“Star Wars: Andor” by Nicholas Britell

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The music score to Tony Gilroy’s Star Wars anthology series Andor is a difficult beast. The series itself, a gripping political thriller and perhaps the best that Star Wars had to offer for years, isn’t exactly easy to follow. But Nicholas Britell’s music demands your full attention too to keep you from bouncing off it. Once you’ve come to terms with the fact that you’re in a completely different musical universe to John Williams’ film scores, Andor will provide you with some new and fresh aspects that you have never heard under the Star Wars banner before. On first listen,…

“Star Wars – The Japan Editions” by John Williams

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  When I stumbled upon the Japan Edition of The Rise of Skywalker at some point in 2019, I wondered why the Japanese get these wonderful designs while we, the rest of the world, have to deal with mundane stock artwork? Clearly there’s gotta be someone who had to deal with that injustice, so why not me? I spent about half an hour to remake The Rise of Skywalker in square format. And then I decided I’d do the same for The Last Jedi, yet with a few subtle differences compared to the official cover art. And because I was…

“Stranger Things: Season Three & Four” by Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Various Artists

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Happy Stranger Things day! Today is November 6th, the day Will Byers went missing in the show’s first season and a good opportunity for me to head back into the upside-down. A few years ago, I had published a really extensive collection of tribute covers for the first two seasons, mainly based on movies from the 80s. After weeks and weeks of creative labor I thought that I was more or less done with Stranger Things. I’ve made just too many covers back then and there were not enough 80s cult hits left for me to tackle. But when I…

“Backing Tracks” by Pearl Jam

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After a long time, I have once again decided to publish a non-soundtrack entry on my blog. There may very well be more of these in the future and I’m already thinking about grouping them into their own category on the main page. But don’t worry, dear film music aficionados, HQCovers will continue to be a blog primarily dedicated to original and customized soundtrack artworks. Still, please bear with me if I deviate from this approach every now and then. For example, today. A few weeks ago I accidentally stumbled on an open source freeware called “Ultimate Vocal Remover” and…

“Kill Bill” by Various Artists

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There are days when I feel like Kill Bill was the absolute best Quentin Tarantino has ever been. It’s been sitting super high on my personal Tarantino shortlist for a long time and there are indeed a lot of highlights to be found in these films. Overall it’s a tremendously enjoyable pop culture round trip. A true 60s and 70s blaxploitation galore with QT behind the lens in full force and effect. And it for sure stands as a staple in Quentin Tarantino’s career as being a distinctive turning point from rather realistic auteur films to sprawling cinephile extravaganzas. Virtually…