C418#Albums

Rosenfeld was born in East Germany in 1989.{{cite web |last1=Rosenfield |first1=Daniel |title=Who Is Daniel? |url=https://c418.org/2017/01/25/who-is-daniel/ |date=25 January 2017 |website=C418 |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010151904/https://c418.org/2017/01/25/who-is-daniel/ |archive-date=10 October 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet |last=Rosenfeld |first=Daniel |user=C418 |number=598462423088144384 |title=So, uh, how do you change the age of your own Wikipedia page? Do I need to have an interview that says I've been born in 89, not 86? |access-date=2021-08-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071220/https://twitter.com/C418/status/598462423088144384 |archive-date=2016-03-04}} His father was a goldsmith, and his family had a musical background before they pursued other careers.{{Cite web |last=Ramsey |first=Chase |date=November 8, 2015 |title=The quiet importance of the Minecraft soundtrack |url=https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/quiet-importance-minecraft-soundtrack/ |website=Kill Screen |access-date=October 15, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118224805/https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/quiet-importance-minecraft-soundtrack/ |archivedate=18 November 2023 |url-status=live }} He learned to create music on early versions of Schism Tracker (a popular clone of Impulse Tracker) and Ableton Live in the early 2000s, both rudimentary tools at the time.Keith Stuart, [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/07/how-daniel-rosenfeld-wrote-minecraft-music How Daniel Rosenfeld wrote Minecraft's music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616203842/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/07/how-daniel-rosenfeld-wrote-minecraft-music |date=16 June 2018 }}, The Guardian, 7 November 2014. It was his brother, Harry Rosenfeld, who introduced him to music composition through Impulse Tracker, commenting that "even an idiot" can successfully create music with it. His brother was also known as C818, from which he chose the name C418, claiming that the name is "really cryptic and doesn't actually mean anything."{{cite web|author=BebopVox|title=C418 INTERVIEW, Minecraft Music & Sound Composer|work=YouTube|date=12 May 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3DAAbwT6ak&t=75s|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215171356/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3DAAbwT6ak&t=75s|url-status=live}} Rosenfeld has also stated that he was "mediocre at school," but learning basic music theory and English came easy to him.

Rosenfeld started releasing music on Bandcamp after Danny Baranowsky suggested releasing his music on the site.{{Citation|title=Minecon 2012 - The Music of Minecraft & Minecraft Documentary at 17:34| date=28 November 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDI2rHG1Xsc|language=en|access-date=2021-07-07|archive-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127085241/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDI2rHG1Xsc|url-status=live}} In 2007, Rosenfeld started a blog known as "Blödsinn am Mittwoch" (English: "Silliness on Wednesday"),{{Cite web|last=Rosenfeld|first=Daniel|date=27 January 2017|title=Bushes and Marshmallows|url=https://c418.org/albums/bushes-and-marshmallows/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004955/https://c418.org/albums/bushes-and-marshmallows/|archive-date=7 November 2017|access-date=2 November 2017|website=C418.org}} where he posted a new song every week. This was around the same time when he became interested in game development and audio, which resulted in him joining the indie game development forum TIGSource, where he became involved with numerous smaller games and game developers. Among them, Rosenfeld unofficially released the soundtracks of Zombie Dog in Crazyland and Mubbly Tower on an old blog.{{Citation|title=Mubbly Tower soundtrack on C418 old blog|url=http://c418.org/archives/76|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120171138/http://c418.org/archives/76|language=en|access-date=2021-10-20|archive-date=20 November 2010}} Later, Rosenfeld started making albums and releasing them on his blog and Bandcamp, as a hobby.

