
== no pressure == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=no pressure | |||
|time=3:04 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/no-pressure $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“no pressure” ... [is] essentially a good bye. Albums gotta end! I can’t make them last forever, even though I wish I could. I’m obsessed with gigantic albums, as you probably know.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== one == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=one | |||
|time=2:27 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/one $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“one” [is] essentially a good bye. Albums gotta end! I can’t make them last forever, even though I wish I could. I’m obsessed with gigantic albums, as you probably know.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
== fifflas == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=fifflas | |||
|collab=Nifflas | |||
|time=1:34 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/fifflas $1 or more]}} | |||
=== Trivia === | |||
* A collaboration with game developer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicklas_Nygren Nicklas Nygren], also known as Nifflas. | |||
== tsuki no koibumi == | |||
{{Track infobox | |||
|name=tsuki no koibumi | |||
|collab=Laura Shigihara | |||
|time=5:07 | |||
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/one $1 or more]}} | |||
{{Quote|“tsuki no koibumi” [is] sung by Laura Shigihara. It’s about being together once more. Laura’s lyrics probably nail it. It’s about the Moon loving the Sun, yet they are constantly separated. The Moon just wishes to see the Sun again.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/one/ C418.org]}} | |||
=== Lyrics === | |||
==== [https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/C418-Laura-Shigihara/tsuki-no-koibumi Original] ==== | |||
tsuki ga taiyō ni koibumi o kai te i ta <br /> | |||
gikochinai kotoba <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
kimi no hikari ga mottomo akaruku kagayai ta <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
hoshi tachi ni kakoma re te hitori boc chino sora <br /> | |||
yoru <br /> | |||
anata to mata aeru yō ni <br /> | |||
kimi no hikari o terashi tsuzukeru <br /> | |||
yakusoku <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
tsuki ga taiyō to deai aijō o motome te <br /> | |||
ima shit ta <br /> | |||
kore a saidai kyori de haruka afureru kimochi kie nakat ta <br /> | |||
hoshi tachi ni kakoma re te hitori boc chino sora <br /> | |||
yoru sagashi teru <br /> | |||
anata to mata aeru yō ni <br /> | |||
kimi no hikari o terashi tsuzukeru <br /> | |||
yakusoku <br /> | |||
==== Translated ==== | |||
''Note that these lyrics were translated by [https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Laura-Shigihara-C418/tsuki-no-koibumi/translation/english fans] and may not be accurate.'' | |||
The moon wrote a love letter to the sun <br /> | |||
albeit in awkward words <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
Your light shined the brightest <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
It was surrounded by the stars, the lonely night sky <br /> | |||
it said – <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
Promise me that <br /> | |||
Your light will continue to shine <br /> | |||
So that we can meet again <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
The moon meets the sun, seeking for love <br /> | |||
Now I know <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
This feeling of distance, overflowing with <br /> | |||
remoteness, it never ceased to exist <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
It was surrounded by the stars, the lonely night sky <br /> | |||
Looking for the night, it said – <br /> | |||
<br /> | |||
Promise me that <br /> | |||
Your light will continue to shine <br /> | |||
So that we can meet again <br /> | |||
=== | === Trivia === | ||
* The lyrics are sung by game developer and singer-songwriter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Shigihara Laura Shigihara]. | |||
== | = CD exclusive tracks = | ||
The CD physical copy of '''''[[one]]''''' includes four remixes of songs from the album, remixed by various artists. These tracks are available only by [https://www.fangamer.com/products/minecraft-doc-film-soundtrack purchasing the CD copy]. | |||
== no pressure (But the Snow in Brooklyn) == | |||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=no pressure (But the Snow in Brooklyn) | |||
|time=4:40 | |||
|remix=Crashfaster}} | |||
