Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, ethnic or world music, and classical music.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1973 – Tubular Bells
• 1974 – Hergest Ridge
• 1975 – Ommadawn
• 1977 – Mathematicians Air Display (extremely rare, also known as a collaboration with Pekka Pohjola or The Consequences of Indecisions album)
• 1978 – Incantations
• 1979 – Platinum (also named Airborn for the US release)
• 1980 – QE2
• 1982 – Five Miles Out
• 1983 – Crises
• 1984 – Discovery
• 1987 – Islands
• 1989 – Earth Moving
• 1990 – Amarok
• 1991 – Heaven's Open
• 1992 – Tubular Bells II
• 1994 – The Songs of Distant Earth
• 1996 – Voyager
• 1998 – Tubular Bells III
• 1999 – Guitars
• 1999 – The Millennium Bell
• 2002 – Tr3s Lunas aka Tres Lunas
• 2003 – Tubular Bells 2003
• 2005 – Light & Shade

Soundtracks

• 1984 – The Killing Fields - soundtrack for the movie of the same name, The Killing Fields
• 2002 – Tr3s Lunas (II) aka Tres Lunas (II) - computer game soundtrack (never officially released, but extracted from the game "Tr3s Lunas" by fans.

:Note: Although used in The Exorcist, Tubular Bells (1973) was not a soundtrack album.

Related Topics:
The Exorcist - Tubular Bells

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Live albums

• 1979 – Exposed

Compilations, remixes, etc.

• 1975 – The Orchestral Tubular Bells
• 1976 – The Orchestral Hergest Ridge (Never officially released)
• 1976 – Boxed
• 1979 – Impressions
• 1980 – Music Wonderland
• 1981 – Episodes
• 1985 – The Complete Mike Oldfield
• 1987 – A Virgin Compilation
• 1990 – Collector's Edition Box I & II
• 1993 – Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield
• 1993 – Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield 1973-1991 (4CD)
• 1997 – XXV: The Essential
• 2001 – The Best of Tubular Bells
• 2002 – Collection

Collaborations

• 1967 – The Sallyangie by Sallyangie (with his sister Sally Oldfield)
• 1972 – Shooting at the moon by Kevin Ayers and the Whole World
• 1973 – Whatevershebringswesing by Kevin Ayers and the Whole World
• 1974 – June 1, 1974 by Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Nico and Brian Eno (live album)
• 1976 – Odd ditties by Kevin Ayers (compilation of singles and unreleased tracks)
• 1992 – Still life with guitar by Kevin Ayers