Minecraft’s COMPLETE Music Disc Tier List (1.20)

Hey there everyone welcome back to the channel uh this time we’re going to be going over Minecraft’s music discs why you might ask well because just last week they released a new music disc into the game called Relic um so I thought now more than ever is a

Perfect time to go over all the music discs and put them into a tier list see which ones are good which ones are excellent and which ones aren’t quite there not to say any of them are bad per se but clearly there are some that outrank others so we’re gonna go through

All the music discs in Minecraft’s history uh going in alphabetical order um so the first one up actually is disc number five thank you disc number five was added in the 1.19 update uh which can be found in ancient cities I believe they’re called if I’m

Not mistaken uh essentially it is one of those discs that isn’t actually a music disc per se but is instead trying to tell a story through sounds only and there are currently three of those types of disc in the game that being 5 11 and 13. I personally believe out of the

Three five is the best the sound design on this one oh my gosh it is superb there’s no other way to describe it but it’s not really a song so the highest I can give it is an A and I I might even I’m Gonna Keep It In A for now but it

Could even be a b just because it is not exactly a song it’s not something you listen to on repeat or lend to in-game for fun it’s more about putting Minecraft floor together which I’m gonna let other people do I I’m not even gonna try and tackle that sticking with the

Theme as before as I said we’re going in alphabetical order which means next up is disc named 11. this one uh in f13 will probably follow a similar suit there’s nothing special about them other than digging into it for lore reasons um and if if you’re one to listen to it

And find interest in figuring out what kind of story it’s telling in the the lore behind the sound in the music disc I’m I’m all for it you know you can do your thing but I’m here to listen to a music disc to have fun to party with it

To enjoy it essentially so I am going to have to put it in the C tier next up is the disc named number 11 or sorry not 11 13 I just said 11. And it’s going to be in the same place as C uh this one was actually the first of its kind it was the first disc released in the game alongside the disc cat um cat being an actual music disc whereas this one was again one of those

That’s trying to tell a story through in-game sounds and other you know specific mechanics next up is our first actual music disc that has music and it’s going to be the music disc blocks it’s gonna be this one right here Foreign this one is the song goes at a BPM of 110 for those who don’t know it’s beats per minute it’s got a very you know electronic bouncy beat and one other factoid is that this one is actually the longest disc in the game of all kinds I

Think it would be perfect as like background music in the game because it gets very slow at parts and it’s it’s very synth heavy you can tell uh in the sound design I’m personally just not that big of a fan of it doesn’t mean it’s bad though I’m gonna put it in C

Tier next up is the music disc cat which is going to be this one right here foreign Was again released first in the game alongside 13 back in I think like the 1.0 update if I’m not mistaken or maybe even before that so yeah this one uh also plays at 110 BPM it’s it’s got a very Lively kind of soft 8-bit Melody to

It it’s like your ideal retro video game music if you if you will and honestly it’s it’s pretty iconic for it it also doesn’t hurt that it was the first one in the game so it’s most likely the one that most people have heard or listened

To or at least heard about with that being said because of the First music disc and honestly it is a pretty good music disc it’s gonna go in s tier but I think our first one up there next up is the music disc chirp foreign So this one um just like the other two has a BPM of 110 you know around there I’m not sure if these numbers are exact but you guys can tell me if the comments if I’m wrong this one is a very retro sounding music disc as you guys probably heard and it’s

Not retro in the sense of you know 8-bit in video games but like it sounds old-timey like your grandparents would listen to something like this on a jukebox an actual jukebox not a Minecraft jukebox but overall it’s got a very Jazzy feel to it very groovy and it

Kind of keeps that way throughout the entire thing and just because it stands out a little bit in that way with that old-timey feel it is going to be placed in B tier I’m not a huge fan of the actual Melody of it it doesn’t really

Have too much of a Melody but because it has a unique feel and style to it it is still going to get its representation up there the next music disc on our list is far foreign This was among the second wave of music discs that were released into the game and far is actually two songs on this list that has a very fast BPM you know beats per measure or not measure minute sorry at 132 the entire disc sounds very ethereal you can obviously the the

