C418
| Daniel Rosenfeld | |
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Rosenfeld in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | C418 |
| Born |
May 9, 1989 East Germany |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Independent musician, composer, sound engineer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Mojang, Ghostly International |
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| Website | c418 |
Daniel Rosenfeld (born May 9, 1989) is a German musician, producer and sound engineer best known as the composer and sound designer for the video game Minecraft. His music is generally published under the name C418 (/siː.fɔər.eɪtˈtiːn/).
Rosenfeld, son of a Soviet gold smith and a German mother, was born and grew up in East Germany after reunification, and the economic realities of the region may have limited his resources to learn audio composition. He says he learned to create music on early versions of Schism Tracker and Ableton Live in the early 2000s, which were both rudimentary tools at the time. He states it was his brother who introduced him to music composition. His brother told him about Ableton Live, commenting that "even an idiot" can successfully create music with Ableton.
Learning under the restrictions he experienced in his early life turned out to help Rosenfeld when he began collaborating with Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson. The sound engine in the still young Java game was not very powerful, so Rosenfeld had to be creative in his approach to creating sound effects and music.
As a freelance artist, Rosenfeld was not on staff at Mojang, the organization behind Minecraft. Rosenfeld still owns the rights to all the music in the game, and has released two albums featuring songs from the Minecraft soundtrack. The first soundtrack, Minecraft – Volume Alpha, was released on March 4, 2011. The video game blog Kotaku selected the music of Minecraft as one of the best video game soundtracks of 2011. On November 9, 2013, Rosenfeld released the second official soundtrack for Minecraft, titled Minecraft – Volume Beta. This introduced more music into later versions of the game.Minecraft - Volume Alpha was first released in a physical format on Ghostly International in 2015.
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