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Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: May 31 2007, 07:33 Imagine Music of the Spheres knocks 'em dead. (And dear God, I wish some of them would be knocked dead.) Virgin/Warner and Mercury rush out with total agreement (yeah sure) a complilation of Mike's most classical sounding music to capitalise. What is on it? Here are a few thoughts, take off the ones you don't like and add on what you do. 1. Mont St Michael 2. Lake Constance 3. Mike Oldfield's Single 4. Extract (you choose which) from Hergest Ridge 5. Extract (") from Incantations 6. Taurus 3 7. Muse 8. The Killing Fields Extracts (3 x Pran's... sections?) 9. Woodhenge 10. Legend 11. Top of the Morning? 12. Rocky? 13. Argiers Any other ideas? I've tried to select the most acoustic tracks and there are several others that one could include such as the Path. Lets see what we end up with. Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: May 31 2007, 07:38 Blimey got to add one - Broad Sunlit Uplands - very classical sounding. Mike loves his string sections but did you read the bit in his autobiog where he has a go at horn players! Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 31 2007, 08:19 I'd add Blackbird on the list,it has got a such melancoly that you can also find in some classical piano pieces. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 01 2007, 07:45 Suppose an extract from Incantations too - that section on part 4 about 7mins to 12 mins where the vibraphones give way to the tabla drums and then the guitar and orchestra build up to a crescendo and the trumpets come in, then  it all subsides and back to the main theme...this is work of genius! Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 01 2007, 14:57 and while we're on the subject of Mike's classical links, what links are there between Mike and Classical music? Bedford, yes, his use of orchestras and strings and horns sometimes (eg QE2, Millennium Bell, Incantations)...lots of others tho... name any? Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Sep. 15 2007, 13:27 I haven't heard "Legend" or "Argiers". When were they recorded? -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Clodomir Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: Mar. 2006 Posted: Sep. 15 2007, 17:41 Quote (Sweetpea @ Sep. 15 2007, 13:27) I haven't heard "Legend" or "Argiers". When were they recorded? Argiers is one of those tracks recorded with Les Penning, ca. 1976-1977 at Througham. Legend is the B-side of the 7" Pictures in the Dark. Certainly a track from the same 1984-85 period, given the sound of the synthesizers. I've heard (or dreamt) that the track was a demo for Ridley Scott's movie, finally scored by Tangerine Dream (U.S. cut) and Jerry Goldsmith, but that seems unlikely. -------------- Mike Oldfield - Blog d'une passion http://www.mike-oldfield.net Back to top

Markus K. Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Sep. 16 2007, 07:28 Maybe a short *"Duo Sonare" clip could be squeezed in as a transition between some longer pieces. *(Classical guitar duo who covered Tubular Bells) -------------- --- Markus K. Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Sep. 16 2007, 13:50 Quote (Marky @ Sep. 01 2007, 14:57) and while we're on the subject of Mike's classical links, what links are there between Mike and Classical music? Bedford, yes, his use of orchestras and strings and horns sometimes (eg QE2, Millennium Bell, Incantations)...lots of others tho... name any? Marky, perhaps the use of recurring themes (or 'leitmotifs' in a very general sense)? Examples I can think of are Ommadawn, Amarok, The Songs of Distant Earth, and even Five Miles Out, I think. May be more, but it's still morning here for me. And thank you, Clodomir, for enlightening me on those mystery tracks. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Feb. 25 2008, 13:57 Should somebody be working on the Classical Mike Oldfield track listing, in readiness for the ear-splitting success that will be MOTS? Is there enough material to fill it? I think so! Back to top

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