“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” by Alan Silvestri

Just a quick insert for this 80s classic by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. When I stumbled across Alan Silvestri’s album in my music library the other day, I noticed how dreadfully low-res the embedded cover artwork actually was. And to my absolute consternation I was not able to find a better looking version anywhere on the net. Intrada apparently publishes their official covers in a rather lousy resolution of 600×600 pixels only – a mid-level crime in today’s digital age if you ask me. Their Special Collection productions may receive the highest level of care and dedication, however when…

“Ready Player One” by Alan Silvestri

March 25, 2018June 15, 2022 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Mockups · Tribute CoversTags: Alan Silvestri · Ready Player One13 Comments

After my extensive foray into Stranger Realms I thought I’ve had it with tribute art and spoof covers. But then Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One came along and with it a spontaneous idea quickly formed in my head: What about a custom covers series that puts its focus on famous cover art of old (and not so old) game cartridges? An idea I immediately became hooked on and apparently I wasn’t the only one. Just have a look on RP1’s poster campaign and tell me the character set isn’t supposed to look like Sega Mega Drive covers. It’s quite obvious,…

“The Walk” by Alan Silvestri

November 7, 2015November 28, 2016 Categories: Custom Covers · RemakesTags: Alan Silvestri · The WalkLeave a comment

I currently have 55 custom covers series in the works, which take up about 22GB worth of data. And my work-in-progress meter rather tends to rise than to fall. To sync all of my stuff between different devices I use OneDrive, since its iOS app is the only one to show the images in full resolution, and I need that to be able to review current covers and check out certain details. But with Microsoft’s recent statement to cut down the free OneDrive space to 5GB I’m in a bit of trouble. I could either purchase more capacity or get rid of…

Lost Covers, Vol. 1

July 22, 2014June 7, 2017 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Singles/EPs · Vinyl CoversTags: Alan Silvestri · Alexandre Desplat · Anthony Gonzalez · Bioshock · Calexico · Clint Mansell · Consortium · Dawn of the Dead · Flight of the Navigator · Garry Schyman · Godzilla · Graeme Revell · Hans Zimmer · Henning Lohner · Hobbit · Howard Shore · Jeremy Soule · John Carter · John Murphy · Joseph Trapanese · Lennie Moore · Lost Covers · M83 · Marco Beltrami · Mark Orton · Martin Tillman · Michael Giacchino · Moon · Muse · Nebraska · Oblivion · Outcast · SE7EN · Star Trek · Sunshine · T Bone Burnett · The Abyss · The Guard · The Ring · The Ring Two · Tomb Raider · True Detective · Tyler Bates · Underworld · Various Artists · World War Z8 Comments

I don’t know why, but a few days ago, late at night, I was thinking about all my “failed” attempts at creating well-crafted cover art. I was visiting the Final Fantasy Shrine Forums, browsing through all that awesome cover art posted there and I wondered how much time the people over there invest in this creative, time-consuming hobby. Are they as nitpicky as me? Everyone loves his own creations, otherwise we wouldn’t publish it, but for my part it sometimes degenerates a bit. I often spend hours on one single image. I’ve created one cover with thirty-three different font types,…

“Flight of the Navigator” by Alan Silvestri

April 16, 2014December 27, 2016 Categories: Custom Covers · Digital Booklets · Vinyl CoversTags: Alan Silvestri · Flight of the Navigator3 Comments

A few weeks back I got a request to do some custom covers for Alan Silvestri’s 1986 soundtrack to Flight of the Navigator. I never heard the score on album, but the film was one of my childhood favourites, so I gave it a go. Unlike in this day and age, promotional material was rare back then. And high resolution material was almost non-existent. I usually try to avoid working below 1000px image resolution, so this series proved to be a real challenge. The only suitable image I found was a really beautiful painting created by Macedonian artist Marko Manev….