The Exorcist Theme on church organ (Tubular Bells opening theme)

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The Exorcist Theme on organ. Opening Theme from Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells played by Theo Hes. Klais organ in Steyl NL june 2019
update, February 2021
Meanwhile, 100,000 visitors have passed. Thanks for all the attention and comments. Many responses point to the fact that this music comes from Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. However, that was already stated in the explanation under the KZfaq film. The reason I refer to the Exorcist in the title is because I translate film music (or themes used in films) to the organ. The opening theme of Tubular Bells was used in the 1973 movie 'The Exorcist'. I now have more examples of film music on organ on my KZfaq channel and it will be expanded in the future. Many people have no idea that this is possible on a (church) organ. I hope I can change the conservative image of the instrument.
There are justifiable complaints about the coughing by the audience, so I will make a new recording without an audience. Hopefully this recording will appear on you-tube this year. I will do that under the original name Tubular Bells. I don't know yet whether I will ever perform the entire Tubular Bells on organ. It is a lot of work, besides, the opening part is the most interesting for organ.

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@anonydun82fgoog35 3 жыл бұрын

There's always someone who coughs during a musical performance... especially if it's being recorded.

@AaronEllisOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously. ALWAYS! Even when I record a song at home, I have to redo it cause someone in my family coughs. Drives me nuts

@TheHorsebox2 3 жыл бұрын

Once at church, my brother nudged me and said, "watch this." He coughed once, and within thirty seconds, a hundred were coughing. It worked every time.

@cazadordebarro 3 жыл бұрын

It's a basic response of the respiratory system under an emotional production of neurochemicals.

@orangerooster73 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they were coughing on purpose at the right moment to create a percussion effect

@the20thDoctor 3 жыл бұрын

The Beatles did it too. Coughs, sniffles, there's even a hidden f bomb in the radio cut of Hey Jude. Humans make music so there's human sounds in there too. Gotta embrace it.

@amarie020 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine walking into church and you hear this playing...

@arrfffff7455 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

@JubilantGratitude 4 жыл бұрын

@@arrfffff7455 thank you for telling us you no longer live in Kansas

@kariyam2202 3 жыл бұрын

"Plays a song *associated* with demonic possesion"

@chrisyoung5929 3 жыл бұрын

Well hearing this would give walking into a church some point.

@joshuagommers3672 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO, that happened to my mom when she was young!😂💀

@nickymadison6108 3 жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield recorded all the instruments himself separately, this guy just straight up playin em all at the same time

@Duncanlovesnaim 3 жыл бұрын

This is what makes it so superb...!

@kevinkean3785 7 ай бұрын

Nearly all !

@kellypaws 7 ай бұрын

Yes, pretty much. But Oldfield composed the piece. Our capable and flexible player did not do that.

@kevinkean3785 7 ай бұрын

@@kellypaws Yes Oldfield recognized that the melody needed a slight variation every second bar 6 notes then 7 notes this makes the piece enduring ,we will most certainly be listening to it in another 50 years and beyond

@CharlesSmith-io9fp 7 ай бұрын

@@kevinkean3785 Correct! The only instrument that Mike didn't play are the drums that you don't hear until side two.

@knuckleguy775 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute classic. Nearly 50 years old, and still stands up and holds its own. Bravo, Mike Oldfield.

@khendar 3 жыл бұрын

And he was only 19 when he recorded it.

@knuckleguy775 3 жыл бұрын

Really? I never knew. The album Tubular Bells certainly didn't hurt the fledgling Virgin label either!

@robertborchert932 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I had this recording on LP. Absolutely brilliant composition. Oh, I'm also an old grandfather today, hehe.

@resurgem 11 ай бұрын

Bravo Theo for playing all in one shot. Not layered.

@hoofie2002 7 ай бұрын

Indeed still an amazing piece of work

@ymac7245 3 жыл бұрын

When your instrument is so complex that you have to use all your limbs but you still need another set of hands

@boban250 3 жыл бұрын

You also forget the group of blowers who used to physically operate bellows to provide air into the pipes themselves before electric air pumps :D

@dingus_doofus 3 жыл бұрын

@@boban250 It still happens, not every organ is outfitted with electric pumps.

