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{{Short description|Unreleased third soundtrack album to the video game Minecraft}}
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| cover = blank
| type = studio
| longtype = and [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[C418]]
| released = TBD
| recorded = 2015–2018
| genre = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[Ambient music|ambient]]<ref name="FACT2"/>}}
| length = > 199:40<ref name="Twitter2"/>
| label = {{hlist|[[Independent music|Independent]]}}
| prev_title = Cookie Clicker
| prev_year = 2021
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| artist = [[Music of Minecraft|''Minecraft'' soundtrack]]
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = Minecraft: Trails & Tales (Original Game Soundtrack)
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Unreleased third ''Minecraft'' album
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German musician Daniel Rosenfeld, better known as [[C418]], began work on a third unreleased [[soundtrack album]] to the 2009 video game ''[[Minecraft]]'' in 2015. Its existence was alluded to the same year and confirmed in 2017, but the album has not seen release due to licensing disputes between Rosenfeld and ''Minecraft'' owner [[Microsoft]].
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== Background ==
Daniel Rosenfeld, better known by the name C418, served as the composer and sound designer for [[Markus Persson]]'s 2011 video game ''Minecraft''.<ref name="credits"/> Having met on the video gaming forum [[TIGSource]], the two decided to collaborate on an early build of the game that would become ''Minecraft''.<ref name="redbull"/> Under Persson's [[Mojang AB]], Rosenfeld released two soundtrack albums for the game, ''[[Minecraft – Volume Alpha]]'' (2011) and ''[[Minecraft – Volume Beta]]'' (2013). Persson chose to commission each work from C418, with Rosenfeld retaining ownership and rights to his work for the game.<ref name="motherboard2"/> In 2014, after the sale of Mojang and ''Minecraft'' to Microsoft, Rosenfeld stated in an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', "The days before the sale went through – I felt betrayed by Markus. I was worried Microsoft would take my music. But ultimately I talked to the lawyers and I still own it. My music is not worth $2.5bn. And also, I'm not rich."<ref name="TheGuardian"/>

== Composition ==
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Daniel Rosenfeld first revealed the development of his third original soundtrack album for ''Minecraft'' in a 2015 interview with ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact Magazine]]'', commenting, "I'll still work on ''Minecraft'', so there'll probably be another album. In fact, it's gonna be more ambient than the others, just as an experiment."<ref name="FACT2"/> He also noted listeners' own applications of his previous works, remarking, "I'm interested in seeing how people use music as a [[sleep aid]], so I think on the next album I might put a bonus track on there that's just 15 minutes of complete ambience and see what people think."<ref name="FACT2"/> Rosenfeld again expressed interest in composing an ambient bonus track for his third album in a tweet posted in December of that year.<ref name="considersambience"/>

In a 2017 tweet, the musician confirmed the album's existence and said that it was set for future release, but that work on it at that point was "still far from done". Rosenfeld additionally stated that the record would be longer than the previous two albums combined, which in total clocks in at over 3 hours and 19 minutes.<ref name="Twitter2"/> Rosenfeld additionally confirmed on Twitter that the third album will not be called "''Minecraft – Volume Gamma''", deviating from the [[Greek Alphabet]] naming convention used in the previous two Minecraft albums he composed.<ref name="Twitter3"/> Of the work Rosenfeld did on the album, he commented, "When I started making a third minecraft {{sic}} album, I didn't expect it to have this much work involved. I think I'm seeing the end of the tunnel?"<ref name="tunnel"/>

== Release ==
On 16 July 2018, three new singles from the album were added to ''Minecraft'' for the game's "Update Aquatic".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Östergård |first=Adrian |date=16 July 2018 |title=Minecraft 1.13 Pre-Release 10 |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-113-pre-release |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Minecraft}}</ref> It marked the first new contributions from Rosenfeld to ''Minecraft'' since ''Minecraft - Volume Beta'' in 2013.

