"Mice on Venus"
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"title": "\"Mice on Venus\"",
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"field": "(link to C418 article, displayed as C418)",
"label": "Song by"
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{
"field": "March 4, 2011",
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"field": "04:41",
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"field": "Ambient",
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"field": "C418",
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{
"field": "\n* [https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/mice-on-venus Bandcamp]\n* [https://open.spotify.com/track/1gXIOLjnh36fww7bdZ1NhK Spotify]\n* [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOD0fZs_XU YouTube Music]",
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"footer": "'''Part of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]''<br><span class=\"explain \" title=\"Number\">No.</span> 11'''<br><div style=\"display:inline-block;padding:0 .4em\">◄ \"[[Équinoxe]]\"</div>\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;padding:0 .4em\">\"[[Dry Hands]]\" ►</div>"
}
"Mice on Venus" is a song composed by C418 that plays in the Overworld.
Previews of tracks in
Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "
11" and "
Magnetic Circuit" are exempt from this.
"Mice on Venus" is a bittersweet track that begins with rising and falling synths playing an ambient intro, before a piano joins in and plays some more chords with them. The synth chords stop as a synth bass joins the piano, which plays part of a sparse melody before the synth chords come back in, with strings this time, to harmonize with the melody. An echoing celesta pattern can be heard in the background before all sounds but the piano stop and the piano continues the melody. The piano slows down and hangs on a high chord before descending to a resolving chord and then a second chord with the synth bass.
While the chord rings out, an echoing violin playing a variation on the previous celesta pattern can be heard. Suddenly, some synths and plucked strings begin playing a happier, bouncing rhythm and woodwinds play a musical flourish and strings begin to play chords. A glockenspiel or a celesta plays a bouncing, descending melody.
Java Edition:
| Soundtrack Title
|
File name
|
Sound events
|
| "Mice on Venus"
|
mice_on_venus.ogg
|
music.game,
music.overworld.badlands,
music.overworld.bamboo_jungle,
music.overworld.forest,
music.overworld.frozen_peaks,
music.overworld.grove,
music.overworld.jagged_peaks,
music.overworld.jungle,
music.overworld.lush_caves,
music.overworld.old_growth_taiga,
music.overworld.sparse_jungle,
music.overworld.stony_peaks,
music.creative[dv 1]
|
Bedrock Edition:
| Soundtrack Title
|
File name
|
Sound events
|
| "Mice on Venus"
|
piano3.ogg
|
music.game,
music.game.grove,
music.game.jagged_peaks,
music.game.lush_caves,
music.game.frozen_peaks,
music.game.stony_peaks,
music.game_and_wild_equal_chance,
music.game_and_wild_favor_game,
music.overworld.mesa,
music.overworld.bamboo_jungle,
music.overworld.jungle,
music.overworld.jungle_edge
|
- ↑ Included in
music.creative via event-type sound music.game
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/
- Windows:
%PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_<version>_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\
All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.
| Java Edition Alpha |
|---|
| v1.0.14 | Added "Mice on Venus", as "piano3.ogg" |
|---|
| v1.2.0 | "piano3" received an extension, adding a second part to the song. |
|---|
| v1.2.1 | "piano3" now plays in multiplayer. |
|---|
| Java Edition |
|---|
| 1.6.1 | June 13, 2013 | "piano3" is now stored in assets/music. |
|---|
| 1.7.2 | October 17, 2013 | "piano3" is now stored in assets/sounds/music. |
|---|
| 1.7.4 | December 5, 2013 | "piano3" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder. |
|---|
| 1.18 | October 20, 2021 | "piano3" can now play in frozen peaks, groves, jagged peaks, lush caves, and stony peaks biomes. |
|---|
| 1.19 | April 27, 2022 | "piano3" can now play in forests, jungles, and old growth taiga biomes. |
|---|
| 1.20 | April 26, 2023 | "piano3" can now play in badlands biomes. |
|---|
| 1.20.3 | November 8, 2023 | "piano3.ogg" was renamed to "mice_on_venus.ogg". |
|---|
Issues relating to "Mice on Venus" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
“
“Mice on Venus”, or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.
„
— C418 on c418.org
