The match: Mike Oldfield's XI vs Richard Branson's XI (Branson is shown to have partly compensated for an expensive bowling spell with a tidy innings of 32). On the opposite wall is a photograph of a cricket team (Oldfield looking haughty in a school cap with his arms folded) and beneath it, two framed pages from a score book.
And it is still selling, ticking over at 100,000 per year. To date, Tubular Bells is thought to have sold 16 million copies around the world.
But only Richard Branson was daft enough to put money behind a 50-minute rock and folk instrumental album. Oldfield (who could play virtually any instrument in virtually any style, despite being trained in none) had been touting his music around for a couple of years. Tubular Bells was the record with which the Virgin label launched in 1973. Tubular Bells II is rock music's first sequel and, if it sells like it's expected to, we're about to see a stark demonstration of the way tastes can turn full circle. The rest can prepare for the premiere at Edinburgh Castle (4 September) and the television broadcast later that evening. Those who remember the original with scorn or embarrassment can have fun writing their own copy lines (Tubular Bells II - The Nightmare Continues). It does not have a huge range, around 1.5 to 2 octaves, but since it is rarely used for melodic writing, it still works great for augmenting important notes and accents.NEXT Monday, Mike Oldfield releases Tubular Bells II. The long metallic resonance and sustain of tubular bells has such a majestic and noble vibe, and it excellent to augment important beats in your composition. Tubular Bells have been used in the orchestra for a long time to mimic that golden divine tone of a church bell. This is my top list of recommendations of tubular bells libraries, as well as percussion libraries that include a great sounding tubular bells: 5 Best Tubular Bells VST Sample Libraries Are you looking for great sounding tubular bells sample libraries for your music composer toolkit?
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