---
name: "Mike Oldfield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-oldfield"
fi1m_id: "mike-oldfield"
imdb_id: "nm0646131"
tmdb_id: 8968
wikidata_id: "Q3008"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 May 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:38:40.778904+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mike Oldfield

## Identity

Mike Oldfield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-oldfield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-oldfield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0646131
- **TMDB ID:** 8968
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3008
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oldfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8968

Composer. Born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 May 1953, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Michael Gordon Oldfield 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oldfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8968

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Killing Fields*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) (82)

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## Biography

Mike Oldfield is a British composer and musician. He wrote the score for the 1984 film *The Killing Fields*, his only full-length film score, and produced the accompanying soundtrack album released the same year.

Oldfield is also known for his 1973 debut album *Tubular Bells*. The *The Killing Fields* score was orchestrated by David Bedford.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, mikeoldfield.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge 50th Anniversary* (2025), Actor
- *Mike Oldfield - Return To Ommadawn (Deluxe Edition)* (2017), Actor
- *Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 1* (2006), Actor
- *Mike Oldfield: Exposed* (2005), Producer, Music
- *Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells III* (1999), Music, Musician
- *Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield* (1993), Actor
- *Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II* (1992), Musician, Music
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Milano '83* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Mike Oldfield: Crises* (1983), Actor
- *Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out* (1982), Actor
- *Mike Oldfield -  Live in Nottingham* (1981), Actor
- *The Beauty of Rituals* (1981), Music
- *Journey through Images* (1981), Music
- *The Cosmic Machine* (1981), Music
- *The Space Movie* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Boat-Burning Festival* (1979), Music
- *Reflection: A Film About Time and Relatedness* (1977), Music
- *Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn* (1975), Actor
- *Charlotte* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge* (1974), Actor
- *Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Live at the BBC* (1973), Music
- *Mike Oldfield: Incantations*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Mike Oldfield](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-51f9db8398eb.jpg) Mike Oldfield — Mike_Oldfield_by_Alexander_Schweigert.jpg: Alexander Schweigert
derivative work: Lošmi (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Mike_Oldfield_by_Alexander_Schweigert_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A format developed after the initial release of the CD, this high-quality audio format allowed for 20-24 bit recording (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-280eefecabc1.png) A format developed after the initial release of the CD, this high-quality audio format allowed for 20-24 bit recording (2018) — Jason Curtis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/HDCD.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mike Oldfield performing Tubular Bell at the London Olympics Opening Ceremony (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-594704b36084.jpg) Mike Oldfield performing Tubular Bell at the London Olympics Opening Ceremony (2012) — Nick Webb, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/London_Olympics_Opening_Ceremony_-_Mike_Oldfield.jpg/1280px-London_Olympics_Opening_Ceremony_-_Mike_Oldfield.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike Oldfield (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-714b05f676cb.jpg) Mike Oldfield (2012) — Nick Webb from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Mike_Oldfield_%287662481762%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_Oldfield_%287662481762%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike Oldfield](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-089f6a779c0d.jpg) Mike Oldfield — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Oldfield at the Nokia Night of the Proms in December 2006 in Frankfurt am Main](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-20b3d6f2c881.jpg) Mike Oldfield at the Nokia Night of the Proms in December 2006 in Frankfurt am Main — Total number of my uploaded files:  
1116, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Mike_Oldfield_NOTP_2006.jpg/1280px-Mike_Oldfield_NOTP_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike Oldfield at the Nokia Night of the Proms in December 2006 in Frankfurt am Main](https://film.one/media/person/118182/gallery-80caaa8a3c75.jpg) Mike Oldfield at the Nokia Night of the Proms in December 2006 in Frankfurt am Main — Total number of my uploaded files:  
1116, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Mike_Oldfield_NOTP_2006_02.JPG/1280px-Mike_Oldfield_NOTP_2006_02.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best New Age Album 1998: Grammy Award for Best New Age Album (nominated), for *Voyager*
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition 1975: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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