New Ambient Music
by oliver.ccorp
New Ambient Music swaps Minecraft's default background tracks for 34 new songs, switched on and off with a key toggle.
What it does
The mod replaces the game's regular ambient music with 34 new songs, each paired with sound effects of 80 seconds or so. Playback is randomized, with cooldowns between pieces, and the music shifts with the biome, nearby entities and time of day. Pressing F6 opens the configuration, and F7 toggles between the new music and Minecraft's original tracks. The mod is client-side only, so a server does not need it. It is published for Fabric and Forge, with files for 1.20.1, 1.21.1 and 26.2, and the code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
34 replacement songs
Minecraft's default ambient tracks are swapped for 34 newly composed pieces.
Context-aware playback
Tracks and effects vary with the biome, nearby entities, volume and time of day.
Toggle with F7
The F7 key switches between the new music and the original tracks at any time.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Music Menu replaces the title screen music rather than the in-world ambience, and it runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2. Adaptive Music Control also covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.2 under the BSD 2-Clause License, but it is not a set of replacement songs.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Ambient Music | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-22 |
| Music Menu | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-08 |
| Adaptive Music Control | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-21 |
Questions
Does New Ambient Music need to be on the server?
In the catalog
New Ambient Music is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This mod replaces Minecraft's regular ambient music with 34 new songs and 80 sound effects that variate according to biome and entities and have volume controlled by time of day. Songs and sound effects have cooldowns and random play time to switch up ambience.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/new-ambient-music
- Owner
- oliver.ccorp
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15