A collaboration with https://soundcloud.com/aedificium and myself about the extinction of the Dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago.
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Arranged and produced by, Mike Hllton &, Aedificium © 22/11/2023 
You-Tube - https://youtu.be/2izIAqiFSTU

Mike Hilton - Electric, Acoustic & Bass guitars
Aedificium - Percussion & further arrangement
Cover art - New York Times

Extinction

Extinction (collaboration with Aedificium)

A tribute to Mike Oldfield, keeping the genius and his music alive, with a Guitar & Piano cover of this unique & talented composer.
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Mike Hilton - Guitar & Piano.
Original Composer - Mike Oldfield, Angelique, from album Light & Shade, released by Mercury Records © 26/09/2005.
Background photo - Caio (pexels)

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Angelique

Angelique (Mike Oldfield Tribute)

Our Father - produced by Mike Oldfield from the album Light & Shade. 
Another homage to the legend, keeping his music alive with a guitar cover of this great piece of music.
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Words from the man himself;
"I worked on it around the time Pope John Paul II died, 2005, and what a fascinating and wonderful life he had; when he died, it didn't feel like he was gone, and it all just seeped into my consciousness, and ended up with this title. For me, it encapsulates the whole man's lifetime, and his death"
— Mike Oldfield

Guitar - Mike Hilton
Original Composer - Mike Oldfield, Our Father, from the album Light & Shade, released by Mercury Records © 26/09/2005.
Background photo - The Vatican, courtesy of Pexels.

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Our Father

Our Father (Mike Oldfield Tribute)

A tribute to Mike Oldfield with a Guitar Instrumental rendition of the classic tune, Moonlight Shadow.
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Information gathered from Wikipedia;
Released as a single on the 6th May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year.
It has been suggested that the lyrics of the song are a reference to the murder of John Lennon, despite the fact that the events in the song do not correspond with those of Lennon's murder.
When asked whether "Moonlight Shadow" is a reference to John Lennon's murder in a 1995 interview. 
Oldfield responded..
"Not really... well, perhaps, when I look back on it, maybe it was. I actually arrived in New York that awful evening when he was shot and I was staying at the Virgin Records house in Perry Street, which was just a few blocks down the road from the Dakota Building where it happened, so it probably sank into my subconscious. It was originally inspired by a film I loved – Houdini, starring Tony Curtis, which was about attempts to contact Houdini after he'd died, through spiritualism... it was originally a song influenced by that, but a lot of other things must have crept in there without me realising it".

— Mike Oldfield

Lyrics;

[Verse 1]
The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on, worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Lost in a riddle that Saturday night
Far away on the other side
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through

[Verse 2]
The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through

[Chorus]
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven, far away
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven one day

[Verse 3]
Four A.M. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Stars move slowly in the silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night?
But she couldn't find how to push through

[Chorus]
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven, far away
I stay, I pray
See you in Heaven one day

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
Far away on the other side
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy and the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Far away on the other side
But she couldn't find how to push through.

Mike Hilton - lead, rhythm, electric & acoustic Guitars.
Original composition written, produced & recorded from Feb - April, 1983 by Mike Oldfield, & released ©️ 6th April 1983 by Virgin Records.
Cover photo - From my backyard Astrophotography.

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Moonlight Shadow

Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield Tribute)

I wrote this song outta nowhere one day & kept adding to the core riff until this whole piece came about. I really dig it! Using the Phrygian scales there's an obvious "Arabic" flavor to it... not unlike "Miserlou" by Dick Dale. For all the guitar parts I used my ESP/LTD EC1000 ran through the Keeley Parallax Spatial Generator pedal for all the clean parts. The amp I used was my brand new Vox Cambridge set to the classic Vox130 for all cleans & the Double Rectifier for the distortion parts at the end. For the drums I mixed up like 5 different tracks, the 2 main ones are from Guitar Maps Drum Tracks... the Middle Eastern drum tracks were 3 random ones I found while searching & I hate to say, but I can't remember the channels I found them on. As for the title... I kept thinking of stuff like "Storm of Arabia" or "Sands of Arabia" & it all sounded pretentious, so I just decided to cut out the 1st word & go with "Of Arabia". I have always appreciated this kind of music. It can be wildly creative & unique... but I doubt I will attempt to revisit it anytime soon. I got my tune down finally & it was a very long week of trial & error & re-recording & re-mixing.... I'm happy to be done so I can move onto other ideas. For what it's worth though, I am very proud of this song & I hope you can rock it out and enjoy it as I do!

Of Arabia (2025)

I have played guitar since the age of 14 (around 1990 give or take) & I still play to this day... only now instead of playing live or seeking to be in a band, I record my own music at home! I use Audacity software (free!) & basically use a mic to record my guitars, bass & vocals through my various guitar amps. Drums I "program" by downloading tracks from youtube & chopping them up to suit my needs. I write my own music as well as record covers. I'm not a singer & all of my vocals are achieved by doing multiple vocal tracks to create a harmony that is otherwise lacking. Sometimes the results are ok, sometimes it sucks. Either way, making music & taking care of my cats are the 2 main reasons I am on this Earth. I hope you enjoy some of my stuff!

Welcome and thanks for listening.. 

Composer of guitar instrumentals from Australia, producng music & film from the home studio in my spare time purely for enjoyment.

Inspired by some of the guitar greats & instrumental bands from the 60's and 70's era. 
I produce mostly original instrumental guitar tracks. a few covers & tributes, and involved in the odd collaboration.

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