Scary music and sounds update#

Lena: The strongest prompt I had when first approaching the music was that the world of Minecraft, and especially the Nether, is a magical and occult place. How have you approached writing music for the Nether? With that context in mind, let’s get specific about the new Nether music, and how Lena Raine has worked to achieve her vision.

Minecraft Earth’s music is written by Shauny Jang, and the creepy-crawly underworld of Minecraft Dungeons have been given their sonic identity in a collaboration between Peter Hont, Johan Johnson, and Samuel Åberg. Some of the mash-up packs created by Mojang partner 4J include music by Gareth Coker. In addition to C418 and Lena Raine, Mojang’s Audio Director (and noted panda noise expert) Samuel Åberg has composed a lot of the ambient sound and music for Vanilla Minecraft.

Scary music and sounds update#

So since about Update Aquatic, a number of musicians, composers, and sound designers have brought their own sonic sensibilities to Minecraft, Minecraft Earth, and Minecraft Dungeons.

Not literally (as in getting too cozy with a Creeper) but it has grown to involve bigger teams and new games. However, in recent years, Minecraft has exploded. If you’ve ever played Minecraft and made use of your speakers, you’ve listened to C418’s music. Historically, music in Minecraft was the sole work of one artist: Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld.

But before Lena tells us exactly how she manages to make the tiny hairs on the back of your neck stand up, let’s talk about how she came to write and compose music for Minecraft in the first place!