@Soruk42 3 жыл бұрын

@@dingus_doofus The church in Lyminge (Kent, UK) has an organ that was retrofitted with an electric blower. I remember one morning the organist switched on the organ, there was this loud bang and all the lights went out. That service was held without lighting and two members of the church choir were conscripted into operating the bellows, which remained in situ and functional after the retrofit.

@peachythecat3731 3 жыл бұрын

The guy should have introduced the woman to “the back of his hand” and yelled, “Back OFF”!

@spogelse 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Mike Oldfield recorded this in multiple tracks. It was never meant to be played by one person, on one instrument, in one go.

@Equality72521sr 3 жыл бұрын

“Tubular Bells” by the great, Mike Oldfield. A masterpiece of music always deserves its proper title.

@72marshflower15 3 жыл бұрын

209 ✊

@hhds113 3 жыл бұрын

I believe this is Part I. There's two parts to his music.

@juanjavierm 3 жыл бұрын

@@hhds113 Yes. This is the opening, in the first side.

@Solitude11-11 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, I was not impressed they referred to it by the title of the film that used it as a soundtrack!

@IamDRPMD 3 жыл бұрын

There is actually a part 3 as well that came out in 1998. It's nowhere near as good as the previous parts but it does have some nice tracks on it

@IceBerg2k 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is an abosulte master, his fingerwork combined with his feet......Insane!

@jimrennison1 7 ай бұрын

Find some organ videos ofJean Guillou. He never uses sheet music. Has it all memorized like Martha Argerich.

@Ronilac 6 ай бұрын

Look for Cameron Carpenter

@myview5840 6 ай бұрын

Look to the East on the 3rd day

@nickcage1991 2 жыл бұрын

The irony of this being played in church is just gold

@zuzannasuska2147 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@grantmcauliffe3437 2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@0GreatMerlin 2 жыл бұрын

Given that this piece existed long before “The Exorcist”, that is like saying that playing Bach's toccata and fugue in d'minor or Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake because they get used in horror films is ironic. They, along with this, were used because they set a mood, but they belong in a church.

@grantmcauliffe3437 2 жыл бұрын

@@0GreatMerlin Yes, we know that. It is still ironic.

@seineldin6702 2 жыл бұрын

@@grantmcauliffe3437 no it isn't redhard

@reactions5783 3 жыл бұрын

_"The power of chords compels you..."_

@LateYouTuber82 3 жыл бұрын

Laughed a little too hard at this, for personal reasons.

@jozefgeusens44 3 жыл бұрын

HaHaHa... Top comment!

@brando4848 3 жыл бұрын

terrible

@carlw 3 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOL

@calldwnthesky6495 3 жыл бұрын

the power chords compel you in the metal church

@hpept 3 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely insane. Mad respect for this master organist.

@kervinbrungardt7547 3 жыл бұрын

Well said. I noticed he barely had time to blink.

@pompom7x728 3 жыл бұрын

😳🎼😈

@lorenzofalorni3961 3 жыл бұрын

Great eye, hand and foot coordination.

@bashkillszombies 3 жыл бұрын

He’s a master at playing with his organ.

@ronaldomadrebien7045 3 жыл бұрын

A very talented man, thanks for this 👍🏻

@kokaface1 7 ай бұрын

imagine walking into church and you hear this playing... and then someone coughs throughout the performance

@robcrockett3519 6 ай бұрын

Considering this was written using a multitrack, this organist is doing a fantastic job of interpretation. Bravo sir.

@anotherdamn6c 4 ай бұрын

A lot shifty time signatures, too. Hats off.

@docgonzales 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, the hands part is in 9/8 and 7/8 alternating and the foot pedal part is written in 5/4 . This guy has skills.

@GBPaddling 3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the Woman leaning over him changing the settings!!! Bet this Guy can pat his head and rub his belly counter-clockwise simultaneously?

@spearmintt1342 3 жыл бұрын

It's a little hard to follow but it's actually 7/8 + 8/8, the bass part follows the same metric pattern, in the second section with the descending bass line it's just 8+7 instead of 7+8 phrasing

@pavelthedog6939 3 жыл бұрын

I dont know what all that means, but it sure looks hard ....

