The Custom Covers Thread

[Andy 4,141]

Not my design, but that of the artist Tony Stella. 
 

[1977 1,743]

That is easily the best bit of DoD art I have seen.

[JNHFan2000 2,968]

6 hours ago, Andy said:

Not my design, but that of the artist Tony Stella. 
 

The title design from this is much better than the one on the official posters

[raferjanders 237]

A new take on The Patriot ...

[Molly Weasley 100]

Just to add to the endless DoD covers, here's one with the same exact format as the original, but where the logo definitely should have been 

 

[Schilkeman 964]

 

[St Jimmy 16]

On 02/07/2023 at 6:38 AM, raferjanders said:

A new take on The Patriot ...

I did something similar last night, I had different font for the text. I used the cover for Saving Private Ryan for inspiration. 

[1977 1,743]

1 hour ago, St Jimmy said:

I did something similar last night, I had different font for the text. I used the cover for Saving Private Ryan for inspiration. 

 

Very nice. The font looks suitably Jim Titusey although I guess the Disney connection means this will never come from LLL.

[St Jimmy 16]

9 hours ago, JTWfan77 said:

 

Very nice. The font looks suitably Jim Titusey although I guess the Disney connection means this will never come from LLL.

Probably not. Intrada might get lucky though, they managed to release a couple expanded Disney titles. We'll just have to wait and see...

[St Jimmy 16]

I worked these up at the beginning of the year, in order to finish out the series started by La-la Land Records. "Order of the Phoenix" turned out to be my favorite.  

[raferjanders 237]

A newer take on The Patriot ...

[mattrushing02 23]

On 06/07/2023 at 6:49 PM, St Jimmy said:

I worked these up at the beginning of the year, in order to finish out the series started by La-la Land Records. "Order of the Phoenix" turned out to be my favorite.  

 

I really wish they would do this!

[Thor 7,521]

I have several promos in my collection that do not have a cover at all. Kinda frustrating. For example, I have to slap together something like this in 1 minute to have something displayed in my iTunes, instead of an ugly, grey question mark. If anyone is keen to take on a cover for Ira Newborn's promo THE IRA NEWBORN STORY, that would be cool. But not expecting anything.

 

Track list for this self-published promo release: https://www.discogs.com/release/22458943-Ira-Newborn-Ira-Newborn

 

 

[wholock 75]

Lorne Balfe - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

 

 

 

[Holko 9,532]

Here's a concept for MouseHunt:

 

 

The movie's so stylish and dark, I hate how its marketing is full of brightness and kiddie coloured blocks, the OST cover (lazily copypasted for the Varese) especially. Something like this would represent it far better.

[St Jimmy 16]

Was kinda hesitant to post this for a little while, simply because I wasn't sure if it needed a little extra touch. 

Wouldn't it be nice if we were gifted with this after 50 YEARS of going without even a 30 minute LP? 

[Tallguy 3,401]

Been a long time since I've seen the movie, but wow, Atherton is kind of a spec on that cover isn't he?

[Mr. Who 919]

Mission Impossible 7:

[raferjanders 237]

Mousehunt (an old one)

 

 

@JTWfan77

I took up your challenge of making covers for those Eric Stern recordings. Here's the first:

 

[filmmusic 1,843]

1 hour ago, raferjanders said:

for those Eric Stern recordings.

Is this the most complete recording of A Streetcar named Desire?

 

edit: Never mind. I found it in discogs.com, and I see it isn't.

[1977 1,743]

5 hours ago, raferjanders said:

@JTWfan77

I took up your challenge of making covers for those Eric Stern recordings. Here's the first:

 

 

Excellent! Thanks very much. This first one looks terrific 👍

 

Has anyone done a cover for the London re-recording of Holdridge's Splash, recently issued on CD-R on demand and digital by Dragons Domain?

[raferjanders 237]

A Streetcar Named Desire - I changed the colour levels, looks better now + some new revisions.

 

 

 

 

[1977 1,743]

Thanks @raferjanders!

[Mr. Who 919]

Here is an updated version of my MI7 cover, using cursive text:

[Mr. Who 919]

Here are some more covers for MI7:

[Mr. Who 919]

Here is my complete collection of covers for Westworld S1-4:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/162181720@N04/albums/72177720309922387

 

Click the link to get to the Album on Flickr!

