Sentinel (instrumental)

"Sentinel" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1992. The single features a restructured, shorter version of "Sentinel", from the album Tubular Bells II. The piece itself is a re-imagining of the introduction theme from Oldfield's 1973 album Tubular Bells which was known for its use in The Exorcist film.

Charts

It charted at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart and at number 14 in the Irish Singles Chart.

Chart (1992)	Position
UK Singles Chart	10
Irish Singles Chart	14

Usage

An excerpt was used in the soundtrack for the "Back from the Dead" television programme, broadcast by the BBC in 2010 as part of its Horizon series of documentaries
The piece is featured on a Pavarotti & Friends CD from Luciano Pavarotti's International Charity Gala Concert in Modena on 27 September 1992
The series Baywatch used the song on its episode "The Tower"

Track listing

UK single

"Sentinel" (Single Restructure) (Mike Oldfield) – 3:57
"Sentinel" (the orb 7" mix) – 4:07
"Early Stages" – 4:08

UK promo single

"Sentinel-Restructure" (Satoshi Tomiie Interpretation) – 7:41
"Sentinel-Restructure" (Global Lust Mix) – 5:55
"Sentinel-Restructure" (Trance Mix) – 5:52
"Sentinel-Restructure" (Tubular Beats) – 4:12

Oldfield versus The Orb

"Sentinel" was also released as a remix single, credited to Oldfield versus The Orb. It was released on September 28, 1992.

"Sentinel Total Overhaul" track listing

"Sentinel" (nobel prize mix) – 14:26
"Sentinel" (orbular bells mix) – 12:26
"Sentinel" (the orb 7" mix) – 4:03

References

"Singles". Amadian. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

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Discography Singles
Studio albums	Tubular Bells Hergest Ridge Ommadawn Incantations Platinum QE2 Five Miles Out Crises Discovery The Killing Fields Islands Earth Moving Amarok Heaven's Open Tubular Bells II The Songs of Distant Earth Voyager Tubular Bells III Guitars The Millennium Bell Tres Lunas Tubular Bells 2003 Light + Shade Music of the Spheres Man on the Rocks Return to Ommadawn
Live albums	The Orchestral Tubular Bells Exposed The Art in Heaven Concert
EPs	Take Four The Singles The Mike Oldfield EP
Singles	"Mike Oldfield's Single" "Don Alfonso" "In Dulci Jubilo" "Portsmouth" "William Tell Overture" "Cuckoo Song" "Take Four" "Guilty" "Blue Peter" "Arrival" "Sheba" / "Wonderful Land" "Five Miles Out" "Family Man" "Mistake" "Moonlight Shadow" "Shadow on the Wall" "Crime of Passion" "To France" "Tricks of the Light" "Étude" "Pictures in the Dark" "Shine" "In High Places" "Islands" "The Time Has Come" "Magic Touch" "Flying Start" "Earth Moving" "Innocent" "(One Glance Is) Holy" "Heaven's Open" "Gimme Back" "Sentinel" "Tattoo" "The Bell" "Hibernaculum" "Let There Be Light" "Women of Ireland" "Man in the Rain" "Far Above the Clouds" "To Be Free" "Thou Art in Heaven" "Spheres"
Other songs	"Foreign Affair" "The X-Files Theme" "Introduction 2003" "Surfing" "Song for Survival"
Video albums	The Space Movie Exposed The Essential Live Live at Montreux 1981 The Wind Chimes Tubular Bells II Live Elements Tubular Bells III Live The Art in Heaven Concert
Compilation albums	Boxed Music Wonderland Episodes The Complete Mike Oldfield Elements 4 CD Boxset Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield XXV: The Essential The Best of Tubular Bells Collection The Complete Tubular Bells The Platinum Collection The Mike Oldfield Collection 1974–1983 Two Sides Icon Tubular Beats Moonlight Shadow: The Collection The 1984 Suite
Other media	Changeling MusicVR Tres Lunas Maestro
Related articles	Sally Oldfield Terry Oldfield Anita Hegerland Maggie Reilly The Sallyangie Children of the Sun Isles of Wonder 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
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