Mike Oldfield

The demo versions of the games can be found on the official Mike Oldfield homepage. Try This reached the Top 10 of the album charts in the US, Canadian, UK and Australian charts in 2003. On 12 April, 2004 Oldfield launched his next virtual reality project called Maestro which contains music from the Tubular Bells 2003 album and also some new chillout melodies. In 2003 Pink released a new album with Orbit and Perry called Try This. Eight of the thirteen tracks were cowritten with Tim Armstrong of punk band Rancid. This celebrated the 30th anniversary of Tubular Bells, and the fact that Oldfield had recently celebrated his 50th birthday. The track, produced by electronic music artist William Orbit, peaked in the 60's on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Singles chart. This was done to fix many imperfections in the original that existed due to limitations of the recording technologies of the time and limitations in time that he could spend in the recording studio. In the summer of 2003, Pink released a single from Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, "Feel Good Time".

In 2003 he released Tubular Bells 2003, a re-recording of the original Tubular Bells, on CD and DVD-audio. Uptempo dance remixes of these more rock-oriented songs allowed them to become crossover hits on rhythmic radio and in the clubs, and the less R&B, more alternative rock sound of M!ssundazstood enabled all four singles to become modest hits at adult top 40 radio also. This project appeared as a double CD, one with some part of the music, and the other with the game. The album's other singles, "Don't Let Me Get Me," "Just Like a Pill," and "Family Portrait" were also radio successes. His first work on this project is Tres Lunas launched in 2002, a virtual game where the player can interact with a whole world full of new music specially composed for this occasion. "Get the Party Started" was a hugely commercially successful single. Most recently he has added to his repertoire the Music VR project, combining his music with a virtual reality-based computer game. The album's more alternative, rock sound could be heard immediately with its first single, "Get the Party Started".

Clarke's novel of the same name) exhibiting a softer "New Age" sound, and Tubular Bells III (also premiered at a concert, this time in Horse Guards Parade, London), drawing from the dance music scene at his new home on the island of Ibiza. Together, Pink and Perry co-wrote and co-produced most of the tracks on Pink's sophomore album, Missundaztood, which was released in early 2002. On the Warner label Oldfield continued to embrace new musical styles, with Tubular Bells II (a re-interpretation of Tubular Bells, the album that originally shot him to fame), which was premiered at a live concert at Edinburgh Castle, The Songs of Distant Earth (the latter based on Arthur C. Tired of being marketed as a white hip-hop and R&B singer, and eager to become a more serious songwriter and musician, Pink sought the help of former 4 Non Blondes vocalist, Linda Perry. His relationship with Richard Branson was never good, even in the beginning. Towards the end of 2001, Pink decided to take her career in a new direction. Some say this was due to his anxiety to quit Virgin as soon as possible (he had previously stated that his voice did not belong on his recordings). The video was a huge hit on MTV, VH1, and MTV2, and the song was one of the year's biggest on pop, rhythmic, and adult top 40 radio.

His parting shot from the Virgin label was Heaven's Open, which continued the veiled attacks on Branson but was notable for being the first time Oldfield had contributed all the lead vocals himself. The song's music video featured the four singers dressed in underwear and heavy makeup, portraying prostitutes. Although regarded by many fans as his greatest work, it was not a commercial success. The track was produced by hot hip-hop producers Rockwilder and Missy Elliott and was featured in Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge!. Oldfield's rebellious response was Amarok, an hour-long work featuring rapidly changing themes (supposedly devised to make cutting a single from the album impossible), unpredictable bursts of noise, and a very cleverly-hidden Morse code insult directed at Richard Branson. In spring of 2001, Pink teamed up with rapper Lil Kim, R&B singer Mya, and pop superstar Christina Aguilera on a remake of Patti Labelle's "Lady Marmalade". This was however a time of much friction with his record label, Virgin Records reportedly insisting that any future instrumental album should be billed as Tubular Bells 2. The album's third single, "You Make Me Sick" was released towards the end of 2000, and also became a smaller pop hit in early 2001 (hit number 33 in February of 2001), thanks in part to its being featured in the movie Save The Last Dance.

Oldfield later turned to film and video, writing the score for Roland Joffé's acclaimed film The Killing Fields and producing substantial video footage for his album Islands. Her first album, Can't Take Me Home, was a modest success, due to the huge pop and rhythmic radio hit singles "There You Go" (Hot 100 #7 in July of 2000) and "Most Girls" (#4 in November 2000). In 2002 it was a huge hit in central Europe for the German dance act Groove Coverage. Reid, she did not like the type of music she made at this time, or her image, which included bright pink hair. This hit has been covered by various other artists, including Aselin Debison (Canadian folk singer) and DJ Mystic (electronic/techno). She has complained that because she chose to relinquish creative control to her record producer L.A. The best known of these is "Moonlight Shadow", his 1983 hit with Maggie Reilly which took John Lennon's death as one of its themes. Pink began her career as an R&B and hip-hop musician.

