“Shadow of the Colossus: Roar of the Earth” by Kow Otani

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The cover series for Shadow of the Colossus: Roar of the Earth has to be one of my all-time favourites. I literally couldn’t wait to upload this collection and show it to you. I’m splitting this entry into two parts, because I created two different kinds of covers. At first three general artworks, which apply to the soundtrack as a whole. A remake (#1) of the original cover as it was released by King Record Co. in 2005. Followed by a custom design based on the official game box art (#2). I had to crop it a little and moved Wander on…

“Oblivion” by Anthony Gonzalez, Joseph Trapanese, M83

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When I first saw the teaser poster for Joseph Kosinski’s second feature film Oblivion, I immediately knew I would design custom covers for its soundtrack. There are certain colour palettes and temperatures, that draw my attention every time, I can’t help it. The score was composed by M83’s Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese and has a few standout tracks, e.g. “StarWaves”, which reminds me of John Murphy’s Sunshine. Or “Radiaton Zone”, which features a drum battle(!) between Loic Maurin and Ilan Rubin. Great Stuff! The custom covers fill the whole range from dead easy to damn difficult. My first entry (#1)…

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” by Howard Shore

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My main reason for looking forward to Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit was all the new music composed by Howard Shore. I even was happy about the fact, that suddenly there should be three movies instead of two – meaning that even more music would be composed and released as soundtracks (and probably Complete Recordings) in the wake of the films. Another fun aspect for me of course, was designing custom covers. Looking back at the fun I had with all the The Lord of the Rings soundtracks and it’s various covers, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the…

“127 Hours” by A.R. Rahman, Various Artists

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An absolutely stunning design work for the soundtrack to 127 Hours by A.R. Rahman (#1). The hourglass metaphor is just one aspect I love in this artwork. The colours are gorgeous and the imagery of Aaron Ralston clinging to these stylized rocks to avoid falling to the bottom of the hourglass (and metaphorical to his death) is genius. It’s amazing how Danny Boyle always brings out the best ideas in the people he works with on his films. I found it hard, to come up with something, that don’t fall completely flat against the original artwork. Hopefully I managed to…