Music

Minecraft contains many music tracks, which play at various points in game, including the main menu, in Creative mode, in the Nether, in the End, and during the credits. In the mobile versions of, music is classified as free DLC, downloaded from the Marketplace.

Playing
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. The song "Alpha" always plays instantly during the credits, and the song "Boss" always plays instantly while the player is in the End if the ender dragon is undefeated or resummoned. Both of these tracks start playing in place of any already playing music. If the player is in the End and the ender dragon has been defeated, the normal End track plays 5 to 20 minutes after any currently playing tracks are finished.

If the player is underwater in an ocean or river biome, random underwater tracks play randomly 10 to 20 minutes after any currently playing tracks are finished.

If none of the previous criteria are met, but the player is in the Nether, a random general Nether track or a Nether biome-specific track plays, except warped forests, which don't have any music. If the player is not in the Nether and is currently in Creative mode, a random Creative track plays. If the player is not in Creative but is currently playing (i.e., not on the menu screen), a random general track plays. These tracks all play 10 to 20 minutes after any currently playing tracks are finished.

If the player is on the menu screen, a random menu track starts playing after 1 to 30 seconds.

Menu music stops playing $$ when the player leaves the main menu and stops playing $$ when a loading screen finishes. Game music stops playing when the player quits the world. When the game is paused $$, game music also pauses and resumes when the player exits the pause menu. $$, music is not affected by pausing.

Overworld music
These music tracks are played when the player is in the Overworld.

Underwater music
These music tracks can be heard while the player's head is submerged in water in any river or ocean biome.

Nether music
These music tracks play while the player is in the Nether.

End music
These music tracks play while the player is in the End.

Unclassified music
These music tracks do not play in-game, but rather in the Menu screen and during the End Poem specifically.

Composers
All music in Minecraft was originally composed by C418. However, as the game got more popular (specifically starting with the Update Aquatic, according to Mojang ), others started to produce music and soundtracks for the game. Nether Update tracks were composed by Lena Raine, and Samuel Åberg composed many recent ambient sounds. Some of the mash-up packs created by 4J Studios and certain songs that play during Minigames on Legacy Console Edition include music by Gareth Coker. The soundtracks for Minecraft Story Mode and Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two were composed by Antimo & Welles. Music $$ is written by Shauny Jang, and music in Minecraft Dungeons was made by Peter Hont, Johan Johnson, and Samuel Åberg.

Trivia

 * Chirp uses the same accompaniment samples as "The Orb of Dreamers" from the  series. The samples come from the disc "Bossa Nova Style". C418 stated that it was coincidental.
 * The End track is "Calm1" echoed and samples from the original Minecraft - Volume Alpha distorted.
 * "calm3.ogg", or "Sweden", is a Passacaglia, 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.
 * 5 songs in C418's album "148" (Droopy Remembers, Vierton, Aria Economy, Biome Party, and Beta) are house remixes of some songs in "Life Changing Moments Seem Minor In Pictures", "Minecraft: Volume Alpha" and "Minecraft: Volume Beta" (Droopy likes ricochet + Droopy likes your face, Dreiton, Aria Math, Biome Fest, and Sweden).
 * hal3.ogg (Haggstrom) is in septuple time (precisely 7/4 time).
 * The song "Biome Fest" if listened to carefully appears to be in the style of a Gregorian chant.
 * The word "Shuniji" ( しゅにじ, 主虹 ) means "primary rainbow" in Japanese.
 * Axolotls are small mexican salamanders that are critically endangered. The song was added to the game four updates before the one that actually introduced axolotls as a mob.
 * 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 that we have currently.
 * The word  is Latin for "redness". The term was adopted by alchemists to refer to the final stage of creating the philosopher's stone. It is also likely associated with the red-colored environment of the Nether.
 * The word  ( χρυσοποιία ) is an alchemical term that describes the creation of the philosopher's stone, or the transmutation of a given object into gold.
 * The title of the track "So Below" is likely a reference to "As above, so below", a phrase heavily associated with Hermeticism that is derived from a passage from the Emerald Tablet of Thoth. The Emerald Tablet is widely associated with the secrets of creating the philosopher's stone.
 * "Oxygène" is most likely a reference to Jean-Michel Jarre's album Oxygène, as well as the album after it.
 * The soundtracks Minecraft, Mutation, and Beginning 2 are slightly similar. Minecraft is the most calm, while Beginning 2 is the most intense.
 * $$, due to the fact that the river biome is considered plains, underwater music might also play in plains and flat biomes, provided that the pool is big enough and has underwater blocks (for example, corals).


 * The Warped Forest is the only biome in the game devoid of music. However, $$, a sound event (, empty by default) exists nonetheless.
 * The song "dog" (hence the name) is a sequel or second version of "cat"
 * "Pigstep" is the first music disc that was not composed by C418. Instead it was composed by Lena Raine.
 * Chrysopoeia has hoglin sounds throughout it as it plays.