Soon afterwards he turned his attention to songwriting, with a string of collaborations featuring various lead vocalists alongside Oldfield's trademark searing guitar solos. James played guitar and sang songs for the young Alecia, who vowed from the earliest that she would become a rock star someday. The early 1980s saw Oldfield make a transition to "mainstream" popular music, beginning with the inclusion of shorter instrumental tracks and contemporary cover versions on Platinum and QE2 (the latter named after the ship). She is the daughter of James and Judy Moore. Around the time of Incantations, Oldfield underwent a controversial self-assertiveness therapy course known as Exegesis; no doubt as a result of this, the formerly reclusive musician staged a major European tour to promote the album, chronicled in his live album Exposed, much of which was recorded at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham, the first ever concert at that venue. Her home town is Doylestown, Pennsylvania. This was followed in 1975 with the pioneering world music piece Ommadawn, and 1978's Incantations which introduced more diverse choral performances from Sally Oldfield, Maddy Prior and the Queen's College Girls Choir. Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name Pink, is a pop star who gained prominence in early January of 2000.

Like Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge took the form of a two-movement instrumental piece, this time evoking scenes from Oldfield's Herefordshire country retreat. 2004 "Last to Know" #21 UK. In autumn 1974, the follow-up LP, Hergest Ridge, was No 1 in the UK for three weeks and was then dethroned by Tubular Bells. 2004 "God is a DJ" #11 UK. In the US, it got attention chiefly by appearing on the soundtrack to The Exorcist. 2003 "Trouble" #7 UK. The album quickly reached the top 10 in UK album sales and stayed on the chart for 247 weeks. William Orbit) #3 UK.

The album was groundbreaking, as Oldfield played more than twenty different instruments in the multi-layered recording, and its style progressed continuously, covering many diverse musical genres. 2003 "Feel Good Time" (feat. Oldfield's most famous work is Tubular Bells, an instrumental composition recorded in 1972 and launched on May 25, 1973 as the inaugural album of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label. 2002 "Family Portrait" #20 US, #11 UK. His sister Sally and brother Terry are successful musicians in their own right and have appeared on several of his albums. 2002 "Just Like a Pill" #8 US, #1 UK. Oldfield's parents were Maureen and Raymond Oldfield. 2002 "Don't Let Me Get Me" #8 US, #6 UK.

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock, ethnic and classical music. 2002 "Get the Party Started" #4 US, #2 UK. Tubular Bells 2003, (2003). 2001 "Lady Marmalade" (with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim & Mya) #1 US, #1 UK. Tr3s Lunas, (2002). 2001 "You Make Me Sick" #33 US, #9 UK. Collection, (2002) - Compilation. 2000 "Most Girls" #4 US, #5 UK.

The Best of Tubular Bells, (2001) - Compilation. 2000 "There You Go" #7 US, #6 UK. The Millennium Bell, (1999). Try This (2003) #9 US, #3 UK. Guitars, (1999). M!ssundaztood (2001) #6 US, #2 UK. Tubular Bells III, (1998). Can't Take Me Home (2000) #26 US, #13 UK.

XXV: The Essential, (1997) - Compilation. Voyager, (1996). The Songs of Distant Earth, (1994). Elements, (1993) - Compilation.

The Best of...Elements, (1993) - Compilation. Tubular Bells II, (1992). Heaven's Open, (1991). Collector's Edition Box I & II (1990) - Compilation.

Amarok, (1990). Earth Moving, (1989). A Virgin Compilation, (1987) - Compilation. Islands, (1987).

The Complete Mike Oldfield, (1985) - Compilation. The Killing Fields, (soundtrack, 1984). Discovery, (1984). Crises, (1983).

Five Miles Out, (1982). Episodes, (1981) - Compilation. Music Wonderland, (1980) - Compilation. QE2, (1980).

Airborn, (1980) - Compilation. Impressions, (1979) - Compilation. Platinum, (1979). Exposed, (1979) - Live.

Incantations, (1978). Boxed, (1976) - Compilation. Ommadawn, (1975). The Orchestral Tubular Bells, (1975).

Hergest Ridge, (1974). Tubular Bells, (1973).