Beginning 2

"Beginning 2"
Song by

C418

Track released

November 9, 2013

Length

02:56

Genre

Ambient

Songwriter(s)

C418

Link

“Beginning 2” is just like “Beginning” on Alpha, perhaps the end to the album, or just the beginning. This album is now in the progress of changing tone rapidly, but not before going to “The End.”

C418 on c418.org

"Beginning 2" is a song composed by C418 that plays on the main menu.

Locations

Location Odds of playing
Main menu 7.69%

Track description

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.

"Beginning 2" is a sequel to "Beginning" from Minecraft - Volume Alpha, which itself was a variation of "Minecraft". This song is played by synths and a piano, with a choir singing in the background.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name Sound events
"Beginning 2" beginning_2.ogg music.menu

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name Sound events
"Beginning 2" menu3.ogg music.menu

Raw music files

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/menu/
  • Windows: %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_<version>_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\menu

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

Java Edition
2013 Music UpdateAdded "Beginning 2", as "menu3.ogg".
1.7.4December 5, 2013"menu3" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.
1.20.3November 8, 2023"menu3.ogg" was renamed to "beginning_2.ogg".
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added "Beginning 2", as "menu3.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.30Preview 1.19.30.22"menu3" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU24CU11.071.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added "Beginning 2", as "menu3.ogg"

Issues

Issues relating to "Beginning 2" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References

  1. The files in the objects folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see Tutorials/Sound directory.

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