These are the songs Telltale said no to, and honestly that makes them more interesting. Antimo & Welles spent three years writing music for Minecraft: Story Mode, and Story Mode Archives collects eighteen tracks that never made it into the game, recorded across four studios in apartments in Brooklyn and Napa.
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"It Used to Be Beautiful" into "Beautiful Again" tells its own little story in two movements. "Song to Stay Alive" has this raw, stripped-down urgency that feels too personal for a licensed game. "1:42 AM" sounds exactly like its title, quiet and solitary and wide awake.
The closer, "And the Universe Said I Love You," borrows Minecraft's most emotional text and turns it into something genuinely moving. Perfect for anyone who wants to hear what a game soundtrack sounds like before the notes get approved.