@leepshin 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you look up the actual composer whom is well known in the UK as Mike Oldfield. He explains exactly how _"Tubular Bells"_ was constructed.

@GlenFerrisMusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@spearmintt1342 Haha, you reminded me of a classic argument with my best bud when we were 12, it's 7/8 ...7/8 is impossible..../no it's not listen to me count...../ your weird and your pausing between 6 and 7 to make it 8./ what? ... We were 12.....signature nerds....but it prepared us for Zappa a few years later...🤣

@Camel_Jockey 6 ай бұрын

Imagine some jackwagon coming in to listen and cough all the way through it.

@stevenduperouzel7198 6 ай бұрын

What a talent. Would have loved him to have played that at my wedding. And have the congregation to all stare at my mother in law.

@tomvance8522 5 ай бұрын

I just woke up my wife I was laughing so hard. That silent laughter where your body shakes. Thanks for this.

@tomassawyer1790 5 ай бұрын

Diabolic 😂

@FrizcoKidd 3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@skwervin1 7 ай бұрын

I was about 6 years old when this came out and my sister bought the album which I still have. Listen to it through headphones, in the dark and when the bells ring at the end, of Part I it is like lightning rings down your spine and reforms your entire nervous system.

@georgehays4900 6 ай бұрын

What are you taking? I need to get some. “Lightning “rings” down your spine and reforms your entire nervous system”. Wow that’s some powerful stuff.

@martinryan8101 6 ай бұрын

What a fabulous description…. I get it.

@skwervin1 6 ай бұрын

@@martinryan8101 you understand what I was getting at...

@martinryan8101 6 ай бұрын

@@skwervin1I certainly do. And the 2003 version has an even greater impact on me - especially the introduction.

@GlenFerrisMusic 3 жыл бұрын

And introducing....two slightly.. distorted coughs.....

@docgonzales 3 жыл бұрын

GF ha ha, genuinely laughed big laughs at your comment

@nigelharris1419 3 жыл бұрын

Very good. Clearly a fan. I salute you.

@Ian.. 3 жыл бұрын

😆 That took me right back

@Loreman72 3 жыл бұрын

LOL I wonder if Viv Stanshall genuinely saw the guitars distorted owing to being so bladdered!

@ringerheringa3052 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that funny remark: I laughed and spat all over my tablet!

@BILLY-px3hw 3 жыл бұрын

People coughing up demons in church while this plays

@gjeacocke 3 жыл бұрын

Oh so you believe Stalin was just a ‘naughty boy’ when he killed his own people? Demons are real but satan is not red or has horns or a pitchfork. Demons love hate, greed, lust, envy, pride, violence.

@ReasonsWhy1 3 жыл бұрын

@@gjeacocke Sssshhuuuutttt uuuupppppppppp

@gjeacocke 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReasonsWhy1 child calm doon

@mikhailvasiliev6275 3 жыл бұрын

"Bless you"

@ReasonsWhy1 3 жыл бұрын

@@gjeacocke Yeah righto champion. Demon.

@nilanjandutta2749 2 жыл бұрын

The guy starts coughing blood

@TyroneDuck 8 ай бұрын

There’s much great irony in this rendition. The coughs in the background add even more depth; the ‘coughs’ represent the decay and decline of man while the grand opera of Heaven & Hell, sacrifice & redemption play on and on...

@caerlaveroc109 3 жыл бұрын

Just came across this video - the man is a genius - in the original Mike Oldfield played all the parts so he recorded each instrument separately and then joined them together - for this man to play multiple parts at the same time, and live in front of an audience - pure genius and cannot be bettered. Thank you!

@7he0 3 жыл бұрын

I know and since all the parts are at different timings it’s no wonder he ended and extra hand to use the stops, limb control that I could only dream of

@AdrianEarnshawMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the wonderful world of an organist. You need more limbs than an octopus sometimes 😂😂😂 As a fellow organist, this guy has some dexterity, top marks.

@lunatik9696 2 жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield said this song took its toll on him physically and mentally. No doubt it is his Opus, but he was about 17 when he started this.

