Talk:Music of Minecraft

About the Nether Update

Lena Raine, the composer of Celeste, composed 4 new tracks (Rubedo, So Below, Chrysopoeia, and Pigstep) for Minecraft. I think it should be stated in the article that she did this. MarioFan129 (talk) 12:08, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Minecraft Dungeons

there are brand new soundtracks for the game Minecraft Dungeons, should they be added even though it's not Minecraft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minemaster1337 (talk • contribs) 18:05, June 24, 2021 (UTC)

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Map soundtracks

Should the recent additions of Gareth Coker's music be kept? I say no because they are Bedrock maps, unrelated from the game. It could also be argued WP:NOTDIRECTORY for listing everything. SWinxy (talk) 02:52, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

@SWinxy: Wikipedia does not treat Bedrock and Java edition differently and considered for the most part the same game. WP:NOTDIRECTORY isn't a reason to remove the albums, but rather look for sources to provide more contextual information. I recommend looking for sources to verify them and write the information in the article. Look at other articles such as Music of Final Fantasy VII, and Music of the Final Fantasy VII series.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 17:19, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

OK, not NOTDIRECTORY, but these soundtracks aren't in the game itself. They're downloadable maps from the marketplace, right? SWinxy (talk) 20:35, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

@SWinxy: They are soundtracks for content that is technically part of the game, whether DLC or not. Wikipedia doesnt make that distinction.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 17:20, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

To both parts of your reply, how so? SWinxy (talk) 17:47, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure what more to clarify. The soundtracks listed are officially part of Minecraft. Even if they're not reflecting music that is part of the main game.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 19:12, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I have no clue how they are a "part of the game". Are they DLC, or are they not? SWinxy (talk) 22:30, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

The soundtracks are based on DLC. and DLC is part of the game. Therefore the album information should remain in the article.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 22:32, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I agree with all of your points here. Furthermore, almost all of the Gareth Coker music which I added and plan to add (there is plenty more which I haven't gotten a chance to add yet) is not exclusively from/in the Bedrock edition of the game, but originated in the Legacy Console Editions of Minecraft. Also, many of these soundtracks have been officially released with Minecraft branding. Edit: I forgot to add that Bedrock is still Minecraft... Not sure why some people think it's an entirely different game, but it is the same game, albeit with a few fairly small differences.SapphirosGLR (talk) 20:49, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Non-free Content usage

@SapphirosGLR: Wikipedia discourages an unnecessary amount of non-free images to illustrate the article's topic. The rationale for each image, although properly filled in, does not indicate that it meets the requirements. Individual cover art is minimal use if that was the subject of the article. But since you're trying to justify multiple non-free images for a single article, there's going to be discernment. The article uses 11 non-free images which is unheard of for any quality article. For examples of quality music articles that reduce the number of non-free content, you can see Music of Kingdom Hearts, Music of the Final Fantasy VII series, Music of the Drakengard series.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 17:20, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Album covers in discographies are not allowed (WP:NFC#UUI). This page is not exactly a discography, but it is essentially the same; they should not be on this page. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 18:09, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Just dropping in to concur with BPP. Wikipedia's standards for non-free content are more strict than fair use. Visual identification is not sufficient for a list article like this, especially if the cover art is not explicitly discussed in sources as the focus of artistic critique. For a music article, I think it's far more relevant and helpful to the reader to spend your fair use "allowance" on a music sample instead (this is not how fair use actually works; it's just a metaphor). Axem Titanium (talk) 21:49, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Remove the images per WP:NFC#UUI #2, as Pbrks said. casualdejekyll 15:28, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

"Terrible sound engine"

Is the 2017 quote about the terrible sound engine still relevant given that Minecraft revamped its sound engine in 1.18? User1042 (talk) 13:16, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Splitting albums Alpha and Beta

Both albums meet the criteria for WP:NALBUM. Multiple non-trivial sources have covered it, and they have both charted in the US. Thoughts? SWinxy (talk) 19:40, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

I personally don't think its a good idea just yet. Although articles can meet the notability criteria, I always think its better to make sure we can produce a quality article first, before splitting.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 23:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

I definitely agree there should be one for Volume Alpha. I'm happy to create a draft article if there isn't already one? Marcostev88 (talk) 06:55, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, just to update I performed a split for Volume Alpha, new article can be found here → Minecraft – Volume Alpha . Updated split suggestion on this page. Feel free to change anything. Marcostev88 (talk) 07:22, 20 September 2022 (UTC)