“The Last of Us Part II” by Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle

It’s June 18th, 23:59 and I am sitting on the couch in my basement staring at the countdown that’s projected onto the wall in front of me. It’s the final seconds before the release of The Last of Us Part II. A game that I certainly had on my release radar, but deliberately tried not to get hyped for. Still, here I was, in the middle of the night, waiting for the game to be unlocked. You can’t deny your inner child, can you? Ready for bed, I just wanted to take a short glimpse at the opening scenes to…

“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” by Bear McCreary

January 30, 2020June 26, 2020 Categories: Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Bear McCreary · Godzilla · King of the Monsters3 Comments

My collection for 2017s Kong: Skull Island undoubtedly included the most elaborate custom cover I have ever, ever created. From the first draft to the finished mockup it took me literally weeks! So many evenings I didn’t do nothing but sitting in a blue-lighted room all by myself. In hindsight it was absolutely ridiculous how much time I wasted on that thing. Don’t get me wrong, I really love the finished design and I still love to look at it nowadays. But it also feels kinda wrong to have spent so much time on a score that didn’t leave a…

“1917” by Thomas Newman

January 9, 2020June 26, 2020 Categories: Custom Covers · Mockups · Vinyl CoversTags: 1917 · Thomas Newman2 Comments

Another year, another Oscar nomination for Thomas Newman – which must feel a bit like a bad joke for this accomplished composer by now. As mentioned in an earlier blog post for The Green Mile, Thomas Newman so far was nominated for an Oscar every 1.5 years on average – only to regularly lose out on the award ceremony.While many of these defeats may well be justified, there have also been some years in which he certainly deserved to take home the Oscar with him. American Beauty in 2000 or Road to Perdition in 2003 to name just a few….

“Red Dead Redemption 2” by Woody Jackson, Daniel Lanois, Various Artists

November 5, 2019January 18, 2023 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Remakes · Singles/EPs · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Daniel Lanois · Red Dead Redemption · Red Dead Redemption 2 · Various Artists · Woody Jackson11 Comments

After months and months working entirely on one single custom covers collection I’m finally done with Red Dead Redemption 2. Like every so often I didn’t plan to do an undertaking this big, but once things kick into gear there’s hardly anyone who’s going to stop me (obviously). But if there’s one single game in the last couple years that deserves this kind of dedication, it’s certainly RDR2. Rockstar Games have had hundreds of people developing this epic tale for seven years and you can see, hear and feel the results of these efforts in every single aspect of the…

“True Grit” by Carter Burwell

April 19, 2019February 6, 2020 Categories: Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Carter Burwell · True Grit6 Comments

When I watched the Coen Brothers’ True Grit in cinema I was kinda underwhelmed. I found it to be too tedious and I quickly dismissed it for not having enough drama or tension. It was only recently that I finally figured out what a stupid dickhead I was. True Grit is not about retelling an oh-so-clever plot, something I am unintentionally hoping for in every new Coen Bros film ever since I saw Fargo (the most twisted tall tale ever!). It’s a simple campfire story with a down-to-earth reality to it, depicting the journey of three disparate human beings, each…