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This is the Minecraft music disc. As of the date of making this video, there are 21 of them in the game. But today, I want to make that 22 by creating my very own song to put into the game. However, this can't just be any random track. I wanted to test myself and see if I could create a track that fit in well with the other discs in the game, but more importantly, fit into the game itself, just as if it was a real disc. The first thing I did was listen to the original 21 music discs. and I noted down what each of them had in common so that I could make my track fit in. There's kind of two eras of music discs, and the first 12 that have been in Minecraft since forever were all created by one
artist, C418. All of these original tracks are various soundsscape pieces of music with Gameboy like sounds mixed in. You can hear that in tracks like Cat Other tracks like Blocks, Maul, and Strad all sound like they could have been made in the game with Minecraft note blocks. I actually really like this as it feels way more immersive as you're spinning them in your jukebox in the game. What's interesting is the tracks Chirp, Melhe, and Stal are all kind of jazz inspired in terms of instruments.
Everything just sounds more played by a real instrument than a computer. And then we have tracks like 13 and 11, which uh yeah, those ones freak me out. Let's just put those in there. Overall, C418's original music discs are slower paced, mostly happy little tunes that are enhancing your Minecraft experience. I actually feel like this is really important because you're going to be playing these music discs in your jukebox in your base while you're getting your Minecraft tasks done. Now, we do need to talk about the eight newer discs which are composed by Lena Rain,
Aaron Cheriff, Samuel Aberg, and Amos Rody. Now, these tracks are very different to the original 12. They were obviously made more recently, but I feel like they stand alone as their own tracks that were then put into the game. Whereas C418s kind of felt like they were made for Minecraft. They're part of the game. It kind of feels like the new discs should be played out of a PC rather than a jukebox because it doesn't quite sound right. Does that make sense? I guess what I'm trying to say here is my track when I create it needs to sit somewhere in the middle. A combination of the two. It needs to have the old school feel and the sounds of the C418 discs, but also a little bit more melody
like the more modern tracks. Now, this is actually really good news because this is the kind of music that I like to create in my spare time anyway. And you may have heard a little bit of my stuff before from my track Space Dog that I released just over a year ago. Now, some of you may have noticed that I have missed out talking about one particular disc, the newest one. This one. This is the Steve's Lava Chicken music disc. so you can relive the meme of the Minecraft movie in the game. I do think this is a funny addition, but again, I think this is a song that has been put into Minecraft, not a song that is made for Minecraft, cuz it doesn't sound very Minecraft at all. With all that in mind,
I think it's finally time to start the process of making my song, which I will turn into a Minecraft music disc. Now, I am a very visual person. I learn and create visually in pretty much anything I do, and that includes music. So, for this piece of music, I need to imagine something within the game that is going to inspire me for this song. And I think I have the perfect idea. That's right, Minecraft villagers. It is no secret that villagers are my favorite mob in Minecraft. And what I want this track to do is convey the idea of a bunch of villagers getting together after a long hard day of trading, selling, and just vibing. I might even have a name for it already. Villager bop. I like it. Let's do this.
I thought the best way to approach this was by using something called sound fonts. And sound fonts are basically little samples that are taken either from video games or video game consoles that can then be played by a synthesizer to be able to make tunes. This is the method that Toby Fox uses in Deltaroon and Undertale. And I'm pretty sure C418 uses some of this as well. At least it sounds like it to me. So, what I decided to start with was the bop section of the title. And I thought this would be best played on some kind of bass. And this is where my first idea began with a bouncy baseline.
Could be it. Then a little bit of melody and chords over the top. However, I then found this really nice sounding acoustic guitar sound font, which I played around with for a bit and I managed to get this, which I really liked, but it just didn't sound like the upbeat villager meeting vibe that I was going for. It kind of sounded to me more like a lullaby or something. So, I moved on to a different idea, but keep that lully idea in your brain because I'm going to come back to that later on. This was my next idea. It was much more upbeat, so I did a little work with it and I ended up with this.
I liked the 8 bit sound that I had made and it was way more bouncy, but I was struggling to get it to sound really full. It just always sounded really thin. So, I took a break for the day and came back tomorrow. Now, I do have a confession. I am really bad at working on something for ages and the next day coming in and being like, "Yep, you know what? I don't like it. It's going in the bin. And today was one of those days. I did exactly that. And remember that lullaby idea that I told you to remember from a few seconds ago?
