- He was the very first act to be signed on by Virgin Records, when the company was launched by Richard Branson. Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", Virgin's first release, went on to become a multi-million seller abetted, in no small part, by the fact that it became inexorably linked to the box office hit movie, The Exorcist (1973).
- Has written at least two songs for or about his children. "Molly" from the album "QE2" (1980) and "Innocent" (about his daughter Greta) from the album "Earth Moving" (1989).
- Brother of musicians Terry Oldfield and Sally Oldfield.
- Two children with Anita Hegerland: daughter Greta Oldfield & son Noah Oldfield.
- Currently resides in UK and Ibiza (May 2002)
- Returns to Balearic Islands. (December 2007)
- William Friedkin discovered the famous film soundtrack music by "needle dropping," i.e., listening to a few seconds of each track from endless stacks of records (old-style vinyl disks). Upon his first sampling of Tubular Bells, he immediately recognized it as the music he'd been seeking for The Exorcist.
- Three children with Sally Cooper: Molly, Dougal & Luke.
- Mark Snow, composer of all the music score for the TV series The X-Files (1993), paid tribute to Oldfield with "Tubular X", created specifically for The X Files (1998).
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