@helixvonsmelix 2 жыл бұрын

not the same at all.

@MustaffaCuppa 3 жыл бұрын

My sister used to come home from work at lunchtime, play side 1 of this album and go back to work. I miss you sis.

@DarkStar-os9pv 3 жыл бұрын

BANG! Right in the feels!

@gilesfielding557 3 жыл бұрын

Brave memory share - thank you.

@GlennDavey 3 жыл бұрын

She was smokin somethin on her break

@cxpro750 2 жыл бұрын

I am a drummer of 30 years playing and although I think I have a decent level of independence to my playing, I know I am an independence amoeba when compared to this incredible musician we see here! What a player, what a set of skills and played with such feel as well! Brilliant stuff and I have this on almost everyday at some point....love it - thank you Theo!

@abrokenframe82 Жыл бұрын

That was absolutely astounding!. I hope Mike Oldfield has seen this. He should be truly blown away by your amazing rendition!

@atakd 3 жыл бұрын

I'd be more scared by the organist's supernatural co-ordination of his limbs than by the music.

@AverageAnnusEnthusiast 3 жыл бұрын

He was possessed by the God of Music while playing this piece

@bettercoffeewithpowertools539 3 жыл бұрын

It's not harder than dance dance revolutions

@rolandlastname5532 3 жыл бұрын

Luckily he does not have to turn the pages himself

@maxrome67 3 жыл бұрын

Why anyone disliked this is beyond me, its just amazing.

@lavo-ld4wm 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the power of this version didn't manage to compel Pazuzu from their rotten souls...

@MichaelRabbitBass3 3 жыл бұрын

Probably superstitious about playing this at a church

@Rickriquinho 2 жыл бұрын

They know real music.

@jameshaviland6183 2 жыл бұрын

It could be the damned coughing that they don’t like. Can’t say I blame them if it is.

@revolutions88 Жыл бұрын

It's her

@rhiannonstudios Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe someone sat there and coughed their way through this wonderful performance, hope their head spun a 180 when they got home, Amazing talent ❤

@rogerw-interested 7 ай бұрын

i am a smoker, i cough randomly, cant control it, ppl cough for many reasons and dont do it purposely

@denoroberts4938 7 ай бұрын

@@rogerw-interestedThen politely remove yourself from the venue, especially during a recording.

@warwickscram1656 7 ай бұрын

@@rogerw-interestedI poop myself can I come to your wedding?

@monatae9725 7 ай бұрын

@@denoroberts4938 Because god forbid people who aren't perfectly healthy and able be allowed to attend musical performances. Try to be less of a bigot, yeah? If they wanted a clean recording, they could have easily booked a time without an audience attending instead of recording a live concert.

@baronmeduse 7 ай бұрын

@@monatae9725 Could probably start by kicking the habit. It's not like it's a disability.

@MrSabioDice 7 ай бұрын

The person coughing must’ve been jelly because out of respect I would’ve left the room.

@88feji 3 жыл бұрын

People like this are practically a genius, how do you split your brain to make 4 limbs play 4 different sets of notes individually but in unison ?

@crosslink1493 3 жыл бұрын

Similar to driving a manual transmission automobile in a race or on a crowded city street - clutch, shifter, steering wheel, gas pedal (and brake pedal for #5). Practice, Practice, practice.

@stylusfantasticus 3 жыл бұрын

STUDYING.-

@1940limited 3 жыл бұрын

JS Bach did it! :-)

@Wyrmwould9 3 жыл бұрын

...practice.

@ferrari2k 3 жыл бұрын

@@crosslink1493 I was gonna argue, because it comes so natural to me to drive a manual car, but yes, it takes practice, you are right.

@mok1138 3 жыл бұрын

that moment when the holy water slowly begins to boil

@davidriley1188 5 ай бұрын

How this man's mind must be working is astonishing. Truly outstanding. Thank you both for your efforts in delivering this piece.

@pauldarby1447 5 ай бұрын

Brillant, note and 😂pitch perfect I was in awe of this gentlemans talent 👌.. but I did notice he didn't use his elbows... ;)

@Crookedroadpodcast 7 ай бұрын

Mike Oldfield. Have had the album for decades. quite a piece of music.

