MINECRAFT VOLUME BETA

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Dreiton" is German for "three tone" and may be a reference to C418's earlier album, zweitonegoismus ("two tone egoism"), which itself may be a reference to an even earlier album, Sine (description: eins- "one" in German.) A very possible reason why "Ballad of the Cats" has that title is because the sounds of ghasts are distorted recordings of C418's cat. [7] The title may be a reference to the well-known annoyance of leaving a tree only partially chopped down, thus leaving it “floating”. A calm, relaxing nature-like melody played on a watery echoing synth, accompanied by other synths playing chords. Beginning 2” is just like “Beginning” on Alpha, perhaps the end to the album, or just the beginning. This album is now in the progress of changing tone rapidly, but not before going to “The End.”

Kyoto: This is another song that doesn't play ingame, but the bells and woodwind sounds would fit well anywhere. Two extra songs were left out of this album, those being Boss, which plays when the player is battling the Ender Dragon, and 11.I'm a firm believer that this album is miles better than Alpha, mainly because the production is a lot better when compared to the subtle nature of the album prior. Songs are a lot longer but the slow burn really helps it wash over you like a warm ocean, and it makes walks during the night that much better. This is different from Volume Alpha, as every song on that album had a description or joke of some kind. It may be that this unexpected "silence" is an intentional way to emphasize this album's much darker tone. I loved the hype around hearing new Minecraft music because it all sounded great, but the yearly (or even bi-annually) EP releases don't get me hyped, especially as they've not got cool names anymore. Biome Fest” is a song that I created when Minecraft Alpha was done, but I felt it had no place anywhere in the game, until the creative mode was sort of reintroduced to the game. It’s one of my favourite songs I’ve ever created. I do love minimalism and achieving tones with just very few notes, and I think this song does that extremely well. Like the album's predecessor Minecraft – Volume Alpha, Volume Beta comprises most of the music featured in the game, as well as other music included in trailers and instrumentals that were not included in the game's final release. [6] Composition and release [ edit ]

And then, “Biome Fest” started playing. A beautiful piano ballad, with synths, and glitchy cut-outs. And I started to remember my experience with Minecraft. When I was 10 year sold, on my crappy laptop in the car, giving myself diamond armor to fight the Ender Dragon. Funny, that isn’t even the best armor in the game no more!Ki,” like “Key,” on the previous album is an introduction to the album. But this time it’s not quiet, somber and welcoming, but dark and foreboding.

The old-sounding intro to this song is shortened in Minecraft - Volume Beta, compared to the in-game music disc version. The End” is a 15 minute piece for the namesake in Minecraft, a place called “The End”, a dark and sinister place full of creepy things called Endermen. Oh, and there’s a dragon. Since The End is also the final stage the player has to go to to “beat” the game, this piece contains a lot of references to past songs. If you listen closely, you can essentially hear most of Volume Alpha embedded within. After building up the drone, the song breaks, as if some sort of audio device couldn’t handle it anymore. Lastly you hear someone fixing it, and it starts from the beginning. At least in the game. On the album we then go to… Then, I remember middle school. I had absolute 0 people I considered friends. Was it to my own ego, or was it just because I didn’t fit in? I don’t really know. But I remember having a very old phone with pirated songs on it. It was a difficult day, so during recess, I hid behind a sofa in the hall, put my earphones on and hit “shuffle” on my saved songs playlists. Immediately, “Alpha” started playing. And I remembered how much it calmed me down for the rest of the day, all of the worry was washed away in a second… A third Minecraft album is allegedly complete, which is longer than both Alpha and Beta, but once Microsoft acquired Mojang it was scrapped because Microsoft wanted the rights to it. It opens with Ki, a "new version" of Key, the introductory song on Volume Alpha (something this album likes to do), before segueing into "Alpha", a 10 minute orchestral medley of songs from the previous album (which is used as the games credit sequence). Alpha isn't that good, to be honest, I'd rather just listen to the music it's based on.

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It's likely that this was meant to be a bait-and-switch by C418, considering that it at first appears to be "11" due to its name, song length, and its inclusion on the same album as all the other music discs, and that it even begins the same way, but then immediately turns out to be something completely different. Warmth” plays in the game’s hell. Or as it is called in Minecraft, “Nether”. This song tries to play with the idea that even hell isn’t all bad, and there’s good things to be found. But it’s still a very harsh environment. Haunt Muskie”, if I remember correctly, an anagram for Hatsune Miku. Not entirely sure why anymore, but there you go. This song is very nostalgic for me, and I didn’t expect anyone to like it but just me. It turns out it is a little bit popular though. There was this fairly old video game I used to like. Some game where you solve puzzles of broken rollercoasters you have to fix. The music wasn’t particularly good, but the emotion it carried was something I always remembered. “Haunt Muskie” is what I remember that music to be.