
Current BTA version: 7.3_04
Original mod by jamdoggie3
This mod adds back the new music added in later Minecraft versions from Minecraft volume beta, gives a few previously unused tracks from both volumes a purpose, and adds some general polish to the music system.
Groovier additions
All of theses fit the minecraft theme and can be configured via modmenu. More comming soon™
- C418 Excursions album
Sound system improvements:
- Music now stops playing when entering a world, exiting to the menu, or otherwising changing worlds
- Music now fades out when it is stopped
Title screen music:
The following music now plays when on the title screen:
- Beginning
- Beginning 2
- Door (previously unused to my knowledge)
- Floating Trees
- Moog City 2
- Mutation
Creative mode music:
The following music now plays when in creative mode:
- Aria Math
- Biome Fest
- Blind Spots
- Dreiton
- Haunt Muskie
Nether music:
The following music now plays when in the nether:
- Concrete Halls
- Dead Voxel
- Warmth
- Excuse (previously unused)
Seasonal music:
A few tracks now play during certain seasons and times of day:
Fall:
- Blind spots
Winter:
- Biome Fest
- Flake
- Kyoto (only at night)
The vanilla music from Minecraft Volume Alpha still also plays, and there is only a 50% chance a seasonal track will even play when applicable.
This mod also adds C418's bandcamp to the title screen above the copyright disclaimer. Once again, please support C418. He does wonderful work, and deserves support for creating one of the most iconic video game soundtracks of all time. He also makes really great music other than the Minecraft soundtracks.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: b1.7.3
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as better-when-groovier-7.4-1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 274.0 MB
- Download link checked 21 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.