@bogdiworksV2 7 ай бұрын

Me too, listened the hell 😈 out of it in college.

@robbie4860 3 жыл бұрын

Oldfield was 19 years old in 1973 when Tubular Bells was recorded, and he played almost all the instruments. Name one 19 year old "artist" of 2021 who can top that..

@johnalley8561 3 жыл бұрын

Taylor swift 🤣

@chrismiles1663 3 жыл бұрын

Not to downplay the real genius of Mike Oldfield at all, but you might want to check out Jacob Collier (lots of stuff here on KZfaq) -- truly frightening composition skills, an incredibly sophisticated understanding of harmony, and always expressing a real _joy_ in music...something to renew your faith in a younger generation, perhaps?

@carloko08 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismiles1663 jacob collier? who is that guy? first time in hell that i heard about him, he have 19 years old too and make somethign like Mike?, that was the question

@t8283287 3 жыл бұрын

Harry styles

@buffalojoe78 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure Prince played all the instruments on a lot of his works.

@jawadad802 3 жыл бұрын

the fact so many people were coughing would scare me a hell of a lot more walking into a church then the exorcist theme playin'...

@ecosseza4030 3 жыл бұрын

2021 vs 1973 lol. Yes I agree

@phiodite7850 3 жыл бұрын

If you think this is bad you should listen to a chess tournament

@ecosseza4030 3 жыл бұрын

@@phiodite7850 Interesting observation.The most prolific countries that play chess also have highest smoking related deaths.

@phiodite7850 3 жыл бұрын

@@ecosseza4030 hmm interesting

@thepagan5432 7 ай бұрын

Very good cover, makes me feel old. 50 years ago I bought this album and since then travelled around the UK and Europe watching Mike play. Got every album and still find myself playing his earlier albums Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, been there too. I enjoyed your playing, thank you 👍

@brianwillson9567 6 ай бұрын

Wow, just found this. Personally I preferred ommadawn to Hergest ridge. I also went to Hergest ridge, on the strength of the album, ha ha.

@thepagan5432 6 ай бұрын

@@brianwillson9567 Yep Ommadawn is a fantastic album too. I went to Horse Guards Parade to the World Premier of Tubular Bells 3, absolutely soaking wet in the rain, brilliant. Never got wet before at a concert or since, lol.

@danjpoche Жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield is a genius. He composed and played all instruments in this brilliant piece. He completed it before the Exorcist was even filmed. It was Richard Branson's then new label (Virgin) who produced it and when William Friedken listened to the piece by chance, he knew it would be his theme song.

@kit888 6 ай бұрын

Not exactly by chance. William Friedkin tells the story in his memoir, The Friedkin Connection. He was looking for a theme and was given a stack of albums to listen to.

@66PHILB 3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing more uplifting to me than a fine church organ played well. I also love Tubular Bells. This is an amazing performace of that wonderful piece. Such multidextrous virtuosity.

@scoobydachsydoo1047 3 жыл бұрын

Very impressive. The skill used to play it on that organ is truly skilled. For anyone that doesn't know, Mike Oldfield compiled the tune by playing various individual instruments, then combined them onto a track in a studio. I was born in 1973 when the album was first released and it was the first album to sold on Richard Branson's Virgin label. Little music fun fact there.

@MoovyTimeProductions Жыл бұрын

i LOVE that he's wearing chucks

@MrBiggordy 7 ай бұрын

WOW! What an amazing piece of musicianship. It must have sounded awesome in the venue, so expansive and LOUD!

@k1lldash9 3 жыл бұрын

Whoever is coughing, ya'll need to stop :)

@pinkbeatle2012 3 жыл бұрын

It was god

@chrisglover2697 3 жыл бұрын

I call it controversial coughing

@MarcMercier1971 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisglover2697 I attribute it to people's slower breathing during concentrated listening causing mucus build-up and expulsion. Controversial coughing? Interesting. So if they don't like the tune, they make everyone want to pummel them due to their coughing?

@pj1909 3 жыл бұрын

You ever been in a church before?? Always someone hacking away with a germ spreading cough!!

