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4.13. Bar 345 (12:28) - 443

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We recognize the tune sung, it's tune B. The sound is very monotonous, just song doubled by a string synthesizer. The tune is made up of 7 "units", and is repeated 7 times. You may wonder whether Oldfield was conscious about this, maybe trying to make "Ommadawn" a bit mysterious. The number seven was a very special number, a magical number. In some religions seven is a holy number.

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Created: 18 August, 2004 - Last changed: 18 August, 2004 - Comments (0)