C418 - Dead Voxel (Minecraft Volume Beta)

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[pmc]

NASA should've put these songs on the Golden Disk

[genericname]

I once had a dog named Voxel in Minecraft. It didn't die.

[malexxxxxxxxx]

Minecraft: the one game that makes Hell relaxing.

[choiaf.]

the technical reason this song and other mc soundtracks are “nostalgic” is bc they have a TON of seventh chords instead of just major or minor. and seventh chords make the music sound fuller and more emotional

[marcusdelastang]

Fun fact: a voxel is a combination of the word, volume and pixel. It means the three sides of a square, like the one that’s on the video, it’s a voxel.

[marcdean]

Everyone is saying this sounds "scary" or "hopeless". I think its beautiful, makes me all nostalgic, and somehow hopeful for the future.

[Mike-mkpy]

it starts out creepy at first, but then it turns into peaceful music. this song is kind of interesting

[simoncarlile]

This is one of the best pieces of music I've heard in a game.

[commercialchase]

"It takes a skillful composer to convey the expected emotion,
It takes a masterful one to convey the opposite."

[chilkootsailor]

See you guys in 10 years when this gets to the nostalgia level that Sweden does.

[Gravity_cat]

Easily the best song of the Nether tracks.

[fingkey]

It's a weird soundtrack. One person said it would be more suited to the End, and that the Nether music should be more upbeat and intense, to reflect one's experiences in the Nether. However, this song, to me, is not for those who are new to the Nether. This is for those who know exactly what it is. Players who have done everything, seen everything in the Nether.

As they make their way back to the portal from a mining trip for quartz, they stop and turn to see the vast landscape of Hell. They've not looked at it for ages, since they are so used to the idea of it, and have only ever, as of late, needed to go down that one route to go to that one vein of quartz. They usually glimpse it with little emotion, apart from the underlying sense of danger. But this time, it's different. The only other time they've looked at this landscape in this way was the first time they ever entered the Nether, worlds and updates ago. Then, the feelings were that of fear, wonder, awe. Now, as they look over what they thought they were used to seeing, those feelings are felt once again, suppressed under the sheer number of trips made to the realm, but powerful enough to be acknowledged. The Nether truly is beautiful, in it's own way, they realise. That last revelation is reflected in the mid-section of the song, where the volume increases. But that suddenly stops, since the player questions itself: how can Hell be so beautiful? Beauty is found in nostalgia, and when one truly appreciates the Nether for what it is, they can find that nostalgia, that beauty.

When this song plays in the Nether, those are my thoughts. I find a cliff, and outcropping, a beach of soul-sand, and I just stare into the endless abyss of lava and fire. I recommend you do the same, for the music, accompanied with the realisation of the beauty of the Nether, can bring true bliss - just for a second - but a second to hold on to, to cherish.

[xaptus]

0:55 Something about that synth just touches me in a way no other song can. I can’t explain it, it’s just so emotional

[Shregurun]

This gives ‘We won the war, but at a terrible price’ vibes

[murksalot]

This is like a story ending with a character realizing they were in the wrong.

[UBFUNKEYS]

I don't know how this is scary, it is simply beautiful.

[infinitemidnightghostmourner]

Denial - Warmth
Anger - Concrete Halls
Depression and Bargaining - Ballad of the Cats
Acceptance - Dead Voxel

[TheWither]

Dead Voxel is easily the best Nether soundtrack. The music itself is really slow and eerie, but rather peaceful. The ambient noises of distant echoes and a deep humming, plus the echos of boiling lava, bubbling and dripping. This infinite chasm is dark, empty, hopeless, and you’re all alone in this dead world.

[quartzica]

Yeah, alright, I’ll say it. This is my favorite song from the entire Minecraft soundtrack. There’s a lot of reasons why I like this song in particular. The overall structure, going from ambience to a cohesive and strong melody and then back to ambience. The instruments, the shockingly comforting piano, the grand and full background noise, the faint ticking noise near the beginning of the song, the harsh yet melodic synths, the faint guitar you can hear as soon as the music starts to fade back into quiet ambience. The way in which it has always felt so fitting when it plays in-game, letting me pause and stare over the twisted and hellish landscape as the sound of bubbling lava in the background gradually becomes louder. The way the song itself seems to shift and sigh. But the thing I have to say I like most about this song is just… the emotion it invokes. It’s hard to explain; I saw another commenter describe it as an “emotion that doesn’t exist, ” which is pretty accurate. It has this sense of mourning, yet it has this hope to it, and behind all of that there’s this warmth. This song manages to still feel warm, like you’re still surrounded by something alive and breathing, even while every other part of the song feels like you’re staring at a decimated landscape and mourning what may have once been there before. And it’s calm, and accepting, too. It feels like so many feelings at once that come together to form one bigger emotion which you just can’t describe. And above all, I think that’s why I love this song so much. Because it’s so indescribably beautiful.

(I apologize if that was a bit rambly. I was really just pouring out my thoughts, but I hope this half-conscious analysis could mean something to you.)

[NatePain]

1:50-2:44 is the most beautiful peace of gaming music I’ve ever heard. Minecraft remains at the throne of gaming, as it always will.