Editing Music of Minecraft (section)

=== ''Minecraft – Volume Alpha'' ===
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The first installment of the game's soundtrack, ''[[Minecraft – Volume Alpha]]'', was released digitally on 4 March 2011 [[Independent music|independently]] by [[C418|Daniel Rosenfeld]].<ref name="Bandcamp4">{{Cite web |date=4 March 2011 |title=''Minecraft'' Volume Alpha on Bandcamp |url=http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919182020/http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha |archive-date=19 September 2012 |access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=C418 presents Minecraft Volume Alpha |url=http://ghostly.com/releases/minecraft-volume-alpha |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629204833/http://ghostly.com/releases/minecraft-volume-alpha |archive-date=29 June 2015 |access-date=30 November 2015 |website=[[Ghostly International]]}}</ref> In June 2015, the record received its first pressing to [[LP record|vinyl]] and [[Compact disc|CD]] through American record label [[Ghostly International|Ghostly]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Jamieson |date=2015-06-23 |title=One of Minecraft's soundtracks is getting a fancy physical release |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/23/8835851/minecraft-soundtrack-volume-alpha-ghostly-physical-release |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the album was nominated for [[Dance/Electronic Albums|Top Dance/Electronic Album]] at the [[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=2022-05-15 |title=Here Are the 2022 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-billboard-music-awards-winners-list-1235071133/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |access-date=2022-05-19}}</ref>

The album was met with positive reviews, with Andy Kellman from [[AllMusic]] praising its replay value, stating that "none of the recurring elements is pronounced or simple enough to become fatiguing with repeated play".<ref name="Allmusic3">Kellman, Andy "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002859604|pure_url=yes}} Minecraft – Volume Alpha Review]", [[AllMusic]], Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 21 March 2018</ref>

"[[Sweden (song)|Sweden]]", one of the songs in the album, is one of the most-streamed songs from a video game on [[Spotify]], with over 141 million streams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Matt |title=Spotify's 25 Most Streamed Game Songs: Smash Hits, Snubs And Surprises |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2021/04/09/spotifys-25-most-streamed-game-songs-smash-hits-snubs-and-surprises/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomson· |first=Cody Nery |date=2023-03-31 |title=Titan Ice Does Science: Most Influential Gaming Soundtracks > NAG |url=https://www.nag.co.za/2023/03/31/titan-ice-does-science-most-influential-gaming-soundtracks/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=NAG |language=en-ZA}}</ref>