Cue the goosebumps: "Tubular Bells" is back to trigger us all over again in The Exorcist: Believer, and this time, it’s slower, lower, and — dare we say — just as haunting. “I was so focused, and I ...

Mike Oldfield’s prog-rock epic “Tubular Bells” is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever created. Recorded when the multi-instrumentalist was just 19 years old, it was released in the spring of ...

That creepy theme music from “The Exorcist” is memorable, but it might also be a seldom-heard presence in Fox’s new reboot of the horror classic starring Geena Davis. Filmgoers will recognize the ...

I have a personal connection with Tubular Bells. As a young blood at in the BBC’s Music and Arts department in the early 1970s, I was responsible for convincing the powers that be on the Saturday ...

I am not sure whether to feel pride or shame but I played a part in the piece’s success. I had met Richard Branson – who signed Oldfield to his new Virgin label after hearing his demos – in 1967, when ...

There can be few pieces of music composed more than half a century ago that sound as though they could have been written just yesterday.