Clark

"Clark"
Song by	C418
Track released	March 4, 2011
Length	03:11
Genre	Ambient
Songwriter(s)	C418
Link	Bandcamp; Spotify; YouTube Music;
	Part of Minecraft - Volume Alpha; No. 14; ◄ "Wet Hands" "Chris" ►

"Clark" is a song composed by C418 that plays in the Overworld and when the player is in Creative mode in Java Edition.

Locations

Biome	Probability
Biome	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
Beach	2.70%	2.78%
Birch Forest	4%	4%
Cherry Grove	7.14%	7.14%
Cold Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Dappled Forest	2.70%	2.78%
Dark Forest	4%	4%
Deep Cold Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Frozen Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Eroded Badlands	—	2.86%
Forest	4%	4%
Frozen Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Frozen River	2.70%	2.78%
Grove	7.14%	7.14%
Ice Spikes	2.70%	2.78%
Lukewarm Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Lush Caves	6.25%	6.25%
Mushroom Fields	2.70%	2.78%
Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Old Growth Birch Forest	4%	4%
Old Growth Pine Taiga	4.76%	4.76%
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	4.76%	4.76%
Plains	2.70%	2.78%
River	2.70%	2.78%
Savanna	2.70%	2.78%
Savanna Plateau	2.70%	2.78%
Snowy Beach	2.70%	2.78%
Snowy Plains	2.70%	2.78%
Snowy Taiga	2.70%	2.78%
Stony Shore	2.70%	2.78%
Sunflower Plains	2.70%	2.78%
Taiga	2.70%	2.78%
Warm Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Forest	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Gravelly Hills	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Hills	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Savanna	2.70%	2.78%
Wooded Badlands	—	2.86%

Track description

"Clark" opens with some quiet, sad string chords, which are joined by a piano, a synth bass, and a celesta, which play a pensive melody. Ends with a resonant, warm synth playing chords and then somewhat abruptly stopping and ringing out.

The album version of "Clark" continues into "Chris".

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title	File name	Sound events
"Clark"	`clark.ogg`	`music.game`, `music.overworld.cherry_grove`, `music.overworld.forest`, `music.overworld.grove` `music.overworld.lush_caves`, `music.overworld.old_growth_taiga`, `music.creative`^{[dv 1]}

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title	File name	Sound events
"Clark"	`calm2.ogg`	`music.game`, `music.game.grove`, `music.game.lush_caves`, `music.game_and_wild_equal_chance`, `music.game_and_wild_favor_game`, `music.overworld.cherry_grove`

↑ 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: %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_<version>_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.0.22a		Added "Clark", as "calm2.ogg".
Java Edition Indev
20091223-1–20100227-1414		Throughout Indev going into Infdev, "calm2" would cycle through being able to play and being disabled.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14		"calm2" now plays again, this time being able to play everywhere in the world.
v1.2.1		"calm2" now plays in multiplayer.
Java Edition
1.6.1	June 13, 2013	"calm2" is now stored in `assets/music`
1.7.2	October 17, 2013	"calm2" is now stored in `assets/sounds/music`.
1.7.4	December 5, 2013	"calm2" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the `.minecraft` folder.
1.18.0	October 20, 2021	"calm2" can now play in grove and lush caves biomes.
1.19.0	April 27, 2022	"calm2" can now play in forests, jungles, and old growth taiga biomes.
1.20.0	April 26, 2023	"calm2" can now play in cherry grove biomes.
1.20.3	November 8, 2023	"calm2.ogg" was renamed to "clark.ogg".

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Added "Clark", as "calm2.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.30	Preview 1.19.30.22	"calm2" 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 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added "Clark", as "calm2.ogg"

Issues

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

Quotes

<3

— C418 on bandcamp.com

Trivia

In conjunction with "Chris", the track is possibly named after musician Chris Clark, who has been cited by C418 as an inspiration.^[1]

References

↑ "10 Years of the Minecraft Soundtrack - C418 INTERVIEW" – fantano on YouTube, January 7, 2021

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

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

[3] "10 Years of the Minecraft Soundtrack - C418 INTERVIEW" – fantano on YouTube, January 7, 2021

[2] The files in the objects folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see Tutorial:Sound directory.

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