I decided that I like that so much that I was going to use that idea for this song instead of the bouncy upbeat one because that idea just wasn't working. And here's what I came up with. That sounds kind of cool, which I was happy with. So, I built on it a little bit and came up with this. To me, this sounded a lot more reminiscent of the C418 discs. The sound itself sounded so full compared to the previous one I was using. So now I was completely changing my whole visual inspiration from a villager meeting in the center of town to a villager
lullabi. Just think of the villagers sleeping. It's peaceful. There's no mobs. And behind the sound of the villagers snoring, you can hear this track playing in the background. That's the vibe I was going for. And now I think I was cooking on an idea. So, I created a bass sound to make the chords sound way more full and came up with this. Oh, this might be it, you know. But now I needed some melody in there, too. Bringing some elements from those newer music discs to combine it with the chords that I'd written because I still wanted it to be a track that you could
listen to by itself and not just in Minecraft. I like these two ideas, but I decided to go with something softer. The small two note part made me think of a ticking clock, but a lot softer. This new lullaby idea was working out perfectly, so I decided to run with it. Next up, I tried added a beat, but ended up with just this. It's just a kick drum, which I felt like added enough rhythm, but didn't take away from the dreamy aesthetics from the whole track. And next I looked for a counter melody
after this. I don't know what happened, but something awoke in me. I arranged the track so it built up pretty slowly and then just got bigger and bigger until the end where it all dropped out and it was morning time. I'll admit I got carried away and I thought, you know what, let's just orchestrate this entire ending. And somehow it all started coming together. Oh my god, what am I creating right now?
Um, did I am I cooking? I think I might be. Hold on. Sorry. What have I created here? What am I making? Hold on. Oh my god. How have I stumbled into this, man? Um, then what happens if I like just take everything out? Because at the end I do want it to be like just cut straight out.
That's going to be the end. Oh my god. So, after all this, I really felt like I'd made something good. We had the chords with the melody over the top flowing nicely, and it was starting to make me feel something, some emotion. And I was really hoping that would happen when others listen to it too. After I'd made this, I honestly couldn't stop thinking about it. And I decided to call it Villager Lullaby. And for the rest of the day, I went through and added effects, EQ, mastering, and all the little extra like percussive bits that I wanted in there, too, just to make sure the song felt complete. Now, I ended up with something that I actually really, really liked, which doesn't
happen often for me. So before I could change my mind, I decided to upload it straight to Spotify. And that takes about a week, which gave me some time to make some artwork, some sprites, and actually put it into the game. That meant I needed to make my very own music disc sprite, which is how it was going to physically look when you're holding it in your hand in Minecraft. I imagined that this disc would be played like at sunset over the nighttime. So I went with a midnight blue color for the main part of the disc and then a lighter blue color over the top. and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Blue is also my favorite color, so that works. The last thing I needed to do was sew it all
together by creating my very own resource pack so that I could play the track and look at the brand new music disc I'd made in the game. Are you ready to hear it? I hope you are. Be nice. Let's put it in the game. And here I am inside my vanilla Minecraft world. Buddy behind me knows what I've got. That's right. It worked. If I didn't see this image as this kind of disc, then we'd have a problem. But we don't. It's actually the perfect time of day to play this. So, where is my jukebox? I'm hoping it's with like my wooden stuff. Otherwise, yeah, it's in here. Good. Otherwise, we'd be in trouble, right? I'm playing it over here cuz this is where all my villagers
hang out and sleep. I'm going to play it on the bridge. Hopefully, this works. Are you ready to hear what I've been working on for like five weeks? I hope so. Here we go. Oh, it even says the name. Yes. Oh, it's playing right. Listen up. This is the track. I hope you enjoy it. Heat.
And there we go. The villages are up. Oh, why did I have to pop that way? That was not aesthetically pleasing. But I can't believe it. This project took way too long. I know. Look, this buddy's like, "Yo, what have you got?" Look at it. Villagers, please. He's thinking about it, but he doesn't want to act too cool. That's right. This project definitely took me way too long, but I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, leave a like. That would be awesome. Subscribe if you're brand new. The track is out now on Spotify and everything else, so you can go and listen to it again if you do so please. But yeah, I really hope you enjoyed this video. I had a lot of fun making it and the track as well. And
I'll see you in the next one. All right. Bye.