His first release was the 2007 EP BPS, and shortly thereafter, in 2008, he challenged himself to make a studio album as quickly as possible, for fun, prioritizing quantity over quality, The Whatever Director's Cut was released on his blog as BAM #30 and on his Bandcamp,{{Citation|title=The Whatever Director's Cut on Bandcamp.|url=http://c418.org/archives/58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120205539/http://c418.org/archives/58|language=en|access-date=2021-10-20|archive-date=20 November 2010}} where it was available until it was removed in 2013, due to Rosenfeld's dislike of the album.{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/C418/comments/5lvdfy/comment/dbziygn/ | title=R/C418 - Comment by u/C418 on "Any information about C418's 'The Whatever Director's Cut'?" | date=4 January 2017 }}

Also in 2008, Rosenfeld released Mixes, a 25-minute medley containing remixes of songs previously posted on the blog, also were released the EP Sine, and his second studio album Zweitonegoismus, the album expressed his feelings working in an assembly line factory. Rosenfeld showed the album to his co-worker prior to releasing it, in which they asked "why the hell [he was] still working there".{{Cite web|title=zweitonegoismus|url=https://c418.org/albums/zweitonegoismus/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=C418|language=en-US|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502054255/https://c418.org/albums/zweitonegoismus/|url-status=live}}

{{See also|Minecraft – Volume Alpha}}

In early 2009, Rosenfeld began collaborating with the Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson through TIGSource. Rosenfeld was responsible for the sound effects and music in Persson's work-in-progress video game Minecraft. The sound engine in the still early Java game was not very powerful, so Rosenfeld had to be creative in his approach to creating sound effects and music.

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In January 2010, his fourth studio album A Cobblers Tee Thug, a collaborative work with Rosenfeld's friend Sohnemann was released.{{Cite web|title=A Cobblers Tee Thug, by C418|url=https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/a-cobblers-tee-thug|access-date=2021-10-20|website=C418|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020153741/https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/a-cobblers-tee-thug|url-status=live}} Made in the few days they spent together in the New Year, and they challenged each other, for fun, to make a full-length LP together in those days.{{Cite web|title=A Cobblers Tee Thug on C418.org.|url=https://c418.org/albums/a-cobblers-tee-thug/|access-date=2021-10-20|website=C418|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020054515/https://c418.org/albums/a-cobblers-tee-thug/|url-status=live}} The album circle was released in March 2010, originally created in 2008, it was intended as the soundtrack for an unpublished indie game bearing the same name, created by an unknown developer.{{Cite news|title=circle|language=en-US|work=C418|url=https://c418.org/albums/circle/|url-status=live|access-date=2017-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024705/https://c418.org/albums/circle/|archive-date=7 November 2017}} In August 2010, Rosenfeld released Life Changing Moments Seem Minor in Pictures. The album was recorded while Rosenfeld was still residing within Germany,{{Cite web|title=life changing moments seem minor in pictures|url=https://c418.org/albums/life-changing-moments-seem-minor-in-pictures/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=C418|language=en-US|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715041939/https://c418.org/albums/life-changing-moments-seem-minor-in-pictures/|url-status=live}} and at the time of releasing the album, Rosenfeld was requested to work for military services after quitting his job, in which he instead did other labour.{{cite tweet|number=1416057262616059909|user=C418|title=As I released the album, as if it was cursed or something, the German government forced me to join the military (wh… |access-date=2021-07-17|language=en|date=16 July 2021}} The album also contains the original soundtrack to Ezo, a game Rosenfeld independently developed for Ludum Dare.{{Cite web|title=Ezo by C418 {{!}} Ludum Dare 16|url=http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-16/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|language=en-US|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821000730/http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-16/}}

In 2011 a series of compilation albums with songs from various projects were released on Bandcamp for free, including Little Things,{{Cite web|title=little things, by C418|url=https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/little-things|access-date=2021-10-20|website=C418|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020054514/https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/little-things|url-status=live}} I Forgot Something, Didn't I.{{Cite web|title=I forgot something, didn't I., by C418|url=https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/i-forgot-something-didnt-i|access-date=2021-10-20|website=C418|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020054514/https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/i-forgot-something-didnt-i|url-status=live}} (a B-side to 72 Minutes of Fame), and Seven Years of Server Data.{{Cite web|title=Seven Years of Server Data, by C418|url=https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/seven-years-of-server-data|access-date=2021-10-20|website=C418|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020153741/https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/seven-years-of-server-data|url-status=live}}

