Ommadawn is a album written and mostly performed
by Mike Oldfield. It is his third album, released
in 1975.
As with Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells, Ommadawn
is another two-movement work. Oldfield sought out
the ancient Celtic influence on English music and
composed for traditional instruments such as
uilleann pipes on the original LP version. A set
of Northumbrian pipes were also recorded, and
credited to Herbie, but this recording was not
used on the album.
The album was recorded at Oldfield's home at
Hergest Ridge, The Beacon, and was the only album
to be recorded there (though Oldfield's previous
album shares its name with the location).
A quadrophonic remix version of Ommadawn was
released on Boxed a year later. Oldfield's 1990
album Amarok was conceived as a sequel to
Ommadawn, but turned into something quite
different. Excerpts from Ommadawn were featured in
the 1979 NASA film, The Space Movie.
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