== | == jayson glove (2 players 1 little piggy) == | ||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=jayson glove (2 players 1 little piggy) | |||
|time=3:15 | |||
|remix=Bud Melvin}} | |||
=== | === Lyrics === | ||
''Confirmed by Bud Melvin via email.'' | |||
This is a remix to the Minecraft documentary soundtrack<br /> | |||
2 player productions, C418, Bud Melvin construction<br /> | |||
This is a remix to the Minecraft documentary soundtrack<br /> | |||
This is a remix to the Minecraft documentary soundtrack<br /> | |||
== | == the first million (MultiMillion Mix) == | ||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=the first million (MultiMillion Mix) | |||
|time=3:00 | |||
|remix=Danimal Cannon}} | |||
== | == preliminary art form (Nether Mix) == | ||
=== | {{Track infobox | ||
|name=preliminary art form (Nether Mix) | |||
|time=3:15 | |||
|remix=minusbaby}} | |||
= | = CD tracks = | ||
''one'' is the first and only C418 album to have a physical CD release with more than one disc. | |||
== | == Disc one == | ||
* cliffside hinson | |||
* surface pension | |||
* independent accident | |||
* danny makes chiptune | |||
* the first million | |||
* certitudes | |||
* imposter syndrome | |||
* buildup errors | |||
* for the sake of making games | |||
* preliminary art form | |||
* lawyer cage fight | |||
* lost cousins | |||
* total drag | |||
* drunken carboni | |||
* the weirdest year of your life | |||
* swarms | |||
* diskdance | |||
== | == Disc two == | ||
* pr department | |||
* faux video production | |||
* one last game | |||
* this doesn't work | |||
* wooden love | |||
* I glove thy flob | |||
* post success depression | |||
* social lego | |||
* jayson glove | |||
* clumsiness and innovation | |||
* no pressure | |||
* one | |||
* fifflas | |||
* tsuki no koibumi | |||
* no pressure (But the Snow in Brooklyn) | |||
* jayson glove (2 players 1 little piggy) | |||
* the first million (MultiMillion Mix) | |||
* preliminary art form (Nether Mix) | |||
== | = Album trivia = | ||
* In May 2021, the album was being considered for a 2xLP vinyl release. [[C418]] was discussing with Discord members on which tracks to cut to fit the album within 90 minutes. So far, nothing has come of this. | |||
* The album name and cover are believed to be based on [https://www.fabfilter.com/products/one-basic-synthesizer-plug-in FabFilter's One plugin]. | |||
== | = Gallery = | ||
<gallery> | |||
one CD 1.jpg|Promo image of the ''one'' physical CD copy | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Albums]] | |||
[[Category:Albums on Bandcamp]] | |||
[[Category:Albums on Spotify]] |
Latest revision as of 02:55, 17 December 2023
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AKA | One Minecraft: The Story of Mojang soundtrack |
Release date | 2012-12-23 |
Genre | Ambient, House, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Orchestral |
Running time | 1:35:42 (digital) 1:50:44 (CD) |
Bandcamp | $7 or more |
Apple Music/iTunes | $9.99 |
Spotify | Ad-supported |
Fangamer | $15 |
This article is still a work in progress. Technically all of them are, but this one might not be completely ready for public viewing. |
one is C418's sixteenth released album and fourth major album. one serves as the original soundtrack for Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary on Minecraft and its development by Mojang. Like C418's other soundtrack albums, one favours usage of more ambient elements over soaring leads. For one, this meant the unique combination of heavy usage of mbiras and chiptune, although it also features selective use of other styles.
Official descriptions
one is the biggest album I ever created. Originally most of the songs were made for the official soundtrack to the documentary about Minecraft, but I think this album has become even bigger than that. I hope you'll like it as much as I had fun creating it!
one is the official soundtrack to Minecraft: A [sic.] Story of Mojang, which was a documentary about the development of Minecraft when things were still innocent and young. The soundtrack itself is way more than that though. Through editing it became an album on its own, something that is way more unique than what I could have accomplished by just making a dedicated album.The tone is pretty relaxed, with a mix of live recorded chiptune, orchestral phrases and a lot of Array Mbiras. A LOT of them. I also intentionally put in a lot of repetition into the album. You will hear a lot of songs that sound similar to songs you’ve heard before. Like Leitmotivs, but actually for entire songs.
