Mike Oldfield

producer, guitar, engineer, synthesizer, electric guitar, mix, arranger, guitars, acoustic guitar, phonographic copyright, bass guitar, mandolin, vocal, performer, keyboard, drums, electric bass guitar, percussion, recording, banjo, vocoder, remixer, piano, timpani, whistle, classical guitar, organ, glockenspiel, bodhrán, bass, Hammond organ, ukulele, Spanish acoustic guitar, harp, tubular bells, vibraphone, accordion, drum machine, Irish harp / clàrsach, tambourine, marimba, electronic organ, farfisa, nylon guitar, steel-string guitar, clavioline, mellotron, horn, acoustic bass guitar, other instruments, instrument arranger, gong, Northumbrian pipes, bagpipe, spinet, jew's harp, vacuum cleaner, triangle, bouzouki, bass drum, psaltery, analog synthesizer, mbira, shakers, grand piano, cymbals, 12 string guitar, violin, bongos, strings, bells, sitar, spoons, pan flute, melodica

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Bayerisches Staatsorchester performing orchestra Bad News, Blood Sucking, Capture, Evacuation, Evacuation (edit version), Execution, Good News, Pran’s Departure, Pran’s Escape / The Killing Fields, Pran’s Theme, Pran’s Theme 2, Requiem for a City, The Boy’s Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross, The Trek, The Year Zero, The Year Zero 2, Worksite, Étude, Étude (single edit)
Eberhard Schoener conductor Bad News, Blood Sucking, Capture, Evacuation, Evacuation (edit version), Execution, Good News, Pran’s Departure, Pran’s Escape / The Killing Fields, Pran’s Theme, Pran’s Theme 2, Requiem for a City, The Boy’s Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross, The Trek, The Year Zero, The Year Zero 2, Worksite, Étude, Étude (single edit)
Geoff Young (engineer) sound Bad News, Blood Sucking, Capture, Evacuation, Evacuation (edit version), Execution, Good News, Pran’s Departure, Pran’s Escape / The Killing Fields, Pran’s Theme, Pran’s Theme 2, Requiem for a City, The Boy’s Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross, The Trek, The Year Zero, The Year Zero 2, Worksite, Étude, Étude (single edit)
David Bedford arranger, chorus master, conductor, producer, vocal, grand piano, organ, synthesizer An Extract From Star’s End, Arrival, Don Alfonso, First Excursion, Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two, Speak (Tho’ You Only Say Farewell), The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 1, The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 2, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Part 1, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Part 2, The Rio Grande, Wonderful Land
Simon Phillips (rock drummer) engineer, producer, vocal, bells, drums, percussion, shakers, tambourine Crises, Crystal Gazing, Discovery, Foreign Affair, In High Places, Moonlight Shadow, Poison Arrows, Rite of Man, Saved by a Bell, Shadow on the Wall, Talk About Your Life, Taurus 3, The Lake (instrumental), The Wind Chimes, Parts 1 & 2, To France, Tricks of the Light

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Bayerisches Staatsorchester performing orchestra Bad News, Blood Sucking, Capture, Evacuation, Evacuation (edit version), Execution, Good News, Pran’s Departure, Pran’s Escape / The Killing Fields, Pran’s Theme, Pran’s Theme 2, Requiem for a City, The Boy’s Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross, The Trek, The Year Zero, The Year Zero 2, Worksite, Étude, Étude (single edit)
Eberhard Schoener conductor Bad News, Blood Sucking, Capture, Evacuation, Evacuation (edit version), Execution, Good News, Pran’s Departure, Pran’s Escape / The Killing Fields, Pran’s Theme, Pran’s Theme 2, Requiem for a City, The Boy’s Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross, The Trek, The Year Zero, The Year Zero 2, Worksite, Étude, Étude (single edit)
Geoff Young (engineer) sound Bad News, Blood Sucking, Capture, Evacuation, Evacuation (edit version), Execution, Good News, Pran’s Departure, Pran’s Escape / The Killing Fields, Pran’s Theme, Pran’s Theme 2, Requiem for a City, The Boy’s Burial / Pran Sees the Red Cross, The Trek, The Year Zero, The Year Zero 2, Worksite, Étude, Étude (single edit)
