{{Infobox person
|title          = Daniel Rosenfeld
|image          = Daniel Rosenfeld.jpg
|imagesize      = 
|real_name      = Daniel Rosenfeld
|date_of_birth  = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|9|mf=yes}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190710075833/https://twitter.com/c418/status/729642454627028992 I'm 27 today! Or 30 if you believe the Minecraft wiki, which the German tax agency did, I shit<!-- do not change this. This tweet is quoted precisely. --> you not. Happy fake 30th to me?] - {{tweet|C418}}, May 9, 2016</ref>
|occupation     = Freelance musician
|nationality    = German
|languages      =English 
|website        = [http://c418.org/ c418.org]
|known_for      = Producing the soundtrack and sounds of ''Minecraft''
|also_known_as  = 
|reddit         = C418
|twitter        = C418
|bluesky        = c418.org
|minecraft_name = C418
|wiki_name      = C418bla
}}
'''Daniel Rosenfeld''', also known as '''C418''', is the producer of most music tracks in ''[[Minecraft]]''<ref>[http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits "Credits"]. ''Minecraft.net''. Retrieved 2010-12-30.</ref> as well as the songs for all of the [[music discs]] added before the [[Nether Update]]. He also produced some sound effects for the game, such as footsteps, and released the game's official soundtrack, ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'', which includes all the music present in the game made by him up to the soundtrack's release, plus some bonus tracks. He has also released a second soundtrack album, titled ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'', which includes more music and the remaining music disc tracks, as well as some music for various ''Minecraft'' productions.

== Biography ==
Daniel Rosenfeld was born on May 9, 1989, in [[Wikipedia:East Germany|East Germany]], and his parents were both from the [[Wikipedia:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]. His brother, known as C818, nicknamed him C418<ref>{{ytl|N3DAAbwT6ak|C418 INTERVIEW, Minecraft Music & Sound Composer|BebopVox YOGSCAST|May 12, 2011}}</ref>
and introduced him to creating music with a computer. Since then he has had an interest in music.<ref>{{ytl|SDI2rHG1Xsc|Minecon 2012 - The Music of Minecraft & Minecraft Documentary|PC Gamer|November 28, 2012}}</ref> Rosenfeld has one cat and a corgi.<ref>{{tweet|C418|1245386670561787907|The world is in a pretty bad spot, but honestly the only thing I can think about is "when will valve ship me an index" and also "how much longer until I can get my dog"|April 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|1245386842129735683|And I know the answers to both of these questions and yet I still ask this daily. They are "never" and "6 weeks"|April 1, 2020}}</ref>

== Works ==
=== Official ''Minecraft'' soundtracks ===
* ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' (March 4, 2011)
* ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' (November 9, 2013)

There are also official physical and non-physical copies made of the two soundtracks. They were released on vinyl, CD and for download.

=== Untitled third ''Minecraft'' volume ===

In 2015, Rosenfeld hinted at a potential upcoming third album for ''Minecraft'''s soundtrack, stating "I'll still work on Minecraft, so there'll probably be another album".<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/09/05/minecraft-c418-interview/|title=Can You Dig It: FACT meets Minecraft composer C418|website=factmag|author=Tom Fenwick|date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, he confirmed the future release, claiming the album "is still far from done".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210308183610/https://twitter.com/C418/status/829667788897783809 I’m still far from done, but I tallied up a few numbers, and the third Minecraft soundtrack is gonna be longer than Alpha and Beta combined.] - {{tweet|C418}}, February 9, 2016</ref> He confirmed on Twitter that the third album will not be called "Volume Gamma"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191055/https://twitter.com/C418/status/822673435147046912 Minecraft Volume Gamma? nope]- {{tweet|C418}}, January 21, 2017</ref> and it will be longer than the previous two albums combined (which in total is over three hours and 18 minutes).