Instruments are very digitalized but you can tell there’s some vibraphones in there some flutes some some Harps that make the you know the music disc feel alive in ethereal it’s the one on this list that makes it most feel like you’re entering a world you’re being entranced

In a you know a vision and for that I am actually going to be putting it up in the a tier just because I love the composition of it so much next up on the list we have Mall This song comes in at 116 beats per minute um and uses a lot of you know jazzy piano if you will I’m gonna be honest with this one other than the jazz piano and I think the percussion is is very interesting in it it sounds like uh real

Drums are being played for this and maybe there were real drums being played for this uh talking about things like Bongos and your physical things that you would hit rather than like a drum set other than those two things because it kind of doesn’t really have a Melody

That can stick to it it’s not very memorable so I’m not going to put it very high on the list it’s going to be going into C tier I’m sorry to all my Mall fans out there if there aren’t even watching it’s just not very good in my

Opinion but it does have its strong suits next up on our list is the disc melohigh I’m not sure if that’s the correct pronunciation and if it’s not I’m sure someone will berate me in the comments for it Foreign is a very interesting music disc among you know the set that we have in the game one reason is that it is it’s BPM is actually at 92 so it’s one of the slowest music discs in the game and also alongside being one of the slowest is

Actually the shortest music disc in the game and that goes for specifically music discs I believe either 5 11 or 13 is actually shorter than Mellow High I just can’t recall exactly but I don’t consider those actual music discs anyways act onto the actual disc itself

It kind of has a gloomy slash depressing feeling with it um it’s got a lot of violin in there and similar to chirp it’s got a very retro sound to it and not retro video game again retro like in life again something your grandparents would listen to one

Thing that I equate it to when I listen to it is that it sounds a lot like the Haunted Mansion Disneyland ride personally mellohe okay I’m gonna put it in B tier I think it’s a very solid music disc it’s just very short but you know I’m not I’m not discriminating

Specifically I love all my short Kings next up we have one of our newest music discs being other side I believe it was released in 1.18 I think um so yeah other side it’s got a BPM of 92 and it sounds like if if the other ones we’ve played so far

Have a retro sounding theme to it video game retro you know 1980s 1990s this has a video game sound to it but it sounds a lot more modern like it would be 8-bit but modernized I’m not sure exactly how to get that across better the actual

Melody of it near the end of the song I’m a fan of it’s got a lot of quick notes which are called Grace notes and I’m a huge fan of quick Melodies like that but in general I’m not actually too huge of a fan of this it’s got its

Strong points but it’s also got a lot of weak points for me that being it’s not super memorable despite it you know coming out very recently I feel like other recent music discs have a lot more punch to them a lot more kick because they’ve got a lot of competition to keep

Compete up against with all these Legacy music discs I feel like other side follows a very short compared to the rest with that being said I’m still actually going to put it in B tier just because I believe a lot of the pros of the disc still keep it up there to

Compete with some of the you know better ones in the game next up I’m I’m just gonna say the name Pig step you already know where it is I’m not gonna have to you know convince someone as to why it is an S tier but I do

Actually want to go over why I think people like it so much and why it’s so impactful I’ve been mentioning the BPM for every one of these music discs and the one that I think it matters to most is actually this one the beats per minute on this song is 84 which all things considered is is much much slower than the rest of the music discs and that’s

For a reason whenever you’re listening to this song Everything feels super heavy and has a lot of weight to it and that’s because of that slow BPM Whenever there is a bass drop or a new instrument is added it feels very impactful especially when those notes are held out

For a long time there’s a lot of weight to it a lot of you know gravity to each of those sounds that are being played and that’s because of this slow BPM if it was a lot quicker things would be a lot more rapid it would probably end up

Making the song feel a lot more light and cheerful despite you know the actual Melody and sound of it but because it’s a lot slower than the rest of the music discs in the game it really really stands out not to mention visually so yes overall pigstep s tier I don’t think

There was any question about this you know some people might throw it in a tier but overall I think for the general population people wouldn’t have picked up in their top three next up we actually have the newest music disc in Minecraft which is called Relic Start off I’m going to put Relic in I’m gonna put it in B tier actually reason being is the music disc itself it sounds like video game music like when when you’ve won a battle or something or like just being a boss that’s what it feels like it also sounds like spring by

