Not so much a cover of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, but rather some new tapestries draped around the original signature piano riff (which riff I have flipped front-to-back, kind of, just to be contrary). This is my third version of this, using mostly the same performance data. First there was a perfectly good version in 1996 using the old Mac-based studio setup; then I redid it in 2004, which was quite different-sounding; and now this version, also quite different instrumentation. I guess when it comes to one guy building up individual musical parts to create an intricate web of interlocking sound, Tubular Bells is an understandable and appropriate obsession.
Sorry if you see ads on this… I got a notice that ads may appear because of copyrighted content… I’m not getting any ad revenue, I do not have monetization turned on… I hope some of that revenue finds its way to the original composer…
Also of note: this is the first of my interpretations to actually feature the titular tubular bells.
Background video courtesy of zfootage.com
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/b4wuHqN4F7E