In January 2021, Rosenfeld was asked in an interview whether there was still a third volume of the soundtrack in the works. He responded, "I have something—I consider it finished—but things have become complicated, especially as ''Minecraft'' is now a big property, so I don't know".<ref>{{ytl|4mn47MqhbFY|10 Years of the Minecraft Soundtrack - C418 INTERVIEW|fantano|January 7, 2021}}</ref> Later, in October 2021, when the Caves & Cliffs music was added to the game, he stated on [https://discord.com/invite/c418 his Discord server] "I still want to do stuff for minecraft, but I've never managed to get to an agreement with the big guys", and "I have a lot of music but only time will tell how we will get it out. it will involve at least 20 lawyers."<ref>{{reddit|qc2wxr/like_music_to_my_ears_minecraft_snapshot_21w42a|hheco6c|Please be respectful and remember not to take any of this out of context. From C418’s discord shortly after 21w42a released and discussion was going on about the new music and his Third Album:|Blainezab|October 20, 2021}}</ref>

=== Other soundtracks ===
;Film
* ''[[One]]'' (December 23, 2012), created the soundtrack to the movie ''[[Minecraft: The Story of Mojang]]''.

;Games
* Rosenfeld created the soundtracks for the Mojang games ''[[Catacomb Snatch]]'' and ''[[0x10c|0x10<sup>c</sup>]]''.
* He also created the soundtrack for the Steam version of the game ''{{w|Cookie Clicker}}'', as well as various TIGsource games or prototypes and unreleased games.

== Trivia ==

* His Minecraft skin is the Steve skin, but the head is replaced with a small variant of the texture for a [[jukebox]].
* C418 revealed in an AMA on Reddit that the [[ghast]] sounds are taken from his pet cat when he is disturbed while sleeping.<ref>{{reddit|sub=IAmA|nbe2h/i_am_the_composer_and_sound_designer_of_minecraft|c37sjyb|Well, to make this story short, my cat has this interesting behaviour of sounding very human if you disturb him while he's sleeping. It just so happens that a microphone was next to him when he complained.|C418|December 14, 2011}}</ref> He was also going to have his cat voice [[ocelot]]s, but since his cat never meows clearly, C418 decided to use cat sounds from Freesound instead.<ref>{{tweet|C418|164364075097272320|In other news my voice actor refuses to say his lines today.|January 31, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|164074775721947136|My voice actor (cat) finally did some lines (meowed) and I acutally captured it this time|January 30, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|166522516993622016|The only well recorded cat sounds I have are meowing with purring. Makes it sound somewhat horny. Freesound! To the rescue!|February 6, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|167673197414723585|My cat only purrs and purreows|February 9, 2012|archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|C418|167673164573327362|It's actually done with the help of the freesound community's weird cats|February 9, 2012|archive=1}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
C418 skin.png|C418's skin.
Minecraft - Volume Alpha cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/minecraft-volume-alpha/ Volume Alpha]''.
Minecraft - Volume Beta cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/minecraft-volume-beta/ Volume Beta]''.
Axolotl cover.png|Cover art for ''[[Axolotl (song)|Axolotl]]''.
Dragon Fish cover.png|Cover art for ''[[Dragon Fish]]''.
Shuniji cover.png|Cover art for ''[[Shuniji]]''.
One cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/one/ One]'', the ''Minecraft: The Story of Mojang'' soundtrack.
Catacomb Snatch cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/catacomb-snatch/ Catacomb Snatch]''.
0x10c cover.png|Album cover of ''[https://c418.org/albums/0x10c/ 0x10<sup>c</sup>]''.
</gallery>

== External links ==

* [http://c418.org/ C418's website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/C418 C418's YouTube channel]
* [https://c418.bandcamp.com/ C418's Bandcamp]
* [https://c418wiki.absolutelywhizzer.co.uk/ C418's very own wiki]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C418 C418's article on Wikipedia]

== See also ==
* [[Samuel Åberg]]
* [[Sound]]

== References ==
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