While still working on Minecraft as a freelance artist, Rosenfeld was not on staff at Mojang,Luke Plunkett, [http://kotaku.com/5779319/the-soothing-sounds-of-minecraft The Soothing Sounds Of...Minecraft?], Kotaku.com, 9 March 2011. the company behind Minecraft. Rosenfeld still owns the rights to all his music in the game,{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/18/6351607/minecrafts-composer-discusses-mojang-unreleased-game-notchs-departure |title=Minecraft's composer discusses Mojang's unreleased game, Notch's departure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155227/http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/18/6351607/minecrafts-composer-discusses-mojang-unreleased-game-notchs-departure|archive-date=29 June 2018 |date=18 September 2014 |website=Polygon}} and has released two albums featuring songs from the Minecraft soundtrack. The first soundtrack, Minecraft – Volume Alpha, was digitally released on 4 March 2011 on his Bandcamp page.

Later that year, when Minecraft became available to the general public as an early access title, it rapidly became popular. Rosenfeld, Who up until that point had worked at an assembly line for a company in Stollberg, could now pursue music as his primary source of income.{{Cite web |last=Selent |first=Christian |date=2020-02-01 |title=Von Blöcken und Platten |trans-title=Of Blocks and Slabs |url=https://www.371stadtmagazin.de/magazin/magazin-alle-artikel/von-blocken-und-platten/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929203041/https://www.371stadtmagazin.de/magazin/magazin-alle-artikel/von-blocken-und-platten/ |archive-date=2022-09-29 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=371 Stadtmagazin {{!}} Das Magazin für Chemnitz |language=de}} This inspired his 2011 studio album, 72 Minutes of Fame. The content of this album mostly revolves around this lifestyle-defining moment in Rosenfeld's life.{{Cite news|title=72 Minutes Of Fame|language=en-US|work=C418|url=https://c418.org/albums/72-minutes-of-fame/|url-status=live|access-date=2017-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828203258/https://c418.org/albums/72-minutes-of-fame/|archive-date=28 August 2018}} This album was the first of Rosenfeld's works to have a physical release. The Guardian has compared his compositions to those of Brian Eno and Erik Satie because of their minimalistic, ambient quality.

Almost half a year later, production on a documentary of the development of Minecraft started, titled Minecraft: The Story of Mojang. Rosenfeld was requested to create the soundtrack for this documentary, which was included on his 2012 album, One.{{cite web|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Daniel|title=one – C418|url=http://c418.org/albums/one/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617154845/http://c418.org/albums/one/|archive-date=17 June 2020|access-date=17 June 2020|website=C418.org}} Vice called it a "gleeful and unobtrusive collection of short melodic instrumentals that skip around daintily like cute little bashful kittens, but with a dark self-deprecating humour lurking beneath".{{Cite web |author=Noisey Staff |date=August 25, 2015 |title=The 15 Albums That Will Make You Less Shit at Doing Work |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/fifteen-albums-we-promise-will-help-you-get-your-shit-together-and-do-your-work/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=Vice}}

{{See also|Music of Minecraft#Minecraft – Volume Beta}}

On 9 November 2013, Rosenfeld released the second album of the official soundtrack for Minecraft, titled Minecraft - Volume Beta. Many of the new songs were being added into features of the game that were not present when the first batch of music was produced; i.e. the Nether or the End.{{cite web|url=http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-beta|title=Minecraft Volume Beta on Bandcamp|date=9 November 2013|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109190435/http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-beta|url-status=live}} In 2020, the soundtrack was released in physical format with Ghostly International{{Cite web|title=Minecraft Volume Beta|url=https://ghostly.com/products/minecraft-volume-beta|access-date=2021-05-01|website=ghostly.com|language=en|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313024229/https://ghostly.com/products/minecraft-volume-beta|url-status=live}} and reprints of the Minecraft - Volume Alpha physical releases were also released. The Volume Beta releases consisted of a double CD edition of the album, a vinyl record which came in black and a red "fire" splatter color, and a limited edition of the vinyl pressed on a magenta translucent material{{Cite web|title=Minecraft - Volume Beta, by C418|url=https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-beta|access-date=2021-05-01|website=C418|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711225432/https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-beta|url-status=live}} which was at first exclusive to Europe but was later re-pressed internationally.