Bavachi I believe his name but overall I believe the actual Melody of the song even though it gets built upon throughout the music disc it’s not very catchy for me and maybe catchy is not the best word but it doesn’t it’s not very engrossing if you will I’m also not

Sure if that’s the right word but I’m gonna I’m gonna stick with it as I said before with other side when a new music disc comes out it’s got a lot of competition to go up against especially against all these Legacy music discs which we’re about to get to a lot of

Them here so whenever a new one comes out it’s got a lot to stand up to and I feel like this one same with other side did not hit the mark as well again that’s not to say it’s bad but I believe that if Relic were released 10 years ago

With the rest of the music discs it’d be placed a lot higher there’d be a lot more Nostalgia with it but it does not have that advantage next up on the list is one of our Legacy music discs named Stahl it’s got a BPM of 104. and um

Similar to I believe it was Mellow High no I’m sorry it was actually chirp uh it’s got a very you know Jazzy feel to it but even more so Foreign Harder on that I actually think it is better than chirp and what it is trying to accomplish it’s going to go into the a tier it’s got a nice bass intro and then in comes a saxophone and then what I believe to be a clarinet I’m not 100

Sure on that again someone will probably tell me if I’m wrong but it sounds like a clarinet which is often used in jazz music and then throughout all that there are jazz piano chords in the background I think it ends off with a slightly like muted jazz guitar I’m just I’m not 100

Sure which I feel like I should be since I’ve heard these music discs for up to near a decade at this point but you know I I can’t be asked to figure out which each individual instrument is regardless of all that I think it’s an excellent

Disc and is one of those music discs that defined early Minecraft next up is strad foreign This is one of the only music discs that I couldn’t exactly tell what the BPM was it was it seemed to be like 90 to 94-ish I I don’t think it’s a huge deal regardless of that I think that’s actually a thing that matters the least

What matters the most is the intro it’s got a very very unique sounding intro and it uses uh steel drums when I was looking up the instruments for this and researching I thought it would be a handpan which I’ll play for y’all for just a second here But no it’s actually steel drums but that’s not to say that the handpan instrument wasn’t used in other osts in Minecraft which it definitely was you can easily recognize it throughout Minecraft music but for this one specifically it used steel drums which is often associated with more tropical

More Oceanic music like it’s heavily used in Disney’s The Little Mermaid but regardless here it it makes for a very pleasant music disc it feels like you’re going through a sightseeing adventure and then towards the end it adds some distorted slash glitchy effects I wish I

Could you know dive into that and tell you what exactly this means but I’m just here to give you a basic overview of the disc and my overview is that I like it it is going to be going in the a deer next up on our list is our second to

Last music disc wait foreign Legacy music discs that was released with a whole bunch of them near the beginning of the game it has a BPM of 114. it’s got a very Lively atmosphere to it to it uh the entire song feels very light and it uses a ton of synth but other than that there’s not actually

Too much I can say about it it’s um it’s one of those that’s not super memorable and I mentioned earlier in the video that there were lots of music discs that defined early Minecraft I feel like this one was not one of those the only thing

That I really saw that it had going for it you know specifically unique to this was actually something that was not unique and that the melody in side weight sounds very similar to cat which is one of the ones I have up in s tier

Here and just for that and the fact that it’s a legacy music disc I am going to put it in B tier but barely like it is a B minus C plus kind of disc three and the last music disc on our list is Ward foreign

It’s got a BPM of 110 and just like the last three was released alongside all the other Legacy music discs in the game whenever you first listen to it and come on I can’t be the only one that thought this but Dracula this sounds like something that would be played in a

Victorian household with a with a giant organ being played I I can’t be the only one that thought that but then weirdly after we had this you know very dramatic and unique intro from the music disc it goes into a kind of funky percussive beat if if that makes any sense to

Anyone with a very bouncy electronic feel which I also don’t know if that makes sense to anyone but honestly just because of its uniqueness I am going to throw it up in a tear overall it’s a very good music disc I would enjoy listening to it and even if it’s just

For that intro which sounds even more like the Haunted Mansion Disney ride with that being said that is all 16 music ranked in a tier list in Minecraft including the new 1.20 music disc Relic so please let me know what I got wrong what I got right in the comments if you

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