There’s a word in German, called “Schönhören”, and it roughly translates to the act of listening to something until you start to like it. So, a lot of this album is an experiment on if that can actually be true. That may sound like a lot of bogus, but I was actually genuinely curious if songs sound better if you’ve heard preview versions of them before you listen to the main track. Did it work? I think it did for me. But did it work for you? I don’t know, you tell me!
[...]
And that’s one. I think it’s probably the most polished album I ever created.
If you want to work really hard and just want to put some noise on, you should try this album. A lot of my friends told me this is like their magical programming album.—C418, c418.org
Finally. After two long years working on this, it’s finally done.This is the official soundtrack to 2 Player Productions documentary about Mojang, and I created the music for it. Though this album contains all the music in the film, I think I made it much stronger and bigger than that, and it works well on its own, too.
Most importantly, I managed to release a big album in 2012, albeit a bit late, hehe.
It taught me how to properly add orchestrations onto a song, and how you should mix and master them. It’s pretty hard, actually! Oh, and I used actual gameboys extensively, too. As a combination, it creates this super weird chiptune orchestra, sort of.
Also one of the highlights is that I got Laura Shigihara to collaborate on one song, called “tsuki no koibumi”. I always wanted to have a song that I cannot understand, due to language differencies, and now I have one, in this album!—C418
Tracks
Note that while some releases of this album use title case for the track titles, the Bandcamp release uses all lowercase and so is considered to be the official version.
cliffside hinson
cliffside hinson | |
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Length | 3:46 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“cliffside hinson” is the intro to the album as much as it is the intro to the movie. It seemed fitting to use it as the first song. It’s also the introduction to “social lego”, a song that appears MUCH later in the album. I think I considered it the theme of accomplishments the community of Minecraft had. All the crazy projects of gigantic cities built within the game.—C418, c418.org
Trivia
- Uses the same theme as social lego.
- This song's title refers to BigGiantCircles' real name, Jimmy Hinson. Several track titles on Minecraft - Volume Alpha were named after C418's fellow indie game composers, and BGC was notably missing from there.
- C418 collaborated with BigGiantCircles on BGC418, and remixed a track of his as Jimtention.
surface pension
surface pension | |
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Length | 6:34 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“surface pension” is the main theme of the hard and often unnoticed job of working developers. If you pay attention you can hear them clicking away on their keyboards. This song also uses the same progression as “preliminary art form”, and as an antagonised version in “post success depression”. All of these songs are essentially the same, but they all carry completely different messages across. While “surface pension” is about the hard work, “preliminary art form” is about the trance you have when working on a thing for so long that it becomes second nature. Finally “post success depression” identifies with the times when working hard becomes the enemy. When your work hours are way past 60 a week. When you still have to get your work done, no matter if you want to or not.—C418, c418.org
Connections
- The theme from this song reappears later on the album, such as in preliminary art form. surface pension features a warmer, more synthesised version of what is essentially the same soundscape. It also contains a variety of chiptune-style synthesizer sounds, an mbira, and a subdominant role for a piano. During the song, the sound of typing on computer keyboards is used as percussion to emphasise the theme of the life of computer developers. preliminary art form is more minimal in its approach in that it mostly focuses on the piano. Both versions retain an upbeat atmosphere, much unlike post success depression. As the name hints at, post success depression is of a darker nature. It is a lower-pitched version of the song, transposed into a minor scale. post success depression starts small but slowly builds up to an entire orchestra.
independent accident
independent accident | |
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Length | 4:11 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
Trivia
- independent accident is the first-presented version of what has been nicknamed the "independent accident theme". Only a few songs in one feature this theme.