Persson and Rosenfeld worked together again after Minecraft{{'}}s success on the creation of a new game, titled 0x10^c. The game was never released, with Persson halting production indefinitely in August 2013. In 2014, Rosenfeld released an EP containing the music made for 0x10^c. It was released digitally with little publicity; Rosenfeld only sent out a tweet saying that it was available.Andy Chalk, [http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-composer-releases-0x10c-tracks-muses-on-notchs-departure-from-mojang/ Minecraft composer releases 0x10c tracks, muses on Notch's departure from Mojang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023172300/http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-composer-releases-0x10c-tracks-muses-on-notchs-departure-from-mojang/ |date=23 October 2019 }}, PC Gamer, 17 September 2014.

In 2015, Rosenfeld released 148, which much like 72 Minutes of Fame carried a significant amount of personal content, albeit slightly more hidden under lyrics and effects.{{Cite news|title=148|language=en-US|work=C418|url=https://c418.org/albums/148/|url-status=live|access-date=2017-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024906/https://c418.org/albums/148/|archive-date=7 November 2017}} Later that year, Minecraft - Volume Alpha soundtrack was released on a physical format on Ghostly International.{{cite web|title=C418 – Minecraft Volume Alpha Release Page|url=http://ghostly.com/releases/minecraft-volume-alpha|website=Ghostly.com|access-date=2017-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629204833/http://ghostly.com/releases/minecraft-volume-alpha|archive-date=29 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} This release consisted of a regular CD edition of the album, a vinyl edition which came with a code for a digital copy of the album, and a limited edition of the album pressed on green translucent vinyl.{{cite web|title=C418 Bandcamp|url=https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726000924/https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha|archive-date=26 July 2018|access-date=25 April 2020}}

In a 2011 Reddit AmA, Daniel Rosenfeld stated his plans to create a third soundtrack album to Minecraft, Volume Final, after the release of Minecraft – Volume Beta.{{Cite web |title=I am the composer and sound designer of Minecraft. AMA | date=13 December 2011 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nbe2h/comment/c37r491/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button |quote=will you do a Minecraft Beta album and/or a Minecraft Final album? |access-date=11 June 2024 }}{{Cite web |last=Rosenfeld |first=Daniel |title=I am the composer and sound designer of Minecraft. AMA |date=13 December 2011 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nbe2h/comment/c37raej/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button |quote=Yes, and yes! I'm just not sure when exactly. Volume Beta probably early Q1 2012! |access-date=11 June 2024 }} Rosenfeld first revealed development of the album in a 2015 interview with Fact Magazine, commenting, "I'll still work on Minecraft, so there'll probably be another album. In fact, it’s gonna be more ambient than the others, just as an experiment." He also noted listeners' own applications of his previous works, remarking, "I'm interested in seeing how people use music as a sleep aid, so I think on the next album I might put a bonus track on there that's just 15 minutes of complete ambience and see what people think."{{Cite web |date=5 September 2015 |title=Can You Dig It: FACT meets Minecraft composer C418 |url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/09/05/minecraft-c418-interview/ |access-date=21 March 2018 |website=FACT Magazine}} Rosenfeld again expressed interest in composing an ambient bonus track for his third album in a tweet posted in December of that year.{{Cite tweet|number=677875544386486272|user=C418|title=still considering an ambient track|author=Daniel Rosenfeld|date=18 December 2015|access-date=21 February 2024}}