David Bedford arranger, chorus master, conductor, producer, vocal, grand piano, organ, synthesizer An Extract From Star’s End, Arrival, Don Alfonso, First Excursion, Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two, Speak (Tho’ You Only Say Farewell), The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 1, The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 2, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Part 1, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Part 2, The Rio Grande, Wonderful Land
Simon Phillips (rock drummer) engineer, producer, vocal, bells, drums, percussion, shakers, tambourine Crises, Crystal Gazing, Discovery, Foreign Affair, In High Places, Moonlight Shadow, Poison Arrows, Rite of Man, Saved by a Bell, Shadow on the Wall, Talk About Your Life, Taurus 3, The Lake (instrumental), The Wind Chimes, Parts 1 & 2, To France, Tricks of the Light
Maggie Reilly performer, vocal Arrival, Blue Night, Celt, Crystal Gazing, Family Man, Five Miles Out, Foreign Affair, Mistake, Moonlight Shadow, Sheba, Talk About Your Life, Taurus 1, The Lake (instrumental), To France, Tricks of the Light
Hugh Burns acoustic guitar, electric guitar Altered State, Blue Saloon, Clear Light, Dark Star, Reprise, Sentinel, Sunjammer, Sunset Door, The Bell, The Great Plain, Weightless
Sally Oldfield vocal Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two, Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (radio edit), Tubular Bells, Part One
Tom Newman engineer, producer Amarok, Five Miles Out, Islands, Platinum, Part 1: Airborne, Platinum, Part 2: Platinum, Platinum, Part 3: Charleston, Punkadiddle, Sailor’s Hornpipe, Sentinel (Orbular Bells), Sentinel (Seven-inch mix)
Ben Darlow engineer Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (radio edit), To Be Free (French version radio edit), To Be Free (German version radio edit), To Be Free (Spanish version radio edit)
David Hentschel instrument arranger, producer, vocal, brass, drum machine, drums, synthesizer Arrival, Mirage, QE2, Sheba, Taurus 1, Wonderful Land, Wonderful Land (single version)
The London Händel Choir vocal Amber Light, Liberation, Pacha Mama, Peace on Earth, Santa Maria, The Doge’s Palace, The Millennium Bell
Jude Sim vocal To Be Free, To Be Free (French version radio edit), To Be Free (German version radio edit), To Be Free (Soundtronik Mix-tical mix), To Be Free (Spanish version radio edit), To Be Free (radio edit)
Phil Newell engineer, remixer First Excursion, In dulci jubilo, Ommadawn, Part One, Ommadawn, Part Two, Tubular Bells, Part One, Tubular Bells, Part Two
Phil Spalding vocal, bass, bass guitar Crises, Earth Moving, Holy, Moonlight Shadow, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise, See the Light
郎朗 (Chinese pianist) piano Animus, Harbinger, Harbinger (reprise), Prophecy, Silhouette, The Tempest
The Grant Gospel Choir vocal Amber Light, Liberation, Pacha Mama, Sunlight Shining Through Cloud, The Millennium Bell
Anita Hegerland vocal Innocent, North Point, The Time Has Come, The Wind Chimes, Parts 1 & 2, When the Night’s on Fire
Mike Frye drums, percussion, tambourine, timpani, vocoder Celt, Conflict, Mirage, QE2, Taurus 1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing orchestra An Extract From Star’s End, The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 1, The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 2, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Part 1, The Orchestral Tubular Bells, Part 2
Maddy Prior vocal Excerpt from Incantations, Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two
Barry Palmer vocal Crime of Passion, Discovery, Poison Arrows, Saved by a Bell, Tricks of the Light
Симфонический оркестр Государственной академической капеллы Санкт-Петербурга strings Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (radio edit)
Mike Laird trumpet Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two
Luke Spiller vocal Man on the Rocks, Man on the Rocks (acoustic version), Moonshine, Sailing
屋敷豪太 drums, percussion Amber Light, Liberation, Mastermind, The Millennium Bell
The Queens College Girls Choir vocal Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two
The London Session Orchestra performing orchestra Broad Sunlit Uplands, Lake Constance, The Doge’s Palace, The Millennium Bell
Terry Oldfield flute Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two
Sebastian Bell flute Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two
Pierre Moerlen vocal, drums, percussion, vibraphone Excerpt from Incantations, In High Places, Incantations, Part Four, Rite of Man
