“Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Deluxe Edition)” by John Williams

A few weeks ago my dear friend SonicAdventure approached me for a really special collaboration project. A Deluxe Edition of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, containing music from both the official soundtrack and the “For Your Consideration” promo album that was published by Disney during the awards season. Sonic did all the audio wizardry (editing, mixing, mastering), while I was free to do anything with my custom cover art. And it was an absolute blast (as John Williams would call it), by far the most joyful cover making experience I’ve had so far. Naturally for this fan-release I revisited my initial custom…

“Collateral” by James Newton Howard, Antonio Pinto, Tom Rothrock, Various Artists

May 13, 2016November 23, 2016 Categories: Custom Covers · Original CoversTags: Antonio Pinto · Collateral · James Newton Howard · Tom Rothrock · Various ArtistsLeave a comment

Michael Mann’s Collateral is a troubled rag rug of a score, with composer’s duties allegedly split up among nine different people. While James Newton Howard has been the one to walk away with the official credit, Brazilian film score composer Antonio Pinto and also musician/producer Tom Rothrock contributed easily as many musical cues as Howard. However, with the recent release of a Special Collection by Intrada’s this matter has been ended once and for all and Collateral is now officially being considered a James Newton Howard score. Despite that circumstance I’ve decided to keep my custom covers (#2, #3) fairly nonspecific. So no matter what release you…

“It Follows” by Disasterpeace

April 27, 2016October 20, 2025 Categories: Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Disasterpeace · It Follows3 Comments

One of the scariest films of 2015 for me was It Follows by David Robert Mitchell. This clever little indie shocker gave me the creeps! I started watching it fairly relaxed, chillin’ out on my couch on a late friday. Twenty minutes in I was sitting upright, completely awake. Then I started to get paranoid about the wall behind me, or rather the empty space between the wall and the edge of my couch, where I was by this time perched in high tension. Upon reaching the end of the film I had locked myself in the livingroom, blinds down and…

“Minority Report” by John Williams

April 13, 2016January 16, 2017 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Vinyl CoversTags: John Williams · Minority Report1 Comment

Minority Report ranks up pretty high on my personal Steven Spielberg hitlist. In fact it’s still my favourite film of his from this century. Imho it’s one of those rare cases in which a stellar script and an even better screen adaptation result in the pinnacle of blockbuster movie-making. Be it the bleak and high contrasted visuals, an authentic and well thought out world, or the exciting but reasonable action setpieces (a Spielberg trademark!). Minority Report has it all. The level of perfection and craftsmanship is astounding. And I kinda missed that side of Spielberg in the last decade. John…

“High-Rise” by Clint Mansell

April 7, 2016November 12, 2019 Categories: Custom Covers · Making of · Mockups · Original Covers · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Clint Mansell · High-Rise4 Comments

Ben Wheatley’s new film High-Rise is a highly stylized, urban dystopia. A parable of greed and class society, at times chockingly funnny, at other times quite thought-provoking. It takes the same line as Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer and couldn’t be any more relevant these days, even though the literary original is over four decades old. It is also a prime example of a music album I was immediately interested in solely based on its eye-catching artwork. Of course that statement was only true until I got to know the man behind it… Clint Mansell. I’ve always been a fan of his music – after all I dedicated my very…