Voyager is the 17th music album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1996. It is a Celtic-themed album.
The album was the last in the original three album deal which Oldfield had signed with Warner after leaving Virgin, starting with Tubular Bells II. Oldfield would stay with Warner until 2003, where his final album for the label was Tubular Bells 2003.
The music on this album is the most overtly Celtic music Mike Oldfield has produced. The album had originally been recorded acoustically using only hand-played instruments. Apparently the daughter of an executive of Warner Music expressed her feelings that the album may have been a little boring; thus Oldfield added Synthesizers and more instruments to the album.
"The Hero" is a Scottish piece originally written by James Scott Skinner in 1903, as "Hector the Hero". "Women of Ireland", and "She Moves Through the Fair" are traditional Irish songs. "Dark Island" is a Scottish song; the original music was written by Iain Maclachlan in 1958, and the words were written by David Silver in 1962. "Flowers of the Forest" is a traditional Scottish song, a lament for the defeat at Flodden in 1513. "The Song of the Sun" is composed by Bieito Romero from Celtic band Luar na Lubre.
"Mont Saint-Michel", a piece on the album composed by Oldfield, refers to a tidal island in France.
• Mike Oldfield
• Maire Breatnach – Fiddle
• London Voices – Choir
• Noel Eccles – Percussion
• Liam O'Flynn – Uillean pipes
• Highland Pipers
• Sean Keane – Fiddle
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Matt Molloy – Flutes, Tin Whistles
• John Myers – Tin Whistle/Fiddle
• David Spillane – Uillean Pipes/Low whistle
• Pat Walsh
• Gregg Jackman – Assistant Engineer
• Tom Newman – Assistant Engineer
• Richard Barrie – Technical Engineer
• Robin Smith – Arrangement of "Mont St. Michel"
• Henry Jackman – Additional Programming