“Stranger Things” by Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Various Artists

Netflix’s Stranger Things is without a doubt this summer’s biggest TV sensation. No wonder the clamour for its original score was loud among fans. And the producers did answer in form of a massive 75-tracks-set, divided into two separate albums. Show ’em all you’ve got instead of setting a few specific marks, that probably was the motto behind those two releases. And while I do appreciate complete and expanded scores a lot, I’m a bit overwhelmed by that huge amount of music. But who am I to judge? I actually started working on this custom covers series before the official…

Lost Covers, Vol. 3

May 18, 2016September 8, 2025 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Deluxe Edition · Mockups · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Vinyl CoversTags: Billy Goldenberg · Borislav Slavov · Brian Tyler · Chris Bacon · Crysis · Disasterpeace · Duel · Earthrise · Ennio Morricone · Fallout · Fallout 3 · Gods of Egypt · Hans Zimmer · Inon Zur · It Follows · Jaws · Jerry Goldsmith · John Williams · Jurassic World · Karim Elmahmoudi · Kevin Kiner · Lorne Balfe · Lost Covers · Lost in Translation · Marco Beltrami · Michael Giacchino · Minority Report · Mulan · Source Code · Star Wars · Star Wars Rebels · Tenacious D · The Force Awakens · The Hateful Eight · The Pick of Destiny · Tilman Sillescu · Tomorrowland · Vanilla Sky · Various Artists · War of the WorldsLeave a comment

The unwanted brainchilds, the dispassionate requests, the okay’ish ones I guess and the late comers. Also the lone wolves that’d definitely deserve a single post but somehow didn’t end up in one. They all suffer the same fate: Being dumped into this consolation prize of a blog entry, without the chance of ever being the single featured image on the front page. For the third time now. I should rename this series into The Good, the Bad and the Tragically Misjudged. But Lost Covers rolls off the tongue more elegantly. Though not everything’s lost on these to be honest. This time I’ve included two covers, that rightfully deserve a gallery…

“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…

“You and the Night” by M83

January 21, 2016December 27, 2016 Categories: Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Vinyl CoversTags: M83 · You and the Night1 Comment

Have you ever heard about You and the Night? An independently produced “sex comedy” from French filmmaker Yann Gonzalez, brother and ex-bandmate of M83 mastermind Anthony Gonzalez. Chances are good, that you haven’t. And no-one is to blame you, for this is really an obscure, little film. But – let me tell you that: its score is absolutely beautiful! Anthony Gonzalez paints a warm and retroesque, almost dreamlike soundscape. But it’s not the music that initially drew me towards this record. It was the amazing cover artwork designed by Mondo-regular Kilian Eng (#1). More than once I have bought music solely because of…

“Vanilla Sky” by Nancy Wilson, Various Artists

June 30, 2015November 12, 2019 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Original Covers · Remakes · Singles/EPs · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Nancy Wilson · Vanilla Sky · Various Artists1 Comment

Vanilla Sky might be one of my favourite Cameron Crowe films, although it’s an almost frame by frame remake (or in the words of the director, cover) of Pedro Almodovar’s Open Your Eyes. Crowe even cast the same lead actress for it. But he created such a stylistic and well-directed film, that you can sense his love for the original material in every scene. It’s like customizing your favourite album art… (we’ll talk about that later) … a true labor of love. I actually created all of these custom covers in a rush sometime late last year – after hitting upon the idea…