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Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack)

Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack), also known as Minecraft: 1.21 Soundtrack on some platforms, is the fourth soundtrack for Minecraft featuring Lena Raine, as well as the second featuring Aaron Cherof and Kumi Tanioka.[1] It has been released on various music platforms since April 26, 2024.

The album includes 12 songs for a total length of nearly an hour. It serves as the soundtrack for the Tricky Trials update and includes three new music disc tracks.[2]

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-06-18 Open Original
"Minecraft: Tricky Trials" redirects here. For the update, see Tricky Trials.
Minecraft: Tricky Trials
(Original Game Soundtrack)
Album by
Released April 26, 2024
Genre Ambient, electronic
Length 56:32
Label Microsoft Studios Music
Available as Digital download
Discogs Has no entry
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Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack), also known as Minecraft: 1.21 Soundtrack on some platforms, is the fourth soundtrack for Minecraft featuring Lena Raine, as well as the second featuring Aaron Cherof and Kumi Tanioka.[1] It has been released on various music platforms since April 26, 2024.

The album includes 12 songs for a total length of nearly an hour. It serves as the soundtrack for the Tricky Trials update and includes three new music disc tracks.[2]

Track listing

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.
No. Title Artist Filename in .minecraft Length Track Description
1. "Featherfall" Aaron Cherof featherfall.ogg 5:44 This song plays in badlands, cherry grove, flower forest, lush caves, and in most overworld biomes.
2. "Watcher" watcher.ogg 5:32 These songs play in most overworld biomes.
3. "Puzzlebox" puzzlebox.ogg 4:59
4. "komorebi" Kumi Tanioka komorebi.ogg 4:47
5. "pokopoko" pokopoko.ogg 5:04 This song plays in dripstone caves, groves, jagged peaks, and snowy slopes.
6. "yakusoku" yakusoku.ogg 4:31 This song plays in most overworld biomes.
7. "Deeper" Lena Raine deeper.ogg 5:03 This song plays in the deep dark and dripstone caves.
8. "Eld Unknown" eld_unknown.ogg 4:56 These songs play in dripstone caves, groves, jagged peaks, and stony peaks.
9. "Endless" endless.ogg 6:42
10. "Creator" creator.ogg 2:57 Included as a music disc which can be found rarely in ominous vaults.
11. "Creator (Music Box Version)" creator_music_box.ogg 1:14 Included as a music disc which can be found rarely in decorated pots in trial chambers.
12. "Precipice" Aaron Cherof precipice.ogg 4:59 Included as a music disc which can be found rarely in standard vaults.

Trivia

  • The word komorebi (木漏[こも]れ日[び]) means "sunlight filtering through trees" in Japanese.
  • The word pokopoko (ポコポコ) is an onomatopoeia in Japanese, which simulates the sound of bubbles popping or a hollow object being knocked.
    • According to the artist, in this track she "wanted to express a bird's-eye view of the world of Minecraft while delving a little more freely into it".[1]
  • The word yakusoku (約束, やくそく) means "promise" in Japanese.
  • Eld is an archaic English word, meaning "old".
  • Some tracks in this album feature melodies similar to previous soundtracks:
  • Cover for Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack)
    Cover for Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack)
  • Placeholder cover used before the update name was revealed
    Placeholder cover used before the update name was revealed
  • Soundtrack artwork expanded
    Soundtrack artwork expanded

References

  1. ↑ a b "Composing the Trial Chambers" by Sophie Austin – Minecraft.net, April 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "THE 1.21 UPDATE OFFICIAL NAME IS... | MINECRAFT MONTHLY" – Minecraft on YouTube, April 26, 2024
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