C418 - “Minecraft: Volume Beta” - INDIE CASSETTE TAPE M/M (Sealed)

The second installment of the game's soundtrack, Volume Beta, was released on 9 November 2013.[22] Like Volume Alpha, Volume Beta comprises most of the music featured in the game, including dedicated music for the game's nether and main menu. It also features music from trailers, and instrumentals not in the game's final release.[23] In 2013 and 2023, the album appeared on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart, peaking at number 14 both times.[24][25] It received its first pressing to vinyl and CD through Ghostly in 2020.[26]

The mostly ambient album has a generally darker tone than its precursor. Rosenfeld described the track "Alpha" as a medley and "a celebration of past music from Volume Alpha." The first song he had composed with the clear intent for the game's "creative mode" to have a distinct soundtrack was "Blind Spots".[23] The track "Taswell" was created as a tribute to Rosenfeld's friend, the late Ryan "Taswell" Davis, co-founder of American gaming website Giant Bomb.[27] Rosenfeld stated he "didn’t want to remember them for their death, but the happiness they showed every day of their life."[23] Rosenfeld admits that the record is "extremely varied", being "much more percussive, melodic, and progressive" than Volume Alpha.[28] Several songs on the album are remakes of themes from the prior soundtrack album Volume Alpha; "Ki", "Moog City 2", "Mutation", and "Beginning 2" are remakes of the songs "Key", "Moog City", "Minecraft", and "Beginning", respectively.

Artist: C418 

Album: “Minecraft: Volume Beta” 

Format: CASSETTE TAPE

Grade: M/M (Sealed) 

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