Rosenfeld released 2 Years of Failure in 2016, a Bandcamp exclusive compilation album of music made for failed projects or songs that could not fit anywhere else.{{Cite web|title=2 years of failure|url=https://c418.org/albums/2-years-of-failure/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520061512/https://c418.org/albums/2-years-of-failure/|archive-date=20 May 2019|access-date=2019-01-14|work=C418|language=en-US}} Several songs in this album were made for an abandoned game Rosenfeld described as having a "...Japanese puzzle exchange..." vibe. This album also contains the original soundtrack for Crayon Physics. Most notably, this album contains C418's remix of the Stranger Things theme song, which had staggering popularity in 2018. It was the most played song on Rosenfeld's personal SoundCloud page until it was removed{{Cite web|title=u/SkyPG24 on r/C418 - Reddit|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/C418/comments/hu59wj/hey_err_what_happened_to_c418s_soundcloud_and_why/fym0par|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-14|website=reddit|date=19 July 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206181144/https://www.reddit.com/r/C418/comments/hu59wj/hey_err_what_happened_to_c418s_soundcloud_and_why/fym0par}} along with several other tracks due to a lapsed SoundCloud Pro subscription.{{Cite web|title=C418|url=https://www.soundcloud.com/C418|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508135548/https://soundcloud.com/c418|archive-date=8 May 2019|access-date=15 January 2019|website=Soundcloud}} Netflix would go on to use his version as the theme music for the aftershow Beyond Stranger Things.{{cite AV media |people=The Duffer Brothers |date=27 October 2017 |title= Beyond Stranger Things |medium=Television production|publisher=Netflix}}

He released Dief in 2017.{{Cite AV media |title=Dief|url=https://c418.org/albums/dief/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921034916/https://c418.org/albums/dief/|archive-date=21 September 2018|access-date=15 January 2019|work=C418}} The songs of this album were created and used as a soundtrack for an informative talk given at the Game Developers Conference 2017 by Teddy Dief.{{Cite web |date=17 August 2017 |title=Still Grooving: Game Dev Life Set to Live Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1gdAKEqEpI |language=en |access-date=July 7, 2021 |publisher=Game Developers Conference |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709201045/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1gdAKEqEpI|url-status=live}} In a 2017 tweet, the musician confirmed the existence of a third Minecraft album, and said that it was set for future release, but that work on it at that point was "still far from done". Rosenfeld additionally stated that the record would be longer than the previous two albums combined, which in total clocks in at over 3 hours and 18 minutes.{{Cite tweet|number=829667788897783809|user=C418|title=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.|author=Daniel Rosenfeld|date=9 February 2017|access-date=21 March 2018}} Rosenfeld additionally reiterated on Twitter that the third album would not be called "Minecraft – Volume Gamma", deviating from the Greek Alphabet naming convention used in the previous two Minecraft albums he composed.{{cite tweet|number=822673435147046912|user=C418|title=@the379thhero nope |date=21 January 2017}} Of the work Rosenfeld did on the third volume, he commented, "When I started making a third minecraft album, I didn't expect it to have this much work involved. I think I'm seeing the end of the tunnel?"{{Cite tweet |number=822665970615521280|user=C418| title=When I started making a third minecraft album, I didn't expect it to have this much work involved. I think I'm seeing the end of the tunnel? }}