Philip R. Newell (producer) producer Extract from "Tubular Bells" (live), Guilty (live), I Got Rhythm, Tubular Bells, Part One
Miriam Stockley vocal Amber Light, Liberation, Pacha Mama, The Millennium Bell
Jabula drums Incantations, Part Four, Incantations, Part One, Incantations, Part Three, Incantations, Part Two
BT (EDM producer Brian Wayne Transeau) remixer Let There Be Light (B.T.'s Pure Luminescence remix), Let There Be Light (BT mix), Let There Be Light (BT's Entropic dub), Let There Be Light (BT's Pure Luminescence remix)
Daniel Lazerus instrument arranger, vocal, Clavinet, horn, tambourine Blue Night, Hostage, Runaway Son, See the Light
Nicola Emmanuel vocal Amber Light, Pacha Mama, The Millennium Bell
David Serame vocal Amber Light, Pacha Mama, The Millennium Bell
Vivian Stanshall vocal The Bell (MC Viv Stanshall), Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells, Part One
George Shilling remixer Women of Ireland (12" Lurker mix), Women of Ireland (Lurker edit), Women of Ireland (Transient mix)
Soultronik mix, producer, remixer Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope mix), Thou Art in Heaven (Soultronik-Stethoscope radio edit), To Be Free (Soundtronik Mix-tical mix)
Henry Jackman remixer Women of Ireland (12" Lurker mix), Women of Ireland (Lurker edit), Women of Ireland (Transient mix)
Amar (British Indian singer Amar Dhanjan) performer Jewel in the Crown, Secrets, The Source of Secrets
Pepsi DeMacque vocal Liberation, Sunlight Shining Through Cloud, The Millennium Bell
Morris Pert instrument arranger, drums, percussion, strings Conflict, Five Miles Out, Étude
Tim Cross piano, synthesizer Celt, Conflict
Kevin Ayers vocal Flying Start
Ant (Anthony Glynne, Guitar Player) guitars Crises, Shadow on the Wall
Chris Thompson (vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) vocal Runaway Son, See the Light
Steve Hillage guitar The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 1, The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, Part 2
Baluji Shrivastav sitar Let There Be Light (Hardfloor dub), Let There Be Light (Hardfloor remix)
Guy Barker trumpet Mirage, QE2
Hardfloor remixer Let There Be Light (Hardfloor dub), Let There Be Light (Hardfloor remix)
Sonia Jones Morgan vocal Earth Moving, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Bill Anders vocal In the Beginning, Let There Be Light
Simon Gardner horn Runaway Son, See the Light
Carol Kenyon vocal, keyboard Holy, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Jackie Challenor vocal Earth Moving, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Simon Clarke (UK saxophonist) horn Runaway Son, See the Light
Camilla Darlow vocal Peace on Earth, Santa Maria
Rupert Lloyd design/illustration Return to Ommadawn, Pt. I, Return to Ommadawn, Pt. II
Roger Chapman performer, vocal Shadow on the Wall
Roddy Lorimer horn Runaway Son, See the Light
Richard Studt strings Arrival, Wonderful Land
Raul D'Oliveira trumpet Mirage, QE2
Pumpin' Dolls remixer Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix)
Juan Belmonte producer, remixer Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix)
Wendy Roberts vocal I Got Rhythm, Into Wonderland
Philip Todd (brass player) tenor saxophone Mirage, QE2
Keith Murrell vocal Earth Moving, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Lance Ellington (Strictly Come Dancing) vocal Earth Moving, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Les Penning foot percussion, kortholt, recorder Argiers, Portsmouth
Lindsay Cooper (English female bassoon, oboe, piano, flute player, political activist) oboe Mike Oldfield’s Single, Tubular Bells (theme from Mike Oldfield’s album ‘Tubular Bells’)
Phil Collins (of Genesis) drums Sheba, Taurus 1
Trevor Horn producer Sentinel (Orbular Bells), Sentinel (Seven-inch mix)
Alan Perkins remixer Tubular Bells, Part One, Tubular Bells, Part Two
Adrian Belew vocal, guitar Far Country, Holy
Maggie Ryder vocal Earth Moving, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Paul Nieman trombone Mirage, QE2
Paul Lindsay engineer Argiers, Portsmouth
Paddy Moloney uilleann pipes Amarok, Taurus II
Clodagh Simonds vocal Amarok, Far Above the Clouds
Max Bacon vocal Hostage, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Nicky 'B' Bentley vocal Earth Moving, Hostage
Mighty Mike (mashup artist) remixer Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix)
