Mice on Venus

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"Mice on Venus"

"Mice on Venus" is a song composed by C418 that plays in the Overworld.

Locations

BiomeProbability
Java EditionBedrock Edition
Badlands6.67%6.67%
Bamboo Jungle7.69%7.69%
Beach2.70%2.78%
Birch Forest4%4%
Cold Ocean2.70%2.78%
Dark Forest4%4%
Deep Cold Ocean2.70%2.78%
Deep Frozen Ocean2.70%2.78%
Deep Lukewarm Ocean2.70%2.78%
Deep Ocean2.70%2.78%
Eroded Badlands6.67%2.86%
Forest4%4%
Frozen Ocean2.70%2.78%
Frozen Peaks6.67%6.67%
Frozen River2.70%2.78%
Grove7.14%7.14%
Ice Spikes2.70%2.78%
Jagged Peaks5.88%5.88%
Jungle7.69%7.69%
Lukewarm Ocean2.70%2.78%
Lush Caves6.25%6.25%
Mushroom Fields2.70%2.78%
Ocean2.70%2.78%
Old Growth Birch Forest4%4%
Old Growth Pine Taiga4.76%4.76%
Old Growth Spruce Taiga4.76%4.76%
Plains2.70%2.78%
River2.70%2.78%
Savanna2.70%2.78%
Savanna Plateau2.70%2.78%
Snowy Beach2.70%2.78%
Snowy Plains2.70%2.78%
Snowy Taiga2.70%2.78%
Sparse Jungle7.69%7.69%
Stony Peaks7.14%7.14%
Stony Shore2.70%2.78%
Sunflower Plains2.70%2.78%
Taiga2.70%2.78%
Warm Ocean2.70%2.78%
Windswept Forest2.70%2.78%
Windswept Gravelly Hills2.70%2.78%
Windswept Hills2.70%2.78%
Windswept Savanna2.70%2.78%
Wooded Badlands6.67%2.86%

Track description

"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.

Data values

ID

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
  1. ↑ Included in music.creative via event-type sound music.game

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/game/
  • Windows: Content\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14Added "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
1.6.1June 13, 2013"piano3" is now stored in assets/music.
1.7.2October 17, 2013"piano3" is now stored in assets/sounds/music.
1.7.4December 5, 2013"piano3" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.
1.18October 20, 2021"piano3" can now play in frozen peaks, groves, jagged peaks, lush caves, and stony peaks biomes.
1.19April 27, 2022"piano3" can now play in forests, jungles, and old growth taiga biomes.
1.20April 26, 2023"piano3" can now play in badlands biomes.
1.20.3November 8, 2023"piano3.ogg" was renamed to "mice_on_venus.ogg".

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added "Mice on Venus", as "piano3.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.30Preview 1.19.30.22"piano3" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added "Mice on Venus", as "piano3.ogg"

Issues

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

Quotes

Or mars.

— C418 on bandcamp.com

“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

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ The files in the objects folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see Tutorial:Sound directory.

Sources