On 16 July 2018, three new songs from C418 were added to the game for "Update Aquatic".{{Cite web |last=Östergård |first=Adrian |date=16 July 2018 |title=Minecraft 1.13 Pre-Release 10 |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-113-pre-release |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=Minecraft}} It marked the first new contributions from Rosenfeld to Minecraft since Minecraft - Volume Beta in 2013. The three tracks were released digitally from August – "Dragon Fish" on 9 August, "Shuniji" on 10 November, and "Axolotl" on 12 December 2018. Rosenfeld was asked by Mojang to create music with "slow beats" for the aquatic music, in a style similar to the music of Donkey Kong, though after he first wrote the songs, Mojang wanted more of the "Donkey Kong" aspect. Rosenfeld slowed the music down and added hi-hats, and Mojang were satisfied.{{Cite interview |last=Rosenfeld |first=Daniel |subject-link=C418 |interviewer-last=Fantano |interviewer-first=Anthony |interviewer-link=Anthony Fantano |date=8 January 2021 |title=10 Years of the Minecraft Soundtrack {{!}} C418 INTERVIEW |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mn47MqhbFY |work=The Needle Drop |via=YouTube |access-date=9 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421231151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mn47MqhbFY |archivedate=21 April 2021 |url-status=live }}{{RP|39:17}} On 20 July 2018, Rosenfeld announced a studio album, Excursions, with the release of its lead single, "Beton".{{Cite magazine|last=Bein|first=Kat|date=2018-07-19|title=Minecraft Composer C418 Shares Lead Single 'Beton' Off Upcoming Album: Exclusive|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8466181/c418-beton-minecraft-composer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719181448/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8466181/c418-beton-minecraft-composer|archive-date=19 July 2018|access-date=10 December 2018|magazine=Billboard}} Its second single, "Thunderbird", was released on 20 August 2018.{{cite news|title=Premiere: Minecraft Composer C418 Releases Sprawling, Synth Track "Thunderbird"|url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/premiere-minecraft-composer-c418-thunderbird-album-excursions/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820235422/https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/premiere-minecraft-composer-c418-thunderbird-album-excursions/|archive-date=20 August 2018|access-date=20 August 2018|work=Magnetic}} The album was released on 7 September 2018.{{cite web|author=Bruce-Jones, Henry|date=20 July 2018|title=Minecraft composer C418 announces new album Excursions|url=http://www.factmag.com/2018/07/20/minecraft-composer-c418-announces-new-album/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720151526/http://www.factmag.com/2018/07/20/minecraft-composer-c418-announces-new-album/|archive-date=20 July 2018|access-date=20 July 2018|work=Fact}} Excursions was released on CD and a limited vinyl LP by Driftless Recordings in January 2019{{Cite web|date=2018-07-20|title=Minecraft composer C418 announces new album Excursions|url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/07/20/minecraft-composer-c418-announces-new-album/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005081022/http://www.factmag.com/2018/07/20/minecraft-composer-c418-announces-new-album/|archive-date=5 October 2018|access-date=2019-03-15|website=FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.|language=en-US}} and reprinted in 2021 for CD and Vinyl.{{cite tweet |last=Rosenfeld |first=Daniel |user=C418 |number=1033133975701573632 |date=24 August 2018 |title=Hi friends! Wanna preorder Excursions on Vinyl or CD? You can do that, right now! They're super gorgeous. https://t.co/Kp1XboF0tE |language=en |access-date=12 July 2021}}

In 2020, after the announcement of the addition of Steve to the game, his work was not included in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for various undisclosed reasons, though one explanation given was it being too calm for fighting.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1W3eI-p5o|title=Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents "Steve & Alex"|website=Nintendo YouTube channel|date=3 October 2020 |language=ja|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010043459/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1W3eI-p5o|url-status=live}} Tracks other composers made for Minecraft Legacy Console Edition, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Earth were added instead. In May 2021, Rosenfeld released Branching Out.{{cite tweet|number=1394362662931374083|user=C418|title=this was a cute little project I worked on. Dayton is a lovely human! |access-date=2021-08-24|language=en|date=17 May 2021}} The EP contains the soundtrack to Branch, a video conferencing software by Dayton Mills.{{cite tweet|number=1394148127402168324|user=daytonmills|title=Branching out by @C418 for @branch_gg The music of Minecraft shaped a decade of our lives. My experiences in this… |access-date=2021-08-24|language=en|date=17 May 2021}} On 8 January 2021, Rosenfeld was asked in an interview with Anthony Fantano whether or not the third volume of the Minecraft soundtrack was still in production. Rosenfeld responded, saying, "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."{{RP|31:40}} Later that year, he would elaborate on his Discord server, saying:{{Cite web |last=Hassall |first=Michael |date=18 June 2024 |title=Minecraft's New Music is Hauntingly Brilliant – But Are Mojang Filtering Out the Classic Tracks? |url=https://www.esports.net/news/gaming/minecraft-music-1-21/ |work=ESports.net |access-date=2 July 2024}}

{{Blockquote|text="I still want to do stuff for Minecraft, but I’ve never managed to get to an agreement with the big guys. I have a lot of music but only time will tell how we will get it out. It will involve at least 20 lawyers".}}