Citing licensing issues with Microsoft, C418 has not released the album. On 8 January 2021, Rosenfeld was asked in an interview with music critic [[Anthony Fantano]] whether or not the album was still in production. Rosenfeld responded, saying, "I have something — I consider it finished — but things have become complicated, especially as ''Minecraft'' is now a big property, so I don't know."<ref name="Fantano"/>

== Legacy ==
Opting not to ink a deal to have C418's album released, Mojang began hiring other music artists to contribute to the soundtrack of ''Minecraft'', with the likes of [[Lena Raine]], [[Kumi Tanioka]], and Aaron Cherof composing smaller albums to release alongside game updates.<ref name="others1" /><ref name="others2" />

C418 moved on to other projects, such as composing an official EP soundtrack for the [[Steam (platform)|Steam]] release of the game ''[[Cookie Clicker]]'',<ref name="cookie" /> and starting a video game studio called Ivy Road with colleague [[Davey Wreden]], which will develop a game with Karla Zimonja and [[Annapurna Interactive]] for which Rosenfeld is composing the soundtrack to.<ref name="studio" /><ref name="NME" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="credits">{{cite web |url=https://www.thegamer.com/minecraft-soundtrack-details/ |title=Here's How Minecraft's Music And Sounds Were Made |website=[[The Gamer]] |date=14 April 2021 |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="redbull">{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Todd L |date=21 August 2015 |title=Interview: Minecraft's Soundtrack Composer C418 |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/08/c418-interview |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Red Bull Music Academy |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="motherboard2">{{Cite web |last=Pangburn |first=DJ |date=30 June 2015 |title=Minecraft's Composer Explains Why the Music Is 'So Weird' |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d73q5a/minecrafts-composer-explains-why-the-music-is-so-weird |access-date=21 March 2018 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Motherboard]]}}</ref>
<ref name="FACT2">{{Cite web |date=5 September 2015 |title=Can You Dig It: FACT meets Minecraft composer C418 |url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/09/05/minecraft-c418-interview/ |access-date=21 March 2018 |website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact Magazine]]}}</ref>
<ref name="TheGuardian">{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Stuart |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/07/how-daniel-rosenfeld-wrote-minecraft-music |title=How Daniel Rosenfeld wrote Minecraft's music |date=7 November 2014 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="considersambience">{{Cite tweet|number=677875544386486272|user=C418|title=still considering an ambient track|author=Daniel Rosenfeld|date=18 December 2015|access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="Twitter2">{{Cite tweet|number=829667788897783809|user=C418|title=I'm still far from done, but I tallied up a few numbers, and the third Minecraft soundtrack is gonna be longer than Alpha and Beta combined.|author=Daniel Rosenfeld|date=9 February 2017|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="Twitter3">{{Cite tweet|number=822673435147046912|user=C418|title=@the379thhero nope<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=21 January 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="tunnel">{{Cite tweet |number=822665970615521280|user=C418| title=When I started making a third minecraft album, I didn't expect it to have this much work involved. I think I'm seeing the end of the tunnel?}}</ref>
<ref name="Fantano">{{Cite interview |last=Rosenfeld |first=Daniel |interviewer=[[Anthony Fantano]] |title=10 Years of the Minecraft Soundtrack {{pipe}} C418 INTERVIEW |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mn47MqhbFY |work=The Needle Drop |date=8 January 2021 |author-link=C418 |via=[[YouTube]] |time=31:40}}</ref>
<ref name="others1">{{Cite web |last=Boddy |first=Zachary |date=9 April 2020 |title=Celeste composer Lena Raine has composed custom tracks for 'the Nether Update' on Minecraft |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/celeste-composer-lena-raine-has-composed-custom-tracks-nether-update-minecraft |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=Windows Central |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="others2">{{Cite web |last=Leston |first=Ryan |date=2021-10-20 |title='Minecraft' just added some new music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/minecraft-just-added-some-new-music-3075321 |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
<ref name="cookie">{{Cite web |url=https://www.destructoid.com/cookie-clicker-steam-version-differences/ |title=Cookie Clicker is heading to Steam with chill new C418 music, and it's $5 |website=[[Destructoid]] |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="studio">{{Cite web|title='Stanley Parable' and 'Gone Home' devs team up to form Ivy Road studio|url=https://www.engadget.com/davey-wreden-karla-zimonja-stanley-parable-gone-home-ivy-road-annapurna-interactive-194504904.html|access-date=2021-07-31|website=[[Engadget]]|date=29 July 2021 |language=en-US|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731035006/https://www.engadget.com/davey-wreden-karla-zimonja-stanley-parable-gone-home-ivy-road-annapurna-interactive-194504904.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="NME">{{Cite web |last=Wen |first=Alan |title='Minecraft', 'Gone Home' and 'Stanley Parable' devs start new studio Ivy Road |website=[[NME]] |url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/minecraft-gone-home-and-stanley-parable-devs-start-new-studio-ivy-road-3007137 |date=30 July 2021 |access-date=13 March 2024 }}</ref>
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://c418.org}}
* {{IMDb name|1387112|Daniel Rosenfeld}}

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