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xrayloop Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 27 2004, 19:00 I have heard the theme for The Exorcist a million times.  The Official Anthem for the European Union is from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.  Now, peeples, tell me the real truth---has Michael Oldfield wrote any other/new/fresh melodys that shall stand the test of time for a timeless sequence of notes that one can hear in their head without hearing the physical live or media replication?????????ty Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 04:47 Sure - just listen to the albums. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Aug. 28 2004, 13:24 That's an interesting question. I don't think many Oldfield melodies will stand out for eternity like Tubular Bells, but exclusively for lack of exposure. Personally, I think Amarok has dozens of timeless melodies, but nobody knows it, anyway. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

SentinelGard Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Aug. 31 2004, 02:27 Yes your right , Hmmmmm , interesting question,,  for me theres lots os what you call timeless medolies in his music but for the wider aduiance i have to agree that the introi to TB1 is the only one... Sad to say -------------- "Onwards & Upwards'" Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 31 2004, 06:31 Yeah, it is a bit hard for a melody to live forever when only Mike Oldfield fans have ever heard it. I do think that is a great pity, as I could go on forever naming melodies that I will never forget, including: The Tubular Bells intro, the bass riff and the instruments tune The Ommadawn main tune, at the intro and the chant at the end Anything from Amarok The Songs of Distant Earth main riff, featured on Let there be Light and elsewhere The tune of Muse from Guitars and many, many more. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 31 2004, 10:25 Quote (xrayloop @ Aug. 27 2004, 19:00) has Michael Oldfield wrote any other/new/fresh melodys that shall stand the test of time for a timeless sequence of notes that one can hear in their head without hearing the physical live or media replication?????????ty Scads of them. That is why he is such a favorite of mine: he has made so many extremely memorable sequences of notes. Many of his albums have several of these. This puts him in contrast with Randy Newman, the "anti-Mike Oldfield", who has an odd talent for composing songs where you can barely even remember the tune from one verse to another. He did all those songs for the "Toy Story" movies, but when I try to recall them, I can only hear the sound of his voice and not the actual tune of the song. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Jim Glass Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: May 2003 Posted: Sep. 26 2004, 01:53 Quote (xrayloop @ Aug. 27 2004, 19:00) I have heard the theme for The Exorcist a million times.  The Official Anthem for the European Union is from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.  Now, peeples, tell me the real truth---has Michael Oldfield wrote any other/new/fresh melodys that shall stand the test of time for a timeless sequence of notes that one can hear in their head without hearing the physical live or media replication?????????ty In 100 years, he will be ranked with the "second tier" of great composers. No Bach or Beethoven but clearly in the class of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelsohn. I tell people he writes (or used to write) 'rock symphonies', which is how he will be remembered. TBI will probably be known as "Oldfield's First Symphony". His body of work up to TSODE will lift him among the best composers. After TSODE...who knows what happened? Back to top

bugular tell Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: Mar. 2003 Posted: Nov. 01 2004, 15:29 i think that Mike's music will be remembered, but only for TB, as is the case now with friends my age (29) they all say ahhhhhhh TB or moonlight shadow, but the thing is i belive that the music he is remembered for (TB) feeds the imagination and leads to the new listener exploring the other albums, with other good, if not better, albums, TSODE, Crises, Hergest Ridge to name but a few, so yeah he will be remembered for along long time!   -------------- Light travels faster than sound, thats why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Back to top

Duggeh Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: Oct. 2004 Posted: Nov. 03 2004, 15:35 Quote I have heard the theme for The Exorcist a million times.  The Official Anthem for the European Union is from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.  Now, peeples, tell me the real truth---has Michael Oldfield wrote any other/new/fresh melodys that shall stand the test of time for a timeless sequence of notes that one can hear in their head without hearing the physical live or media replication?????????ty even if mike only manages 1, itd still be 1 more than 99% of artists out there, when it comes down to it, how many average joes could regognise a U2, REM, pink floyd or such as instantly as the introduction from tubular bells, id even say that tubular bells is more widely and instanly regognisable than beethovens 9th. people also tend to better remember theme tunes to movies, and indeed the fact that it was used for the excorcist has been a large contributing factor to the fame of those opening notes, i suppose this would mean that john williams and vangelis are also garanteed their footnotes in the history books. just the badly spelt ramblings of a fool ofc. -------------- http://www.thismanwillkillyou.com http://www.last.fm/user/Dougmac21 Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Nov. 04 2004, 05:36 Quote (Duggeh @ Nov. 03 2004, 15:35) even if mike only manages 1, itd still be 1 more than 99% of artists out there, when it comes down to it, how many average joes could regognise a U2, REM, pink floyd or such as instantly as the introduction from tubular bells, id even say that tubular bells is more widely and instanly regognisable than beethovens 9th. Hmm, I'm not sure, I'm not sure at all. More than Beethoven's 9th? Not at all. The Ode To Joy melody is literally everywhere: Churches, Christmas commercials, piano lesson books for children, movies... Tubular Bells is more widely known than that?... And I feel obliged to say that 'Losing My Religion', 'Pride' and 'Another Brick In The Wall pt. II' were instantly recognisable to me many, many moons before I first heard Tubular Bells; and even though many people might have heard the melody already, few can fully associate the opus to the name. Um... rant over. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 04 2004, 10:14 I'd even guess that if you "sang" for someone: - the bass riff of Black Sabbath "Iron Man" - the piano Exorcist theme from "Tubular Bells" that the person would much more likely recognize "Iron Man" than TB. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Nov. 04 2004, 11:03 Quote (hiawatha @ Nov. 04 2004, 10:14) I'd even guess that if you "sang" for someone: - the bass riff of Black Sabbath "Iron Man" - the piano Exorcist theme from "Tubular Bells" that the person would much more likely recognize "Iron Man" than TB. I know some folks who if they sang both of those it would be hard to tell one from the other! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 04 2004, 11:05 Actually, it takes little tweaking to fit one over the other! -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

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