Is the Minecraft Movie a musical?

When Jack Black is involved in a project, there’s a decent chance you’ll get at least one song performed by him. Since he’s the star of the film, you may be wondering whether A Minecraft Movie is a musical or has any musical elements.

If you’re not someone who typically enjoys musicals, knowing whether this movie has songs might be important when you’re deciding whether this film is right for you. You want to know what you’re getting into before you start watching, so here’s whether or not A Minecraft Movie is a musical.

Is A Minecraft Movie a musical?

No, A Minecraft Movie is not a musical, but it does have some small jingles and musical elements throughout. If you’re not someone who enjoys musicals, you’ll still be fine seeing this film because all musical moments are very short and minor in the grand scheme of the entire film. They’re also all pretty funny and knowingly a bit ridiculous, unlike musicals, where the music is a key story component.

Minor spoilers for A Minecraft Movie ahead to explain what music elements you’ll see.

Jack Black’s Steve randomly performs several small jingles throughout the film. You can listen to all of them on the official A Minecraft Movie soundtrack on your platform of choice. In the film, none of them are over a minute long, except for the final song, which feels shorter since pieces of it occur between other scenes.

The songs Jack Black performs throughout A Minecraft Movie are:

• Steve’s Lava Chicken (44 seconds) – When Steve introduces the rest of the group to his favorite restaurant in Midport Village.
• Birthday Rap (49 seconds) – When Steve and Garrett perform in a Woodland Mansion to distract the Pillagers so Henry can sneak inside. This song is broken up into pieces as you switch from Henry’s POV to Steve and Garrett’s.
• Ode to Dennis (50 seconds) – A short song sung by Steve near the end of the film as he says goodbye to his dog Dennis.
• I Feel Alive (Four minutes and 20 seconds) – You don’t hear the full song in the film, only pieces of it as the group celebrates the end of their adventure back in the real world.

Several scenes throughout the film, especially fight scenes and montages, have songs playing over them by artists like BENEE, Dayglow, and Paul Russell.

None of the short jingles are songs are longer than around a minute, so if you’re not a fan of musicals, you can still enjoy this film. All of the music is really there to complement Steve’s chaotic and eccentric character, and, according to the official press release regarding the album, to “capture key comedic moments in the film.”

Songs are only present a few times throughout the film, and every one of them is super short. It’s certainly not enough to be classified as a musical, but A Minecraft Movie does feature a few short original songs throughout its total runtime, so it’s not without its musical elements.

If you want to know more about A Minecraft Movie, you may want to learn about the post-credits scenes and how long the run time is. You can also enjoy features from the movie in Minecraft, including McDonald’s Minecraft Movie skins, Hot Lava Chicken, and A Minecraft Movie character skins.