Editing Minecraft – Volume Beta (section)

== Composition and release ==
In 2011, Rosenfeld released ''[[Minecraft – Volume Alpha]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=C418 – ''Minecraft Volume Alpha'' Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002859604 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-20}}</ref> For the next release, the artist was again given complete creative control on the soundtrack that would be implemented as part of ''Minecraft''<nowiki/>'s November 2013 ''Music Update''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Nathan |date=16 November 2013 |title=If you restart Minecraft, it'll become a whole bunch more awesome thanks to C418's latest works :) |url=https://twitter.com/dinnerbone/status/401461231284129792 |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

The mostly [[Ambient music|ambient album]] has a generally darker tone than its precursor.<ref name=":0" /> Rosenfeld admits that the record is "extremely varied", being "much more [[percussive]], melodic, and [[Progressive music|progressive]]" than ''Volume Alpha''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Callwood |first=Brett |date=2020-07-01 |title=C418 Offers Block-Rocking Beats |url=https://www.laweekly.com/c418-offers-block-rocking-beats/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=LA Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> The average song on ''Volume Beta'' is far longer than its predecessor<ref name=":7" /> – at the time of the album's release, it was Rosenfeld's longest ever work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Is Minecraft's C418? |url=https://www.lifewire.com/who-is-minecrafts-c418-4082284 |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Lifewire |language=en}}</ref>

''Volume Beta'' also contains the music of nine collectable discs within ''Minecraft''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minecraft Soundtrack Review from Katy and Ian |url=https://nsula.gg/minecraft-soundtrack-review/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=NSULA Gamers' Guild}}</ref> A stark sonic departure from the rest of the soundtrack, these discs often rely on [[synthesiser]]s and percussion instruments.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-11 |title=How To Get All Music Discs Minecraft & Full Rank From Best To Worst |url=https://gurugamer.com/pc-console/all-music-discs-minecraft-19143 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=GuruGamer.com |language=en-IN}}</ref>

In August 2020, record label Ghostly released the first physical versions of the album, in [[Compact disc|CD]] and [[LP record|LP]] formats.<ref>{{Citation |title=C418 – Minecraft Volume Beta |date=14 August 2020 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15791461-C418-Minecraft-Volume-Beta |language=en |access-date=2022-09-23}}</ref> The album's artwork features an extremely dark 3D model of a block of grass from ''Minecraft'', surrounded on the edges by a larger black and orange cube. On some vinyl pressings, [[lenticular printing]] is used to give depth to the blocks in the image and highlight the inner grass block.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghostly |date=18 June 2020 |title=Announcing the first-ever pressing of C418's Minecraft Volume Beta... |url=https://twitter.com/ghostly/status/1273261013782138880 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>