“Jupiter Ascending” by Michael Giacchino

Oscar Season! It’s that time of the year again. When Hollywood is collectively blowing its own horn. But because all critics are busy watching the screeners that filesharers are so grateful to share with us all, any film released during January and February automatically falls into that awardless oblivion. And so Oscar chances for all other professions associated with the film are ruined as well. Much to Michael Giacchino’s demise Jupiter Ascending is one of those films. One that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will pretend not to exist by the end of the year (just like they did with…

“Inherent Vice” by Jonny Greenwood, Various Artists

February 9, 2015August 25, 2022 Categories: Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Inherent Vice · Jonny Greenwood · Various Artists1 Comment

A quick throw-in for Jonny Greenwood’s latest effort. The whole ad campaign for Inherent Vice takes us back to Boogie Nights times and I’m sure every P.T. Anderson fan goes nuts for this film. Overall this 80’s inspired neon style is currently coming back big time. To use this widescreen banner for the custom digipack was self-evidently, I’m only wondering why no-one else did it before me (at least in the custom cover circles I’m hanging around). Not much work was necessary for this cover. I just had to get hold of the proper font types (“Drescher Grotesk” and “HLT RollingPen“) and extended the artwork a little bit…

“Alien³” by Elliot Goldenthal

February 5, 2015June 7, 2017 Categories: Custom Covers · Remakes · Vinyl CoversTags: Alien · Alien3 · Alien³ · Elliot Goldenthal2 Comments

Alien³ by Elliot Goldenthal might be my favourite Alien score out of them all. It’s just so dark and menacing, it’s a real beast, unleashed by its composer. I think out of all the Alien films, this is the one that benefits the most from its soundtrack. Right from the opening logos (“20th Century Fox Fanfare“) we know we’re in trouble. And by the end (“Adagio“) the whole production difficulties are forgiven and forgotten, blown into space by Goldenthal’s Opus Magnum. My cover series starts out fairly subtle with a carefully altered remake of the original artwork (#1). I re-created the…

“Alien Isolation” by Christian Henson, Joe Henson, Alexis Smith, Jerry Goldsmith

January 13, 2015November 12, 2019 Categories: Custom Covers · Digital Booklets · Making of · Mockups · Vinyl CoversTags: Alexis Smith · Alien · Alien Isolation · Christian Henson · Jerry Goldsmith · Joe HensonLeave a comment

Why would anyone want to do covers for an apparently nonexistant soundtrack album? Well… First and foremost, because Alien Isolation is just one fucking awesome video game! I don’t play far as much as I used to, but Isolation is so immersive, it managed to keep me glued to the screen until four o’clock in the morning. It’s that gripping and tense! No matter what, the graphics, the sound design or the overall programming, it’s brilliant in every aspect. Another reason may be that there is indeed an inofficial bootleg album floating out there… and thus there may very well be demand…

“Looper” by Nathan Johnson

January 12, 2015December 27, 2016 Categories: Custom Covers · Deluxe Edition · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Vinyl CoversTags: Looper · Nathan Johnson2 Comments

Ever since Brick I’m a Rian Johnson fan. I was delighted to see him being catapulted into Hollywood’s writer/director A-list with the success of his Sci-Fi-Brainer Looper. I think the film is a classic grower, that gets better and better with every viewing. Oddly enough, as often as I have seen it already, I’ve never really noticed Nathan Johnson’s score for it. And I still can’t recall any piece of music from the film to this date (unlike Brick which I love listening to). To be honest, my main motivation for doing this series, was the original cover artwork (#1) which looks really fantastic! I love…