“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” by Bear McCreary

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…

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,…

“Godzilla” by Alexandre Desplat

May 9, 2014January 12, 2020 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Digital Booklets · Making of · Mockups · Original Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Alexandre Desplat · Godzilla18 Comments

There are only a handful of new soundtracks each year that I want to support with custom album art. I normally pick my choices solely based on the respective directors or composers involved (this year that would be Gone Girl, Interstellar and The Hobbit). It happens very rarely that I encounter a new movie poster and immediately feel the urge to turn it into a custom cover. But it did happen in March with the SXSW poster to Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla. I quite enjoyed his directorial debut Monsters, but the art design for his follow-up project downright blew me away! From the posters campaign to the trailer (and hopefully so to Alexandre Desplat’s…