Terence Oldfield (born 12 August 1949) is an English composer, and brother to Sally and Mike Oldfield.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early life 1.2 Solo career 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 3 References 4 External links History Early life

Born in Palmers Green, North London, Oldfield and his siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their mother, Maureen. Oldfield spent his childhood partly in Dublin and partly in Reading, Berkshire. He later attended a Benedictine monastery school and also spent a few terms at the Oratory School in Woodcote, Oxfordshire. His earliest musical experiences were in the myriad of folk clubs that sprang up in the UK during the late 1960s and early 1970s, listening to the songs of Leonard Cohen, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Bob Dylan.

Oldfield left school at 16 to travel the world and worked as a roadie for various bands including The Byrds. During an extended stay on the Greek island of Hydra, he took up his first musical instrument, the flute. "I think it was learning to play in this way, with no formal guidance, that allowed me to develop the ability to compose music. I spent many happy days improvising tunes and discovering scales and arpeggios for myself, and soon started to teach myself to write these things down". Terry's only formal music training was in Agra, India where he spent some time learning to play the tabla.

In the early 1970s, Terry and his brother Mike formed a band called 'Barefoot' (or 'Barefeet') playing rock'n'roll at colleges and clubs throughout the UK. Mike later went on to record the highly successful Tubular Bells and Terry played the flute in the live performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, June 25, 1973, London.

Terry also appears on Mike's albums Hergest Ridge (woodwind – uncredited), Ommadawn (pan-pipes) and extensively on Incantations (flute)[1]

Solo career

Terry, his brother Mike and his sister Sally all completed the Exegesis Programme Large Group Awareness Training course. Terry recorded a piece of flute music which was used to accompany the last section of the course.[citation needed]

Oldfield's career began in earnest when he was asked by the BBC to compose music for a series called Great Railway Journeys of the World. Since then Oldfield has composed music for over 50 film and TV productions, receiving two Emmy nominations for Land of the Tiger and Twilight of the Dreamtime and a BAFTA nomination for the BBC series Kingdom of the Ice Bear. He also worked on Meerkats United, which in a National Television Poll was voted 'Best Wildlife Film Ever'.

Oldfield had a relationship with New World Music, one of the world's leading 'World' music labels, for over 10 years and has a back catalogue of over 15 recordings. In 2001, Oldfield signed a multi-record contract with New Earth Records in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work contains a wide range of ideas and influences and has sold over one million units worldwide.

Currently Oldfield has been looking at new directions to take his music. "Recently I have found the advent of Global music very inspiring. Especially the Amnesty International Concerts".[2] In 2001, Oldfield moved to Australia.

Discography Albums Sunshine Holidays – 1983 In Search of the Trojan War – 1985 Cascade – 1986 Reverence – 1986 Return to Treasure Island – 1987 In the Presence of Light – 1987 Resonance – 1988 Star of Heaven – 1989 Spirit of the Rainforest – 1990 Angel – 1990 Zen – 1991 Illumination – 1992 Spiral Waves – 1992 Out of the Depths – 1993 Spirit of Africa – 1993 Australia – 1994 Spirit of Tibet – 1994 Earth Spirit – 1995 Icon – 1995 Theme for the Telford Time Machine – 1996 Spirit of India – 1996 South East Asia – 1997 All The Rivers Gold – 1999 Music for Wildlife – 2000 Reflections – The Best of Terry Oldfield 1985–1995 – 2000 Across the Universe – 2000 Spirit of the World – 2000 Turning Point 2002 A Time for Peace – 2003 Yoga Harmony – 2004 Celt – 2004 De Profundis / Out of the Depths II – 2005 Ethereal – 2005 Reiki Harmony – 2006 Om (with Medwyn Goodall) - 2007 Labyrinth – 2007 Mandala: Circle of Chant - 2008 Yoga Nidra (with Soraya Saraswati) – 2009 Silent Night, Peaceful Night - 2010 Healing Sound Journey (with Soraya Saraswati) – 2011 Journey into Space (with Mike Oldfield) – 2012 Peaceful Hearts (with Soraya Saraswati) – 2013 Namaste (with Soraya Saraswati) – 2016 Sky Dancer (with Carlos Garo) – 2017 References ^ "Official Mike Oldfield Information Service". http://www.mikeoldfield.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.  External link in (help) ^ "Terry Oldfield". Gemini Sun Records. Retrieved 11 July 2008.  "Terry Oldfield biography". MG Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.  External links Official website New Earth Records Ultimate Music Database

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