Minecraft – Volume Alpha is the first soundtrack album by the German electronic musician Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld. Created for the 2011 video game Minecraft, it is the first of two albums by Rosenfeld to come from the game's soundtrack. It primarily consists of simplistic ambient music, though some tracks are more upbeat. The simplistic nature of the album's music was caused by the technical limitations of Minecraft's sound engine, which made earlier concepts unfeasible. Volume Alpha was released digitally in March 2011 as Rosenfeld's first commercial release, with record label Ghostly International releasing the album in vinyl record and CD format in 2015, and in cassette format in 2025.

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Notable quotes

“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.”
— Roy Blount Jr., "Dogs Vis-A-Vis Cats", Now Where Were We? (New York: Random House, 1989)
“When a dog wags her tail and barks at the same time, how do you know which end to believe?”
— Man of the Year (2006), screenplay by Barry Levinson, spoken by Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams)
“I think Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives: my mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, our maid howling, our cat wringing her hands, and all our house in a great perplexity, yet did not this cruel-hearted cur shed one tear. He is a stone, a very pebblestone, and has no more pity in him than a dog.”
— William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, , act II, sc. iii
“I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.”
— August Strindberg, A Madman's Diary (1895)
“His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.”
— Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, Part I, line 86.
“Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.”
— The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.

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Overview

Minecraft – Volume Alpha is the first soundtrack album by the German electronic musician Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld. Created for the 2011 video game Minecraft, it is the first of two albums by Rosenfeld to come from the game's soundtrack. It primarily consists of simplistic ambient music, though some tracks are more upbeat. The simplistic nature of the album's music was caused by the technical limitations of Minecraft's sound engine, which made earlier concepts unfeasible. Volume Alpha was released digitally in March 2011 as Rosenfeld's first commercial release, with record label Ghostly International releasing the album in vinyl record and CD format in 2015, and in cassette format in 2025.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.”
— Roy Blount Jr., "Dogs Vis-A-Vis Cats", Now Where Were We? (New York: Random House, 1989)
“When a dog wags her tail and barks at the same time, how do you know which end to believe?”
— Man of the Year (2006), screenplay by Barry Levinson, spoken by Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams)
“I think Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives: my mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, our maid howling, our cat wringing her hands, and all our house in a great perplexity, yet did not this cruel-hearted cur shed one tear. He is a stone, a very pebblestone, and has no more pity in him than a dog.”
— William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, , act II, sc. iii
“I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.”
— August Strindberg, A Madman's Diary (1895)
“His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.”
— Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope, Part I, line 86.
“Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.”
— The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Minecraft – Volume Alpha is the first soundtrack album by the German electronic musician Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld. Created for the 2011 video game Minecraft, it is the first of two albums by Rosenfeld to come from the game's soundtrack. It primarily consists of simplistic ambient music, though some tracks are more upbeat. The simplistic nature of the album's music was caused by the technical limitations of Minecraft's sound engine, which made earlier concepts unfeasible. Volume Alpha was released digitally in March 2011 as Rosenfeld's first commercial release, with record label Ghostly International releasing the album in vinyl record and CD format in 2015, and in cassette format in 2025.