@k1lldash9 3 жыл бұрын

@@pj1909 haha yeah this is true :)

@josephmarkey9096 3 жыл бұрын

Haunting. Just shows you the quality of Mike Oldfields writing.

@annathy 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. So glad people still learn to play these instruments. The need to have a button pusher because all of your limbs are too busy to do it - WOW, just WOW!

@lieslnew8247 6 ай бұрын

God bless you Mike Oldfield. Still one of my favourite albums of all time.

@mattmin45 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the random Covid percussions effects.

@Mannizilla 3 жыл бұрын

And then Mike Oldfield (the master himself) appears and plays an incredible electric guitar solo.

@TheRassamee6y 3 жыл бұрын

Only montalban can Play an incredible Guitar

@Mannizilla 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRassamee6y Not the guitar is incredible, the solo is. And btw monta who?

@HrLBolle 3 жыл бұрын

this guy got to be a close contender for the second place kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6-iityLlbG-pZ8.html

@majorbrighton 6 ай бұрын

A touching haunting number of memories, like being engulfed in feelings that have been long since locked away and forgotten. To think the first time I heard this peace, was something of a break through for me as a teenager, because it was the very first time I had asked my parents to sit down in their arm chairs and let me play this song for them. Music was nothing new to my mother, yet my father had never shown any interest in it. I realize that now. No he never listened to any, because my mother had full right´s over the player! Sitting there as a bag of nerves, waiting for their reactions and no saying a word to them. Well, my father thought it was beautiful and that he had never heard anything like it before, those words blew me away completely and after that day, we started to become closer every day. Painted together and talked about anything. The song lives on and I think it took a peace of me with it, because every time I listen to it, I have to make shore I´m alone. Tears will fall easier when your so old So thank you for the jolt back in time, not an easy peace to play right.

@Lemma01 7 ай бұрын

I know every note of this - having bought the LP as a teen. Have to say that this rendition is quite lovely - both the anarchic power and delicate, hopeful passion of the original are rendered with spirit. Heartfelt thanks.

@TheCelticSeer 3 жыл бұрын

This had to sound so powerful and majestic down on the floor, with the full acoustics to amplify it!!!

@oneparticularlysmartape 3 жыл бұрын

Musicians: *start a performance* Audience: The audience's phlegm and shitty trhoats: "This... This is my moment"

@BiscuitZombies 3 жыл бұрын

LOL great comment

@Pikachu-sc1yc 3 жыл бұрын

The audience is now.... Uhhhhh I don't know...

@brianorozco1074 3 жыл бұрын

The throats: This is my time to shine!

@smorris12 3 жыл бұрын

"Like a meeting of bronchiacs anonymous"

@CanadairCL44 3 жыл бұрын

The level of skill, talent and concentration from both musicians is beyond measurement! Bravo!

@arthurmartin804 7 ай бұрын

I read somewhere that though Friedkin did use a piece of Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells in the movie, he later heard the music of Tangerine Dream and regretted not using them. He did use their music in his later film Sorcerer a much underated film.

@andrewsmith5451 3 жыл бұрын

“There you go Vicar, I’ve tuned the organ for you, she sounds fine”

@nikkiroeder5774 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how they can do it. So talented.

@dashdotdot 3 жыл бұрын

Practice.

@channelsixtyeight068_ 7 ай бұрын

Tubular Bells was composed in 1970 when Mike Oldfield was 17 years old. The album, in February 1973. The book, _The Exorcist_ was written in 1971, the movie was released in December 1973. This piece was not composed for the movie.

@audioelitist3677 2 жыл бұрын

I adore this man and consider him to be the greatest organ player that ever lived. He is legendary.

@DanGR023 4 жыл бұрын

Me playing "the exorcist theme" in my organ. The priest of the church: OMG.

@ac1281 3 жыл бұрын

WhY Do I HeAr BoSs MuSiC!?!?

