I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence.

In 2003 he released Tubular Bells 2003 a re-recording of the original Tubular Bells on CD and DVD-Audio. In 1979 he recorded a version of the signature tune of the British children's television programme Blue Peter which was used by the show for 10 years. In 1976 Oldfield and his sister joined his friend and band member Pekka Pohjola to play on his album Mathematician's Air Display which was released in 1977.

He is best known for his 1973 hit album Tubular Bells which launched Virgin Records and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer working a style that blends progressive rock folk ethnic or world music classical music electronic music New Age and more recently dance.