Minecraft's New Vs Old Music

AN ANIMATED VIDEO!?!?!?!?

- Credits -

[Music]
(In order)

C418 - Mall

C418 - Taswell

C418 - Danny

C418 - Haggstrom

Lena Raine - Infinite Amethyst

C418 - Mutation

C418 - Dragon Fish

C418 - Chrysopoeia

Kumi Tanioka - An Ordinary Day

Kumi Tanioka - Comforting Memories

C418 - Alpha

Lena Raine - Firebugs

Lena Raine - Otherside

[Videos]

"Minecraft PS3 Trailer"

"Minecraft 1.8 trailer"

"Minecraft: The Exploration Update - 1.11 now live on PC & Mac!"

"A Tribute to Minecraft"

"Minecraft PS3 Adventure Part 1 (Playstation 3 Minecraft)"

"Minecraft Xbox 360 + PS3 - How To Make A Redstone Elevator (Pistons)"

"Minecraft Xbox 360 + PS3 - How To Choose Which Enchantment You Get"

"Minecraft Modded SkyFactory 12 - WIRELESS INTERNET"

"Village & Pillage: Official Trailer"

[Programs Used]

Blender - 3D Animation / Thumbnail
Krita - 2D Animation (Face Animations)
DaVinci Resolve - Editing
Audacity - Audio Recording & Audio Editing
OBS - Video Recording
Google Drawings - Thumbnail Editing (lol)
Block Bench - Thumbnail Text ("New" & "Old")

[Note]
If there is anything missing from here, please comment or send me a tweet on Twitter/X so I can respond and add it here!

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Wow! I can't believe I finally finished another video. For context, this was like my 4th video I tried making. The first one I spent over a month on and was going to be titled "The History of Every Minecraft Achievement/Advancement (I got them all)". It was a video where I got all ~205 achievements/advancements to ever exist for every edition and version of Minecraft. It had over 500 GB of storage and an 11 page script before scrapping it entirely. So, if anyone wants to take the idea and make it themself, go ahead!

Also, this isn't the final character design, it should be changed by the next video.

Subscriber count as of uploading this video: 6.4k

[NotVeryAndy]

Before any of you comment it, yes, I know I pulled out the wrong disc in the intro lol

[kaesestein]

The only real issue I have with the newer soundtrack is that it plays a lot more often than C418's music and kind of feels like it's drowning it out. It has been a good while since I heard a older song in the menu screen.

[VVS_Solar.Flare]

I just hate the fact that the biome specific music plays over and over. I’m tired of hearing crescent dunes play 5 times in a row when I’m in a desert for an extended period of time.

[Basegud]

one of my biggest issues with the update aquatic soundtrack is that it only plays when you're underwater. Unless you're building an underwater base, the player will never be underwater for long enough for Minecrafts already scarse music cues to have the music used effectively

[floofykxtty]

the issue with emphasizing location is, its minecraft, if the player really wanted to, they could completely tear down a biome and make it into something else, and then the music doesnt fit there anymore, imagine a new update track playing in 2b2t’s spawn, like an ocean theme, it just wouldn’t fit
this is why the original tracks work in almost every situation, its not worried about the location, its worried about you

[Azaryn]

Compared or other Minecraft youtubers who have loud and eccentric voices, your voice brings a fresh breath of air to the community

[Bendytube]

Dude your snappy animations alongside the commentary is great bro! Such a unique style, please keep it up!

[basically_boring]

Something I've noticed about the new music is that I tend to get sick of hearing it playing over and over. I never felt that with C418's music, I could play the game for hours hearing Sweden or Moog City 2 and not feel like it was repetitive, the only exception being Aria Math.

[Neodx]

There's a mod called Music Control where you can completely customise all the music and when it plays, you can remove the music you don't like and even add new music

[ArcherR]

My personal hangup with the new music: It’s too damn loud. I literally can’t hear myself think when a newer track comes on. Instead of trying to be atmospheric, the new tracks are trying to be the whole atmosphere. It’s like that one friend that recommends a game to you, watches over your shoulder, breathing down your neck and constantly going “You enjoying yourself yet? You should do this thing. Oh, look at that! That’s really cool, right? RIGHT?!” C418’s tracks on the other hand are the friend who recommends a game, sits next to you while you play, and occasionally goes “…Liking it?” Infinitely more atmospheric, since it adds to the atmosphere instead of trying to BE the atmosphere.