On 16 June 2021, Rosenfeld announced on Twitter that his album from 11 years prior, Life Changing Moments Seem Minor in Pictures would be remastered and released onto major streaming platforms. The album prior to the re-release was only available on Bandcamp.{{cite tweet|number=1416056924139933696|user=C418|title=Hey y'all! Life Changing Moments is finally streaming on all platforms! This is a record that's very dear to me, be… |date=16 July 2021}} In July 2021, Rosenfeld, along with Davey Wreden, Karla Zimonja and Annapurna Interactive announced the launch of Ivy Road, a game studio founded by the trio. The studio revealed they were working on a then-untitled game, which Rosenfeld composed the music for.{{Cite web |last=Wen |first=Alan |url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/minecraft-gone-home-and-stanley-parable-devs-start-new-studio-ivy-road-3007137 |title='Minecraft', 'Gone Home' and 'Stanley Parable' devs start new studio Ivy Road |date=30 July 2021 |website=NME |access-date=9 June 2023 }}{{Cite web|title='Stanley Parable' and 'Gone Home' devs team up to form Ivy Road studio|url=https://www.engadget.com/davey-wreden-karla-zimonja-stanley-parable-gone-home-ivy-road-annapurna-interactive-194504904.html|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Engadget|date=29 July 2021 |language=en-US|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731035006/https://www.engadget.com/davey-wreden-karla-zimonja-stanley-parable-gone-home-ivy-road-annapurna-interactive-194504904.html|url-status=live}} Following the announcement of the launch of Ivy Road, in August 2021 Rosenfeld announced that he had worked on a soundtrack for the Steam release of the 2013 game Cookie Clicker.{{Cite news |last=Prescott |first=Shaun |date=2021-08-09 |title=Cookie Clicker is coming to Steam |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/cookie-clicker-is-coming-to-steam/ |access-date=2022-05-29}}{{Cite web|last=Joshua|first=Orpheus|date=2021-08-08|title=Cookie Clicker Releasing For Steam Next Month With Numerous Enhancements; Potential Game Of The Year - Noisy Pixel|url=https://noisypixel.net/cookie-clicker-releasing-for-steam-next-month-with-numerous-enhancements-potential-game-of-the-year/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-US|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808203337/https://noisypixel.net/cookie-clicker-releasing-for-steam-next-month-with-numerous-enhancements-potential-game-of-the-year/}} In September 2021, Rosenfeld released the soundtrack.{{cite tweet|number=1424444383223435266|user=C418|title=In case you missed it, I’ve worked on a brand new soundtrack for Cookie Clicker 🍪 |access-date=2021-08-09|language=en|date=8 August 2021}}

On 13 March 2022, Rosenfeld performed a DJ set with Anamanaguchi for their Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game Soundtrack tour.{{Cite web |title=Anamanaguchi - Scott Pilgrim VS The World The Game Soundtrack: The Tour @ Emo's Austin - Mar 13 |url=https://emosaustin.frontgatetickets.com/event/0021wxx5c71ok7fo |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Front Gate Tickets |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=C418 on Twitter: "Hey friends!!! I'll be joining @anamanaguchi on their Scott Pilgrim tour in Austin!" |url=https://twitter.com/c418/status/1498861301900136451 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Twitter |language=en}} In August 2022, Northway Games released I Was a Teenage Exocolonist. Rosenfeld and other fellow musical artists collaborated in composing the soundtrack to the game. His contribution was the piece "Quiet."{{Cite web |title=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/northwaygames/status/1557058455113834496 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Twitter |language=en}}

