Michael gordon oldfield, known simply as mike oldfield, was born into an english family of catholics in 1953. Mike oldfield born michael gordon oldfield, 15 may 1953, reading, berkshire, england is largely known for tubular bells, his groundbreaking album from 1973, the success of which also bankrolled sir richard bransons virgin records, for which tubular bells was the inaugural release. Oldfield had been working on the idea of melding virtual reality and music throughout the 1990s. Return to the origin, for example, features a sound world very reminiscent of tubular bells i and ii, while tres lunas features short phrases of the infamous tubular bells opening ostinato and quotes from dark.
A medley based on the album tr3s lunas by mike oldfield. Born may 15, 1953, in reading, england, oldfield began his professional career at the age of 14, forming the sallyangie folk duo with his sister sally. It was released in 2002 by warner music with a bonus cd containing a demo program for a pc game, tres lunas. The double album is subdivided into four sections, with the instrumental section and the vocal section containing shorter pieces, and the complex section and the live section containing excerpts from oldfields longer pieces.
Oldfield started playing the guitar and began performing in local pubs in his teens. A talented and successful multiinstrumentalist who will forever be associated with tubular bells, a progressive masterpiece that sold millions. Yes, it was a fairly good idea to make mike oldfield and york do an album together. Tres lunas is a musicvr video game published in 2002 by british musician mike oldfield. The complete mike oldfield is a compilation album by mike oldfield, released on virgin records on 1 october 1985. Tres lunas is mike oldfields 21st studio album, and seems to contain more references to his extensive back catalogue than most. Listen free to mike oldfield tr3s lunas ii the earth spirit, spirit dance and more. Tr3s lunas text guitar tab by mike oldfield songsterr.
Return to ommadawn is the twentysixth studio album by mike oldfield. Mike oldfield tres lunas album spirit of rock webzine es. Tres lunas also known as tr3s lunas is a musicvr video game published in 2002 by british musician mike oldfield. The music in this video is a mike oldfield s track mix called snow cavern flight that can be heard while playing along his wonderful 3d musicvr tr3s lunas music virtual reality game, at the owl. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Tr3s lunas is a music studio album recording by mike oldfield crossover progprogressive rock released in 2002 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. A group dedicated to tr3s lunas and maestro, both games created by the musician mike oldfield and available for free at. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Tubular beats is an ok release, and hopefully it will inspire fans of tranceelectronica to check out mikes music. With his sister sally, he secured a record deal under the name sallyangie and released the folkish album children of the sun in 1968. Download mike oldfield mp3 songs and albums music downloads.
Mike oldfield snow cavern flight musicvr tr3s lunas game. However, his musical career has spread over more than 40 years encompassing a range of styles, with varying. Mike oldfield snow cavern flight musicvr tr3s lunas. Tr3s lunas ii, a bootleg of songs by mike oldfield. Startseite 1 album 2 tres lunas startseite 1 album 2 tres lunas. The album was released on 20 january 2017 on cd, cddvd, lp and as a digital download by virgin emi records. It was released in 2002 by warner music with a bonus cd containing a demo. After downloading the free original version of hergest ridge off the internet recently, my love for oldfields music was rekindled and i started buying several cds i. There was some concern amongst music vr fans when the music vr sections were removed from in its redesign last year. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Tr3s lunas sees oldfield in hyper synthchilled out mode but quite frankly the results are a bit dull. Mike oldfield magellan orchestral arrangement by james clarke paganjamesmuzik by raligard. Tr3s lunas is a record album written and mostly performed by mike oldfield. Released in 2002 after a series of hightoned concept recordings, tres lunas is a bit of a return to straightup, new age mood music for mike oldfield.
Mike oldfield biography michael gordon oldfield born 15 may 1953 reading, berkshire, england mike oldfield took up the guitar at seven and was composing instrumental pieces by age 10. Download mike oldfield discography 1973 2016 update. Mike oldfield tr3s lunas lyrics and tracklist genius. It was the first album to be released by oldfield following his signing with mercury records. The source names in the directories refer to fansites etc that the mp3s were sourced from at various times up to. Oldfield worked with 3d graphics programmer colin dooley and graphic artist nick catcheside. Caroline monk has posted a new video of mike on youtube, where he says that. He showed his musical gift since childhood as his brother and sister did. You can download tres lunas and maestro via the links on the front page for. Mike oldfield the orchestral hergest ridge youtube. Oldfields musical jewel 2002 transcription of a web chat on bbc radio 2 2002 60 second interview mike oldfield 2002 tech. This album is a fanmade edit of music designed by mike oldfield and is not to be sold in any way shape or form. Some of the music on these cds was originally released, with alternate mixes, on the soundtracks to his virtual reality games, tres lunas and maestro. We are run as an unincorporated association and make no profit.
Explore them either on your own or online with friends. Mike oldfield is a classic musician, ever with the most high quality and tres lunas is one of the better works of all your career, maybe one of the five tops. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Composer mike oldfield rose to fame on the success of tubular bells, an eerie, albumlength conceptual piece employed to stunning effect in the film the exorcist. You can download tres lunas and maestro via the links on the front page for now.
Mike oldfield tres lunas 2002 other music rock, metal maestro 0 4 368 10082019, 17. Im a big fan of much of oldfields music so ive visited tr3s lunas several times incase it grew on me or i missed something but it disappoints every time. If you like the music, try the pc games music vr and maestro themselves created by mike oldfield. I really encourage you all to download it, try it and feel its wonderful. The musiciancomposer once again spins carefully layered guitar and keyboard performances into a seemingly endless stream of spaceage lullabies supported by the faintest of beats most of which rarely exceed the intensity of a weak pulse. Mike oldfield download high quality complete mp3 albums.