danny makes chiptune
danny makes chiptune | |
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Length | 2:46 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“danny makes chiptune” is yet another introduction to “social lego”. It’s like an intro without the rest.—C418, C418.org
the first million
the first million | |
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Length | 3:19 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“the first million” is about the feeling of relief and the happiness of finally having your project be successful and you’re no longer struggling with money. However, it’s also with the sudden change of your social life. You have money, therefore everyone looks at you with completely different eyes. They think before they talk to you. It’s kind of weird and not in a fun way. Still, at least you have the success?—C418, C418.org
certitudes
certitudes | |
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Length | 4:33 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“certitudes” is another main theme, it stands for friendship and the feeling of not being the only one.—C418, C418.org
impostor syndrome
imposter syndrome | |
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Length | 2:24 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
buildup errors
buildup errors | |
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Length | 3:26 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“buildup errors” is a name that is quite literal. This song had a few glitches at the beginning, but I decided to make these glitches into a song. It’s a somber little melody that builds up to explode in melancholy. There’s no real meaning behind this little piece. I just liked how a glitch made me have this sort of spiritual time with creating a song.—C418, C418.org
for the sake of making games
for the sake of making games | |
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Length | 1:33 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
preliminary art form
preliminary art form | |
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Length | 3:07 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“preliminary art form” is about the trance you have when working on a thing for so long that it becomes second nature.—C418, C418.org
lawyer cage fight
lawyer cage fight | |
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Length | 1:58 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“lawyer cage fight” introduces “social lego”, yet again. But this time it tells us that things might not be as good as they seemed before? Is it going to be bad?—C418, C418.org
lost cousins
lost cousins | |
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Length | 1:31 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“lost cousins” ... is a more somber, introspective variant [of "certitudes"], yet still talking about the same feeling of friendship.—C418, C418.org
total drag
total drag | |
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Length | 1:31 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“total drag” introduces the final and last song, “tsuki no koibumi”—C418, C418.org
drunken carboni
drunken carboni | |
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Length | 3:04 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
Trivia
- Named after Anthony Carboni.
- Used in the New Year's 2011 sequence in the film.
the weirdest year of your life
the weirest year of your life | |
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Length | 3:58 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“the weirdest year of your life” is about literally that. The weirdest year of your life. Maybe that’s when you got fired and were in a ditch. Maybe it was when you finally finished school and had to go into the unknown. With any luck, it was about changing your life for the better.—C418, C418.org
swarms
swarms | |
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Length | 2:51 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
diskdance
diskdance | |
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Length | 2:22 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
pr department
pr department | |
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Length | 1:25 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
faux video production
faux video production | |
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Length | 3:08 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
one last game
one last game | |
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Length | 1:19 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“one last game” is about the hope that one day you will have the friends you had in your past.—C418, C418.org
this doesn't work
this doesn't work | |
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Length | 3:08 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“this doesn’t work” is about having fun and not caring what the next day has to offer. Sometimes you gotta just let your emotions roam free and not constantly worry if you have enough money to pay the bills. Sometimes you just gotta party.—C418, C418.org
wooden love
wooden love | |
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Length | 1:33 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“wooden love” is about the loss of friendship. Friends you wish were still your friends do not appreciate or want to talk to you anymore, you feel alone. Again, it’s essentially the same song, several times. But yet, they all have completely different meanings.—C418, C418.org
I glove thy flob
I glove thy flob | |
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Length | 1:47 |
Additional artist(s) | disco |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
Trivia
- A remix of Pachelbel's Canon played by a Minecraft noteblock creation by YouTuber disco.
- The title is an approximate anagram for "I love my job", a phrase used for several other C418 songs including I jike my lob and I jate my hob.
post success depression
post success depression | |
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Length | 3:12 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“post success depression” identifies with the times when working hard becomes the enemy. When your work hours are way past 60 a week. When you still have to get your work done, no matter if you want to or not.—C418, C418.org
social lego
social lego | |
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Length | 4:51 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
Finally, “social lego” appears, and it’s probably not what you expected. It’s minimal and it never even once changes its main chord. It’s constantly the same, yet building up to something. Builds up to the moment your project is finally done, and it’s as good as you hoped it would be.—C418, C418.org
jayson glove
jayson glove | |
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Length | 3:18 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
clumsiness and innovation
clumsiness and innovation | |
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Length | 3:03 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
no pressure
no pressure | |
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Length | 3:04 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“no pressure” ... [is] essentially a good bye. Albums gotta end! I can’t make them last forever, even though I wish I could. I’m obsessed with gigantic albums, as you probably know.—C418, C418.org
one
one | |
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Length | 2:27 |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“one” [is] essentially a good bye. Albums gotta end! I can’t make them last forever, even though I wish I could. I’m obsessed with gigantic albums, as you probably know.—C418, C418.org
fifflas
fifflas | |
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Length | 1:34 |
Additional artist(s) | Nifflas |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
Trivia
- A collaboration with game developer Nicklas Nygren, also known as Nifflas.
