Alpha (song)

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"Alpha"
Song by

C418

Track released

November 9, 2013

Length

10:05

Genre

Orchestral

Link
Part of Minecraft - Volume Beta
No. 2
◄ "Ki"
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“

“Alpha” is a medley of past songs. It acts as the score that plays when you “beat” Minecraft, but it also acts as a celebration of past music from Volume Alpha.

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— C418 on c418.org

"Alpha" is a song composed by C418 that plays during the end credits sequence.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Location Odds of playing
Credit sequence 100%

Track description[edit | edit source]

Previews of tracks in Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "11" and "calm4.ogg" are exempt from this.

"Alpha" is a emotional orchestral reprise of some tracks from Minecraft - Volume Alpha. The song begins with a soft, piano chords playing "Minecraft" with a gradual build-up of strings. Later, a wind instrument plays the main melody of "Mice on Venus", before a full-string orchestra plays out the remainder of the song. Mid-way through, the orchestra slows and stops, while a piano plays another part of "Mice on Venus". The string orchestra then returns to finish out the remaining portion of the song.

A piano once again plays parts of "Mice on Venus" as the song transitions over to Moog synthesizer playing "Moog City". The song gradually builds up the Moog synthesizer and piano chords, before a drop causes the Moog synthesizer to become quiet. The piano chords once again build up, joined together by strings. After a final piano drop, the Moog synthesizer plays quietly in the background, as the piano plays the beginning notes of "Sweden". An individual can then be heard getting on a piano and playing the main melody of "Sweden". The song then fades out, as an echoey Moog-like synthesizer plays repeatedly.

Data values[edit | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name [hide]Sound events
"Alpha" alpha.ogg music.credits

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name [hide]Sound events
"Alpha" credits.ogg music.game.credits

Raw music files[edit | edit source]

In Java Edition, the music files can be found in .minecraft/assets/objects.[a]

In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, it can be found in:

  • Mobile: com.mojang/resource_packs/music/vanilla_music/sounds/music/game/end/
  • Windows: %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_<version>_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\end

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History[edit | edit source]

[hide]Java Edition
2013 Music UpdateAdded "Alpha", as "credits.ogg". The song does not play properly during the end credits due to a bug.[1]
1.7.4December 5, 2013"credits" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.
1.12pre6"credits" now plays properly during end credits.[1]
1.20.3November 8, 2023"credits.ogg" was renamed to "alpha.ogg".
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added "Alpha", as "credits.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.30Preview 1.19.30.22"credits" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU24CU11.071.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added "Alpha", as "credits.ogg"

Issues[edit | edit source]

Issues relating to "Alpha (song)" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Jump up to: a b MC-40275 — Credit screen/End Poem music not playing correctly — resolved as "Fixed".
  1. ↑ The files in the objects folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see Tutorials/Sound directory.

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