[raferjanders 237]

 

 

 

 

[a good little monkey 23]

@raferjanders I just want to say that I've learned about the existence of so many movies via your brilliant covers, incredible that so many of them have such great artwork.

[raferjanders 237]

Thank you for the kind words my friend, they are much appreciated.
For me this is an area where soundtrack producers let us down a lot of the time, as films used to have such evocative and individually tailored artwork crafted for them from all corners of the globe ... plenty to choose from. Anyway, onwards and upwards

 

 

 

[wholock 75]

Harry Gregson-Williams - Meg 2: The Trench

 

 

[1977 1,743]

1 hour ago, wholock said:

Harry Gregson-Williams - Meg 2: The Trench

 

 

These are terrific 👍

 

Done any for the 1st Meg?

[heidl 359]

I did
 

https://hqcovers.net/2018/08/08/the-meg-by-harry-gregson-williams/

[heidl 359]

Oppenheimer

Ludwig Göransson

 

Official posters:
 

 

 

 

Fan posters:

 

 

 

 

Poster credits:
 

Arvindh Krishnan

William J Harris

Agustin R. Michel

 

[JTN 2,047]

1 hour ago, heidl said:

Oppenheimer

Ludwig Göransson

 

Official posters:
 

 

 

 

Fan posters:

 

 

 

 

Poster credits:
 

Arvindh Krishnan

William J Harris

Agustin R. Michel

 

The third official poster is brutal, very effective.

[Frank Vincent 234]

Home Alone (John Williams)

 

 

Navy Seals (Sylvester Levay)

 

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

Made a bunch of covers for Marvel's Secret Invasion by Kris Bowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[raferjanders 237]

Some titles from yesteryear ...

 

 

 

 

[mattrushing02 23]

Blue Beetle

 

[tintacle 314]

OPPENHEIMER

Ludwig Göransson

 

    

I didn't see the film until yesterday, so now it was my turn to contribute.
I'm surprised no one (at least to my knowledge) has done this yet, these were made from the original black and white photographs of the Trinity test.

[mattrushing02 23]

Ahsoka 

 

 

[Steve H 24]

Jaws 2

[raferjanders 237]

 

 

 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,554]

22 minutes ago, raferjanders said:

 

A great score, from a thoroughly underrated film.

 

 

On 25/07/2023 at 5:06 AM, raferjanders said:

 

 

 

The dogs of war...

The best **** mercenaries

in the business

Great film.

[crumbs 14,319]

On 02/07/2023 at 8:38 PM, raferjanders said:

A new take on The Patriot ...

 

On 06/07/2023 at 9:45 PM, St Jimmy said:

I did something similar last night, I had different font for the text. I used the cover for Saving Private Ryan for inspiration. 

 

These are great, a huge improvement on the OST cover!

 

I really hope we don't get a straight reissue of the OST cover for the eventual Intrada release... :/ I suspect Gibson's contract stipulates his name and likeness must be featured prominently on any albums though.

[Holko 9,532]

On 28/08/2023 at 7:31 AM, crumbs said:

These are great, a huge improvement on the OST cover!

Yeah, that cover's pretty bad and messy. These are a lot more... iconic? Definitely far better!

[crumbs 14,319]

I mean, anything's better than the OST cover...

[Holko 9,532]

Why are a lot of those covers so lazy? Badly put together images, slapped on text with no dimension, often not even legible as it went across multiple colours...

[crumbs 14,319]

It's just an atrocious film poster unfortunately. This is before the days where Photoshop was as accessible:

 

 

Just comparing the two, clearly Gibson's name needs to be X% as large as the film's title, contractually.

 

[Holko 9,532]

5 minutes ago, crumbs said:

clearly Gibson's name needs to be X% as large as the film's title, contractually.

 

Hmm, wonder if other posters/score covers can support that.

 

7 minutes ago, crumbs said:

This is before the days where Photoshop was as accessible:

John Knoll wrote it in the late 80s, how long did it need???

[crumbs 14,319]

Just now, Holko said:

John Knoll wrote it in the late 80s, how long did it need???

 

He was too busy writing Rogue One.

 

Just now, Holko said:

Hmm, wonder if other posters/score covers can support that.

 

Well this cover breaks new ground by having Gibson look slightly to the left!