@leepshin 3 жыл бұрын

Nooooo, the Priest says "Awww for the love of God, now I know why Smoke on the Water is banned from being played in most Guitar shops". 🤣

@snuggles03 3 жыл бұрын

Nope .....the priest would know the movie is about the triumph of good over evil

@DJKickstarter 3 жыл бұрын

@@leepshin Lol try Bachs Fuga in the church

@Dorian-lt5jb 3 жыл бұрын

@@leepshin *and Stairway to Heaven

@russellpotter7294 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of the pieces of music played at my Sisters funeral. Means so much and it is wonderful to hear it played like this.

@loui7210 3 жыл бұрын

Weird to play at a funeral tbh

@russellpotter7294 3 жыл бұрын

@@loui7210 Why? A beautiful bit of music by Mike Oldfield. The fact that it was used in a film doesn't take away the fact that it is a great bit of music. I did love the film as well. But often Horror and sci fi use the best music.

@claudiamiller7730 7 ай бұрын

Love the shots of the sneakers on the peddles…the Nuns and our Church Organist wouldn’t be having any of THAT back in the 1960’s….mass every morning before classes began AND us girls singing in the choir from Grade 4 thru 8, every stinking school day. The Catholic School System….priceless!!😄💕

@renejean2523 6 ай бұрын

It was awful. I was an altar boy and had to attend church every Sunday. Two shows in the morning and then a Benediction performance in the afternoon! Hated it. And our Catholic church made us boys wear short shorts all winter long. In London! No wonder I grew up hating the cold. And nuns.

@jroar123 3 жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” is an astonishingly beautiful piece of music. I’m saddened that it is being remembered for its misplaced association to something evil.

@djedUVprojector 3 жыл бұрын

try "Music of the spheres" MO

@mikejeffries8630 3 жыл бұрын

How evil? The Exorcist is a story in which good triumphs over evil . A priest sacrifices his life to save a young girl and the demon is defeated.

@Sophie-Ocean 3 жыл бұрын

You have never listened to the entire record then. Nor seen the original cover of tubular bells... Incantations..

@carolinehumphries4696 3 жыл бұрын

That was brilliant. Can you imagine, walking past the church on a dark night hearing this coming from it. Love it

@therevopath6032 3 ай бұрын

Playing an Organ is like a dance. It is so magical!

@vinayh546 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could hear this live.. simply beautiful!!

@trevorchivers5581 3 жыл бұрын

That organ though. What an amazing piece of instrument art.

@LaserParody 3 жыл бұрын

I started my day online searching for some Mike Oldfield on Spotify... to have ended up hearing this masterwork of a rendition of Tubular Bells..... simply awestruck.

@khai2322 2 жыл бұрын

I come back to this at least once a week.

@defmax29 Жыл бұрын

I bet even Mike is impressed with this.

@voice_of_reason5604 3 жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across this. Blown away. It's almost as if Tubular Bells was written for the church organ. Magnificent playing also.

@pHD77 3 жыл бұрын

Man, the level of coordination required to play this piece of music... I'm in awe

@arthurmartin804 7 ай бұрын

The coughers didn't even have the decency to applaud

@ErolAlakus 2 жыл бұрын

This man is dancing on the organ 😮😯😲

@globetrekker86 3 жыл бұрын

As fantastic as “Tubular Bells’ sounds on the piano, the composition was destined for the organ

@paolocremona4724 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, this part is played on the disc by 3 organs, 2 pianos, bass and glockenspiel.

@RetiredBrass 3 жыл бұрын

Mike Oldfield has said he based it in "Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565" by J.S. Bach, so organ is actually very fitting.

@globetrekker86 3 жыл бұрын

@@paolocremona4724 So Mike Oldfield is a one-man orchestra

@paolocremona4724 3 жыл бұрын

@@globetrekker86 yes, he is indeed!

@cleverhardy5230 3 жыл бұрын

In fact, Oldfield composed the opening line on a Farfisa organ.

@phmc123 3 жыл бұрын

Not only is his playing extra ordinary but so is that instrument.

@18BlackMagic18 7 ай бұрын

If basketball and football could be played at the same time, this is your man. His ability to coordinate like that is exceptional!

@TubularBelles 3 ай бұрын

My favourite piece of music for over 50 years.

@VimyScout 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely glorious !

@MelliKeppler 7 ай бұрын

A wonderful instrument, a gifted musician, a mighty melody.

