Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield
Top Songs
| 1 | Tubular Bells [Long / 1971 Demo] | ||
| 2 | Mike Oldfield's Single [Theme From Tubular Bells] | ||
| 3 | Moonlight Shadow [12" Single / Remastered 2013] | ||
| 4 | Sailor's Hornpipe [Viv Stanshall Version] | ||
| 5 | Portsmouth |
Albums
May 2024 • 1 song
Jan 2024 • 1 song
Jul 2023 • 1 song
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About
Biography
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer Mike Oldfield rose to international fame on the success of Tubular Bells, an eerie, album-length conceptual piece employed to stunning effect in William Friedkin's 1973 film The Exorcist; it has since sold some 16 million copies and become an indelible entry in the history of popular instrumental music. Oldfield enjoys a special place in pop history not only for his most famous composition, but as a bridge between prog rock, new age, mainstream pop, and cinematic music. His other '70s recordings (Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, ...