Oldfield reaching for the stars and try to be a classical composer? The promised goosebumps moments as they were, unfortunately, increasingly rare to Ommadawn.
The production corresponded to the current film music Standard: In Logic composed tracks, recorded with samples as a demo, and then nachgedudelt from living people one on one. Bring Hollywood composer like John Williams or John Barry / thus brought into existence (besides plotbedingten platitudes) also great moments that still feel somehow grown organically.
Out came with Music of the Spheres, unfortunately for long stretches the usual piecemeal: 16 bars Topic A, Topic B 16 bars, again exactly 16 clocks A with bass underneath, bang exactly to the one. Simplest ideas, completely predictable. Brilliant added, but soulless heruntergefiedelt of a perfect certainly, but hopelessly demanded the material orchestra that was abused as pure Erhabenheits- and bombastic effect machine. The framework is provided for the hundredth time what felt like a self copy of Tubular Bells, only that it no longer is so. At the beginning of the ostinato, at the end of the tubular bells, all somehow similar but never cited open. And that sounds at the end as the Tütensuppe version of Gustav Holst under rock musicians so often beklauten planet, reproduced by an orchestra from factory fresh Playmobil figures.
Those who know nothing else, may find the great. People with classical experience against steals an awkward feeling. But I also give to: Shabda, Aurora and silhouette have long passages of polyphony. Hear quite tolerable to the side. And the single star must remain reserved please this world for Bohlen. Therefore two star.