[lilchromie]

Im impressed that you went the entire video without mentioning the change in composer from C418 to Lena Raine (most famous for her work on celeste) as of the nether update.

[celticdash]

Ancestry is so annoying playing over and over again. It also keeps on playing when leaving the deep dark. I wish the deep dark had adaptive music that ramped up with how many shrieker strikes you have and then it becomes the scariest when the warden spawns but also all goes away when you leave the deep dark.

[HoundHere]

I love minecrafts old soundtrack because of the wonder and imagination that i was filled with while listening to it

new minecrafts music emphasizing location just doesnt fill me with the same wonder that i felt when i first played it on the xbox 360

I cant tell if its the music or nostalgia but i just cant seem to love the new music as much as i loved the old music upon hearing it for the first time

[Ssyrious_Is_Hyena]

The skin with the eyebrows is a masterpiece

[rippedbarny]

I feel the same way- nostalgic for the old music, but completely infatuated by all the new tracks.
The animations you did were so cool, and your other videos were amazing- can't wait to see what you do next!

[Xizyx]

"One More Day" is my fave music in the game, so much so I added it back to the menu screen after it was retired for 1.19. "Ancestry" is great for Ancient Cities, with it's dark, industrial overtones. But they should have only used ambient sounds (like they did for the new nether) in the Deep Dark cave biome. The Deep Dark outside of the Ancient Cities should be quiet and ominous, .

[Dark-Davey]

The 1.18 soundtrack is my absolute favorite out of all the newer music. There's just something about it that touches a really deep part of me. The song "Comforting Memories" brings me to tears whenever I hear it, as it makes me reflect on past experiences in the game. I get so nostalgic for 1.18, as when that update dropped, I was still very new to Minecraft and was still experiencing a lot of things for the first time. On top of that, it's just so...emotional, in a way. It stirs me in a way I can't explain. I agree that it will never beat the original music, but for me, it's a very personal experience whenever I hear any of the 1.18 songs ❤️

[TriptonicKerbal]

Nice video. I do think I feel different when it comes to C418’s Minecraft music. When I listen to the music, I don’t look at it with nostalgia because I never heard the music when I played all those years ago. What that allows me to do is to see that C418’s music was not only good but amazingly better than all the new music when you compare it with no veil of nostalgia. The quirky and minimalistic sound of Volume Alpha truly fits the game and even sounds good when comparing it to mainstream music nowadays. In Volume Beta, he takes that minimalistic approach and doubles it into emotional and beautiful songs. Take Alpha (the song) for example, it starts off with a small piano piece and then evolves into an orchestral song with strings and drums which is just perfect to listen to. Even his update aquatic music is amazing to listen to as well. He takes that orchestral feel and makes it slightly minimalistic again to kind of complete his work on the game like a full circle. The new tracks feel so industrial and made without emotion. The overly orchestral music kind of parodies C418’s Beta album and makes me feel like the music is dead. C418 himself has actually made more music for Minecraft, a whole new album that is estimated to be longer than Volume Alpha and Beta combined. The only problem is that Microsoft and Mojang don’t want to accept the music to be put in game because of C418’s 10 year old contract with Notch back when Minecraft was a tiny indie game. The contract said that C418 has all rights to his music and no one else owns it except for him. He just allowed Minecraft to use the music for him. What’s even worse is that C418 can’t even release the albums outside of Minecraft because it has Minecraft’s copyright in it. It’s a whole big thing but I just want to say that C418’s music feels alive not just because of nostalgia, but because of the emotion he put into it. He was the one who made Minecraft feel alive.

[MohamedElwagi]

I can help you summarise it

“*It doesn’t hit the same*”

[RyanSoltani]

This was a great video Andy! My personal experience with the Minecraft music is a bit different than most at least I think. When I first started playing Minecraft I would keep the music on but after a little while I turned it off since it kept distracting me from what I was doing in game and also because I couldn’t control what track it would play. So whenever I listen to the music I tend to get specific memories of me playing Xbox One Edition, the early days of playing Pocket Edition, and just scattered moments of me playing the game whenever I decided to turn the music back on for fun. C418 sure was a master at crafting some fantastic music for the game. It’s a shame that the only way he can get Minecraft to release his 3rd Volume of music is to sell the rights to Microsoft which it seems like he doesn’t want to do. The new music we do get though is great