Abel Arana producer, remixer Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix radio edit), Thou Art in Heaven (Pumpin' Dolls vs. Mighty Mike club mix)
Tim Sanders (UK saxophonist) horn Runaway Son, See the Light
Carl Wayne vocal Earth Moving, Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Jeremy Parker (on song "Rite of Man" by Mike Oldfield) vocal, percussion Rite of Man
Billy Connolly vocal The Bell (remix, MC Billy Connolly)
Mundy Ellis vocal Tubular Bells, Part One
Nasal Choir vocal Tubular Bells, Part One
Michael Cretu producer The Time Has Come
Martyn Ford conductor Five Miles Out
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää vocal Prayer for the Earth
Martay vocal Sunlight Shining Through Cloud
Paul Lee (additional vocals on 'Nothing But') vocal Nothing But / Bridge to Paradise
Mark Willliamson vocal Far Country
Manor Choir vocal Tubular Bells, Part Two
Alan Shacklock producer Islands
Lindsay L. Cooper (Scottish male bass, cello and tuba player, performed with Strawbs) double bass Tubular Bells, Part One
Carl Palmer percussion Mount Teidi
Julian Bahula instrument arranger Amarok
Cara Dillon vocal Man in the Rain
Preston Heyman percussion Blood Sucking
Jon Field flute Tubular Bells, Part One
Raf Ravenscroft saxophone Earth Moving
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis) vocal In High Places
Richard Mainwaring engineer Mount Teidi
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer) drums Altered State
Rick Fenn guitar Crises
Robin Smith arranger Mont St. Michel
Robyn Smith conductor The Millennium Bell
John Cleese vocal Part One: Finale
Roland Paulick (Tangerine Dream) vocal Don Alfonso
Rosa Cedrón performer The Inner Child
Jim Price (horn session musician) vocal Magic Touch
Mike Joseph vocal Crystal Clear
Janet Brown vocal Amarok
Jam & Spoon remixer Far Above the Clouds (Jam & Spoon mix)
Andrew Johnson (St.Paul's Treble) vocal Amber Light
Simon Heyworth producer Sailor’s Hornpipe
Heather Burnett vocal Man in the Rain
Greta Hegerland-Oldfield vocal Liberation
Steve Broughton drums Tubular Bells, Part Two
Graham Broad drums Five Miles Out
System 7 producer, remixer Women of Ireland (System 7 12" mix)
Bridget St. John vocal Amarok
Geoff Downes producer Magic Touch
Bonnie Tyler performer, vocal Islands
The Orb remixer Sentinel (Orbular Bells)
The Penrhos Kids vocal On Horseback
Bobby Valentino (British violinist and singer-songwriter) violin Hostage
Francesca Robertson vocal Far Above the Clouds
English Chorale Choir vocal Arrival
Edgar Froese producer Don Alfonso
Vahine Taihara vocal A New Beginning
Vernon Handley conductor An Extract From Star’s End
Chris Cutler percussion An Extract From Star’s End
DJ Pippi arranger The Millennium Bell
William Murray snare drum In dulci jubilo
Âme remixer Tubular bells (Âme re-interpretation)
Bob Kraushaar mix Innocent (12″ mix)
Classes 2 and 3, Queen's College, London vocal The Rio Grande

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
David Bedford electric bass guitar, electric guitar, guitar Star's End (Part One), Star's End (Part Two), The Phaeacian Games, Variation 6: 'Instructions for Angels'
The Sallyangie guitar A Lover for All Seasons, Balloons, Banquet on the Water, Chameleon, Changing Colours, Children of the Sun, Lady Mary, Love in Ice Crystals, Midsummer Night's Happening, Milk Bottle, River Song, Strangers, The Murder of the Children of San Francisco
Pekka Pohjola mix, recording, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar, guitars, mandolin, percussion, whistle Kädet suoristavat veden, Matemaatikon lentonäytös, Oivallettu matkalyhty, Pääntaivuttelun seuraukset, osa 1: Sulamaan jätetty kipu, Pääntaivuttelun seuraukset, osa 2: Nykivä keskustelu, Varjojen varaslähtö
Andy Morton guitar Alife, Alifib, I'm a Believer, Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road, Signed Curtain
Kevin Ayers electric guitar Everybody’s Sometime and Some People’s All the Time Blues
Roger Chapman phonographic copyright Shadow on the Wall
羽柴夏樹 guitar Break Through the Rock
Sarah Hennies producer Sentinel (Nobel Prize mix)
Robert Wyatt guitar Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road
Pierre Moerlen's Gong producer, bass, drums, guitar Downwind
Kim Fuelleman producer Islanders (chill out mix)
Henry Cow engineer Nirvana for Mice
Elisa Fukuda electric guitar Morgentau