tsuki no koibumi
tsuki no koibumi | |
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Length | 5:07 |
Additional artist(s) | Laura Shigihara |
Bandcamp | $1 or more |
“tsuki no koibumi” [is] sung by Laura Shigihara. It’s about being together once more. Laura’s lyrics probably nail it. It’s about the Moon loving the Sun, yet they are constantly separated. The Moon just wishes to see the Sun again.—C418, C418.org
Lyrics
Original
tsuki ga taiyō ni koibumi o kai te i ta
gikochinai kotoba
kimi no hikari ga mottomo akaruku kagayai ta
hoshi tachi ni kakoma re te hitori boc chino sora
yoru
anata to mata aeru yō ni
kimi no hikari o terashi tsuzukeru
yakusoku
tsuki ga taiyō to deai aijō o motome te
ima shit ta
kore a saidai kyori de haruka afureru kimochi kie nakat ta
hoshi tachi ni kakoma re te hitori boc chino sora
yoru sagashi teru
anata to mata aeru yō ni
kimi no hikari o terashi tsuzukeru
yakusoku
Translated
Note that these lyrics were translated by fans and may not be accurate.
The moon wrote a love letter to the sun
albeit in awkward words
Your light shined the brightest
It was surrounded by the stars, the lonely night sky
it said –
Promise me that
Your light will continue to shine
So that we can meet again
The moon meets the sun, seeking for love
Now I know
This feeling of distance, overflowing with
remoteness, it never ceased to exist
It was surrounded by the stars, the lonely night sky
Looking for the night, it said –
Promise me that
Your light will continue to shine
So that we can meet again
Trivia
- The lyrics are sung by game developer and singer-songwriter Laura Shigihara.
CD exclusive tracks
The CD physical copy of one includes four remixes of songs from the album, remixed by various artists. These tracks are available only by purchasing the CD copy.
no pressure (But the Snow in Brooklyn)
no pressure (But the Snow in Brooklyn) | |
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Length | 4:40 |
Remixed by | Crashfaster |
jayson glove (2 players 1 little piggy)
jayson glove (2 players 1 little piggy) | |
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Length | 3:15 |
Remixed by | Bud Melvin |
Lyrics
Confirmed by Bud Melvin via email.
This is a remix to the Minecraft documentary soundtrack
2 player productions, C418, Bud Melvin construction
This is a remix to the Minecraft documentary soundtrack
This is a remix to the Minecraft documentary soundtrack
the first million (MultiMillion Mix)
the first million (MultiMillion Mix) | |
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Length | 3:00 |
Remixed by | Danimal Cannon |
preliminary art form (Nether Mix)
preliminary art form (Nether Mix) | |
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Length | 3:15 |
Remixed by | minusbaby |
CD tracks
one is the first and only C418 album to have a physical CD release with more than one disc.
Disc one
- cliffside hinson
- surface pension
- independent accident
- danny makes chiptune
- the first million
- certitudes
- imposter syndrome
- buildup errors
- for the sake of making games
- preliminary art form
- lawyer cage fight
- lost cousins
- total drag
- drunken carboni
- the weirdest year of your life
- swarms
- diskdance
Disc two
- pr department
- faux video production
- one last game
- this doesn't work
- wooden love
- I glove thy flob
- post success depression
- social lego
- jayson glove
- clumsiness and innovation
- no pressure
- one
- fifflas
- tsuki no koibumi
- no pressure (But the Snow in Brooklyn)
- jayson glove (2 players 1 little piggy)
- the first million (MultiMillion Mix)
- preliminary art form (Nether Mix)
Album trivia
- In May 2021, the album was being considered for a 2xLP vinyl release. C418 was discussing with Discord members on which tracks to cut to fit the album within 90 minutes. So far, nothing has come of this.
- The album name and cover are believed to be based on FabFilter's One plugin.