In 2018, Newman stated that when Horn was brought into the project, he insisted that the instruments be sequenced rather than played by hand, which led to a major falling-out between Newman and Horn. To produce the album, Oldfield chose Trevor Horn with assistance from Tom Newman, who had also helped to produce Tubular Bells.
He kept a progress chart in his home studio, writing directly onto the wallpaper in pen his first entry was in June 1991 when he recorded the first piano figure for the album. Writing and recording īefore Oldfield started to write music for the album, he revisited Tubular Bells and mapped out its composition into different coloured sections.
Oldfield praised management at Warner for expressing interest in his music and offering constructive suggestions that would help sales without feeling "tied by them", as opposed to Virgin. At the same time he signed a two album recording deal with Warner Music UK following negotiations with chairman Rob Dickins. After releasing Heavens Open (1991), his final album for Virgin, Oldfield felt the time was right to start on a sequel to Tubular Bells. The album became Oldfield's best selling album which had continued to sell around 100,000 each year. Oldfield also felt that making a sequel in the 1970s, so soon after its release, would have been "far too obvious" and may lead to creative burnout. Virgin had pressed Oldfield to produce a sequel to his debut album Tubular Bells (1973) for a number of years but Oldfield resisted, partly due to his increasing dissatisfaction in Virgin's efforts to promote his albums and his rift with co-founder Richard Branson. In January 1991 Oldfield's contract with Virgin Records expired, thus ending a partnership that had lasted since 1972 as the first musician signed to the label.
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