@TheKermit2110 3 жыл бұрын

Evil never sounded so sacrilegiously beautiful

@SynergeticMan 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing evil here... save for the association of a beautiful song with evil.

@captainme721 6 ай бұрын

The moment you realize skateboard shoes would be perfect for organ playing. For about the same reasons too.

@FrikInCasualMode 7 ай бұрын

Few instruments ever built can match the sheer majesty and volume of the sound organs can produce.

@stuant63 3 жыл бұрын

This is very powerful and enchanting music. But it's not 'creepy' or 'scarey' in the slightest. This is Mike Oldfield's wondrous Tubular Bells. The organ player here shows such amazing skills. How can he play so many different time signatures at the same time?? It's impressive almost beyond belief.

@Tom-Lahaye 3 жыл бұрын

For me Tubular Bells From Mike Oldfield, but WOW, what a stunning performance this. Those many voices recorded by Mike himself one by one and then dubbed over, or played live by many musicians. And Theo plays them all by himself, at the same time!

@dwaterson21 2 жыл бұрын

The coughing in the background is their demon trying to escape

@vivalaleta 7 ай бұрын

The music really suits this instrument.

@9xqspx6 Жыл бұрын

Those coughs borderline triggered me. It sucks when you need to cough during the performance, but one can be expected to 1) fight it 2) if it comes out then suppress the sound of it 3) if more seems to wanna come then just leave the concert hall/audience. Would've wanted to save this one to my playlist, but this way I won't.

@jakekgfn 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine standing at the alter waiting for your new bride to come down and this starts playing...

@tictactoe325 7 ай бұрын

Exquisite work. Just as moving as when I first heard it

@workhorsemtb6634 7 ай бұрын

Imagine playing such a complex piece that you need a second person to work switches. Wow.

@seanDB1989 3 жыл бұрын

This literally gave me chills. Absolutely outstanding!

@barryschwarz 7 ай бұрын

Oh wow, I listened to this over and over between the ages of 13 and 17. I'd conduct it in the living room, my heart swelling, put it on at night when I went to bed. Forgot how beautifully the opening developed, with surprising and satisfying progressions. Written from 17 and mostly performed by a 19 year-old Mike Oldfield. A rawness to the composition with exuberance in its sweep. Same with the playing.

@mzmscoyote 7 ай бұрын

I love his shoes! My dad had an organ. I had to take my shoes off to play it because I could not find the right pedals with shoes on. This organist is an amazing musician and knowing what he is doing with his feet, which he cannot see, makes my heart sing.

@BHALT0S 6 ай бұрын

walks into church as this dude playing this.... *Nope* walks back out.

@Loreman72 3 жыл бұрын

I used to have this as a ringtone on my phone, & once or twice it went off in church. Because I never saw that bloidy movie, I never really understood the fuss. .

@then00brathalos 3 жыл бұрын

The people who get angry are totally dumb. The exorcist tells the story of two brave Priest who is willing to sacrifice themselves in exorcising the demon , and show that evil can never defeat the will of god.

@jeanmarienadal7268 2 жыл бұрын

@@then00brathalos I agree

@lars-oleeifler4448 2 жыл бұрын

@@then00brathalos - The music wasn't made for the movie. It was chosen afterwards. The music has not anything to do with exorcisme

@domquixote1615 3 жыл бұрын

This is by far the most complex, beautiful and hard instrument to play

@davide724 2 жыл бұрын

*A priest below begins dancing throughout the church to this musical performance while blessing parishioners with holy water*

@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580 2 жыл бұрын

I had tubular bells as a ringtone on my phone, I was sat in the Hidden gem Catholic church in Manchester with my wife, watching our 10 year old son singing Christmas carols with his school choir.... I'd forgotten to switch my phone off, when it started playing the theme tune of the exorcist!😂.... Embarrassed, I quickly switched it off....If that wasn't bad enough, the person ringing was my parish priest Father Patrick!...He was trying to get in touch with my wife, who was the treasurer of our parishes St Vincent De Paul society!...We told Father Patrick about our Faux Pas later on, he found the whole thing hilarious and couldn't stop laughing! 😂