In June 2024, Annapurna and Ivy Road announced their game Wanderstop, a tea brewing simulator.{{Cite web |last=Castle |first=Katharine |date=June 7, 2024 |title=Stanley Parable and Tacoma creators fight back against onslaught of coffee games with tea-themed Wanderstop |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/stanley-parable-and-tacoma-creators-fight-back-against-onslaught-of-coffee-games-with-tea-themed-wanderstop |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=Eurogamer}}{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Lauren |date=7 June 2024 |title=The Stanley Parable developer's next game is a cozy tea shop sim where you have some trauma to process, actually |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/the-stanley-parable-developer-s-next-game-is-a-cozy-tea-shop-game-where-it-looks-lik-you-have-som-trauma-to-process-actually/ |access-date=7 June 2024 |website=PC Gamer}} It released on 11 March 2025.{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=December 5, 2024 |title=Wanderstop launches March 11, 2025 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/12/wanderstop-launches-march-11-2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241206000221/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/12/wanderstop-launches-march-11-2025 |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Gematsu}} On 11 December 2024, Rosenfeld released the game's title track, "Wanderstop."{{Cite web |title=C418 on X: "hi friends, some new music this morning. It's a tiny tiny glimpse into the music of our upcoming game, Wanderstop! Love y'all" |url=https://x.com/C418/status/1866916458602828257 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=X |language=en}} A second track, "Endless Velocity," was released on 19 February 2025.{{Cite web |title=C418 on X: "excited to share another song from Wanderstop!" |url=https://x.com/C418/status/1892239813442441718 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=X |language=en}} One week before the expected release of the game, on 4 March 2025, Rosenfeld released a third song from the sound track, "Pumpkin."{{Cite web |title=C418 on Youtube: "Pumpkin" |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp_FtlAk-Ss&pp=ygUEQzQxOA%3D%3D |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Youtube | date=3 March 2025 |language=en }}

On 11 March 2025, Rosenfeld published the soundtrack to Wanderstop. He was involved with "anything that had to do with audio". He then confessed in an interview to suffering burnout from the creation of the album, saying that "putting the pen down is really, really hard, and stopping to smell the roses can be extremely difficult for me, especially as a person with ADHD"; he said that it was ironic that he would work without giving himself a break considering the central narrative concerned the subject of overworking.{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Ana |date=2025-03-11 |title=Minecraft composer C418 talks burnout after making Wanderstop, a game about burnout |url=https://www.polygon.com/playstation/535849/minecraft-c418-interview-burnout-wanderstop |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}

In 2025, the United States Library of Congress added Rosenfeld's Minecraft – Volume Alpha soundtrack album to the National Recording Registry, listing it as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".{{Cite news |last=Ulaby |first=Neda |title=National Recording Registry adds Tracy Chapman, Hamilton and the Minecraft game soundtrack |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5352774/national-recording-registry-tracy-chapman-elton-john-hamilton-minecraft |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=NPR |language=en}}

Rosenfeld lives in Austin, Texas.{{Cite web |last=Callwood |first=Brett |date=July 1, 2020 |title=C418 Offers Block-Rocking Beats |url=https://www.laweekly.com/c418-offers-block-rocking-beats/ |url-status=live |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922073423/https://www.laweekly.com/c418-offers-block-rocking-beats/ |website=LA Weekly |publisher=Semanal Media LLC |access-date=June 26, 2024 }} He has a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Finneas.{{refn|{{rp|at=47:20}}{{rp|at=4:39}} }} He is a supporter of trans rights, Black rights, and LGBTQ+ representation.{{Cite web |last=Hansford |first=Amelia |date=22 October 2024 |title=Minecraft musician declares 'trans lives matter' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/22/minecraft-composer-c418-trans-rights/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=PinkNews }} Rosenfeld has ADHD, which he says contributes to overworking.

{{main|C418 discography}}

• The Whatever Director's Cut (2008)
• Zweitonegoismus (2008)
• Bushes and Marshmallows (2009)
• A Cobblers Tee Thug (2010) [with Sohnemann]
• Circle (2010)
• Life Changing Moments Seem Minor in Pictures (2010)
• Minecraft – Volume Alpha (2011)
• 72 Minutes of Fame (2011)
• One (2012)
• Minecraft – Volume Beta (2013)
• 148 (2015)
• Dief (2017)
• Excursions (2018)
• Wanderstop (2025)
• Wanderstop FM (2025)

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