Lost Covers, Vol. 6

Some things never change. A sort of mantra that was sitting on top of one of my first websites. And I guess it is just like that. But some things do change and here are six that have changed over time on HQCovers. Making a virtue of necessity Back in the early 2000s, I started making my own soundtrack covers due to the lack of high quality artwork available. This whole thing really was born out of necessity. Over time I’ve more and more started tackling soundtracks that I don’t even have. And by now I mainly do it for…

“Poltergeist (The Deluxe Edition)” by Jerry Goldsmith

September 5, 2018November 13, 2019 Categories: Custom Covers · Deluxe Edition · Guest Entries · Mockups · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Jerry Goldsmith · Kyle Dixon · Michael Stein · Poltergeist · Stranger Things4 Comments

Hi! My name is SonicAdventure. Usually, I don’t do covers, at least not the ones you can see below. I’m a mastering engineer by trade; that is my hobby, my passion and sometimes my job. You’ve probably encountered one of my remasters before, after all, I collaborated with Heidl numerous times: he does the covers, I do the sound. But that hasn’t always been the case. A decade ago I started out doing everything on my own, including the covers. The reason for designing them was simple: I wanted to print them out and put them on the shelf alongside…

Lost Covers, Vol. 5

March 14, 2018April 12, 2021 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Mockups · Singles/EPs · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Alexis Smith · Alien Isolation · Annihilation · Antoine Taylor · ▲ · Bear McCreary · Ben Salisbury · Benjamin Wallfisch · Blade Runner · Blade Runner 2049 · Blake Neely · Blitz//Berlin · Christian Henson · Danny Elfman · David Wingo · Don't Breathe: Rescored · Episode VIII · Geoff Barrow · Guardians of the Galaxy · Gwenaël Mario Grisi · Hans Zimmer · IT · James Horner · Jerry Goldsmith · Joe Henson · John Williams · Justice League · Kyle Dixon · Lost Covers · Michael Giacchino · Michael Stein · Nathaniel Blume · Rogue One · Star Wars · Steve Jablonsky · Stranger Things · Take Shelter · The Eighties · The Last Jedi · The Nineties · The Seventies · The Sixties · The Void · The Walkung Dead · Through the Clouds · Titanic · Transformers · Transformers 5: The Last Knight · Tyler Bates · Various Artists1 Comment

This years entry of our ongoing series “Lost Covers” contains a wide array of different works. Like its predecessors, most covers in here showcase all kinds of failures and *whatcangowrongs* in cover design. But there also are little gemstones like my contract work for Gwenaël Mario Grisi, a rising Belgian composer whose overnight(!) composition Through the Clouds definitely was one of the most beautiful tracks I’ve heard in 2017. Also, Gwenaël has his own IMdb page, so he’s officially my new best friend ;) The overall amount of commissioned covers is unusually high this time. Not royalty-based though, only voluntary…

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

October 19, 2017November 13, 2020 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Mockups · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Kyle Dixon · Michael Stein · Stranger Things · Various Artists16 Comments

If you’re following my facebook channel you may have already seen a lot of these covers. It was at the end of August when Netflix began to put out weekly Stranger Things tribute posters, each one resembling a famous movie from the past. Back then I was working on a new, massive sci-fi project and I felt a little exhausted designing inserts, back covers and disc labels. Any distraction felt like a welcome change. So I began to turn those posters into square album covers, if only to take a little breath. Though I didn’t realize the new heights this…

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

August 19, 2016April 13, 2021 Categories: Alternates/Rejected Covers · Custom Covers · Original Covers · Singles/EPs · Tribute Covers · Vinyl CoversTags: Kyle Dixon · Michael Stein · Stranger Things · Various Artists9 Comments

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…