“Aliens” by James Horner

There’s a very interesting article on Strange Shapes about what we would’ve gotten, had Ridley Scott directed the Alien II sequel. Long story short, it’s basically Prometheus in a nutshell. And I also predict, we wouldn’t have seen and especially heard James Horner composing a rousing and frenzy score as he did for James Cameron’s Aliens. That would have been a real pity, since it may be my favourite James Horner score of all. And one that most certainly defined my childhood and its nightmares. When I was 10 years old, listening to the vague descriptions from my brother and his friends (“It was…

“Nightcrawler” by James Newton Howard

December 23, 2014April 25, 2017 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Digital Booklets · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Vinyl CoversTags: James Newton Howard · Nightcrawler1 Comment

I love the fact that James Newton Howard can write scores like Maleficent and Nightcrawler within the same year. Compare the lush and romantic beauty of the former with the strange yet oddly efficient combination of electronica and woodwinds of the latter and you couldn’t go further apart. This one wasn’t on my to-do list at all, but once the original artwork (#1) popped up on the net, I changed my mind all of a sudden. Who wouldn’t want to have a picture full of awesomeness on his website? This series started off fairly easy with a custom cover based on the official…

“Interstellar” by Hans Zimmer

November 17, 2014January 16, 2017 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Digital Booklets · Mockups · Original Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Hans Zimmer · Interstellar6 Comments

I was looking forward to Interstellar for a very long time. Back when it still was a Steven Spielberg (and therefore a John Williams) project, I’ve already anticipated every bit of information I could find and reading the plot synopsis about a science fiction film based on Kip Thorne’s theories on gravity and wormholes exalted my imaginations beyond limits. Seeing it coming together as a Christopher Nolan flick made me worried at first. But now, after having seen the movie, I can faithfully say, that this may be the best and truest adaptation I could have ever dreamed of. Even now, days later, I’m still pumped for the…

“The Maze Runner” by John Paesano

October 14, 2014August 25, 2022 Categories: Custom Covers · Limited Signature Edition · Mockups · Original Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: John Paesano · The Maze RunnerLeave a comment

I haven’t heard John Paesano’s recently released score to The Maze Runner yet, but the composer stated officially, that among the music that has influenced his work on it, were John Williams‘ celebrated score for Jurassic Park, Jerry Goldsmith’s haunting compositions for Alien, and Hans Zimmer’s emotive score to The Thin Red Line. Quite an eclectic choice of references. But I’m not here to judge over the music today. I’m here for the design… obviously. It’s the teaser poster by creative agency Cold Open, that caught my eye in the first place. And a few days ago I thought to myself, why…

“Alien” by Jerry Goldsmith

October 4, 2014June 7, 2017 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Digital Booklets · Limited Signature Edition · Original Covers · Remakes · Vinyl CoversTags: Alien · Jerry Goldsmith8 Comments

Faithful followers of my blog might remember an already existing entry to Jerry Goldsmith’s Alien. Indeed, I’ve already published custom covers to this soundtrack as one of the very first posts on HQCovers. But I always wanted to revise them some day and finally this day has come. Actually I’d like to take this opportunity to overhaul the whole Alien saga. But first things first, here’s one of the true classics in Sci-Fi cinema and film music history: Alien. H.R. Giger’s space creature serves both as source of many nightmares, as well as an inspiration to many, incredibly creative works…