The Custom Covers Thread

[Delorean90 23]

I'm bored, any requests?

How about a series of similar-styled covers for all the Star Wars scores, including also video game scores,

such as The Force Unleashed, Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II, and Shadows of the Empire?

Sounds interesting. Rpvee, what is it you're after?

This probably won't appeal to most, but I thought I'd throw it up anyway. An attempt to do something a bit different.

Where'd you get that track list, Charlie--is that from a DVD rip, an actual boot, make-believe, or what?

[Charlie Brigden 4]

It's from a bootleg that's made the rounds. I believe it's a mix of edits from the OST and a DVD-rip, although I'm not 100% certain. However, 90% of the names are tracks I renamed.

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

Great job, Erik! Thanks for making a better Mummy 3 version than I did.

[Erik Woods 182]

Great job, Erik! Thanks for making a better Mummy 3 version than I did.

Too bad I can't spell the word PICTURE correctly. Just noticed it now!

-Erik-

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

LOL. Oh well; with a bit of luck, fixing it isn't too hard...

[Luke Skywalker 602]

I just finished these:

I havent put tracknames since my 2CD playlist is not going to match anyones'. (I made two complete scores, one with the alternates and the songs in spanish)

[Mr. Breathmask 403]

Neat. Another one that's going on my iTunes.

[Charlie Brigden 4]

I just finished these:

I havent put tracknames since my 2CD playlist is not going to match anyones'. (I made to complete scores, one with the alternates and the songs in spanish)

Very nice. I like the back cover image a lot.

My only issue is with the placement of text. It seems a bit out of balance, and doesn't seem to fit with the layout at the moment. But solve that and you're golden.

[Luke Skywalker 602]

My only issue is with the placement of text. It seems a bit out of balance, and doesn't seem to fit with the layout at the moment. But solve that and you're golden.

I suppose you mean the goldsmith and co. text.

the final cover i made was full of text i could not put it anywhere (on the right side oc courage and co goes the * performed by, ** performed by... etc.

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Layout and placement of text is always one of the things I find hardest when designing a cover. It can be a nightmare with some covers, and sometimes you just have to decide what's important to put on there without affecting the overall look

Here's one I just had a bit of fun with (need to fix the Columbia logo on the spines though).

[woj 2201]

Charlie, is that a real album?!

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Nope, it's just a fun one I did. Titles are from SW: Robot Chicken.

[Laserschwert 149]

Here are my Indy-expanded covers... (fold the fronts in half and off you go).

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

Absolutely awesome job! Thanks very much!

Not sure, when I find time to do the backs (especially since the track-listings will most probably vary, depending on what you put on your expanded sets).

If you make them without tracklistings at all, people can just add their own on top.

[Trent B 276]

I just finished these:

That looks similar to the one I've done. I must admit I do like yours a bit better.

[Trent B 276]

Damn it... they totally revamped the official site for The Matrix. I wanted to download some of the photos from there so I could redo my covers for all three Matrix scores. I can't right click and save the photos in the gallery section any more like I used to. Does anyone know how to work around that? They use adobe flash player...and the site is http://www.whatisthematrix.com

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

PrintScreen and Paste in Paint or something like that?

[Kendal_Ozzel 31]

Here are some that I've thrown together over the past few months. Nothing special but I needed these for iTunes.

That should be Jesse Harlin, actually. Nice covers though!

[Trent B 276]

PrintScreen and Paste in Paint or something like that?

Tried that doesn't work because you still got the little icons on that main screen and everything else.

[Jacob 0]

You could try the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://whatis...warnerbros.com/

[Charlie Brigden 4]

First Contact (Complete) 1CD.

[Erik Woods 182]

That should be Jesse Harlin, actually. Nice covers though!

It has been corrected. Thanks for pointing it out. I also fixed the Mummy 3 art.

-Erik-

[Trent B 276]

Charlie the First Contact cover looks good however, your First Contact score for the first disc isn't complete. It should be 30 tracks not 28.

01. Main Title

02. Locutus

03. The Enterprise-E

04. Battle Watch

05. Red Alert

06. Temporal Wake

07. April 4th, 2063

08. The Phoenix

09. First Sign Of Borg

10. 39.1 Degrees Celsius

11. Approaching Engineering

12. Retreat

13. The Borg Queen

14. Assimilation

15. Welcome Aboard

16. The Gift Of Flesh

17. Definitely Not Swedish

18. Watch Your Caboose, Dix

19. Fully Functional

20. The Dish

21. Bridge Argument

22. A Quest For Vengeance

23. Evacuate

24. The Escape Pods

25. All The Time

26. The Starship Chase

27. Resistance Is Futile!

28. Victory Over The Borg

29. First Contact

30. End Credits

Main Title and Locutus should be two separate tracks. What's presented on the OST are actually alternates especially for Locutus. You're missing "All The Time" too.

[Jay 12216]

Hmmm my First Contact boot has 25 tracks...

[Wycket 34]

And mine has 29!

Interesting.....

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Well, I combined tracks 1 and 2, and 'All The Time' on mine is on disc 2 with the alternates.

[Trent B 276]

All The Time was used in the film and should go where I have it listed. It should be in with the main score, not on Disc 2 and it's not "unused".

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Well gosh, I'll change it right away.

[Trent B 276]

I did some quick simple covers for my Jurassic Park III score. I reinserted the missing bits from the rear channel DVD rips and some tracks go into each other just like in the film.

[Nick Parker 2336]

My opinon may be tainted by my opinion of the film, so take this criticsim with a "grain of salt", Trent. The front cover and the bottom picture look well enough, but I do not like that top-left picture there.

[Trent B 276]

That's just your opinion but the covers I do are mostly for myself and it's the picture I wanted to have. If you don't like it, you don't have to use it plain and simple.

[Nick Parker 2336]

Oh I know, and I apologize if I sounded like I was saying that your covers are utter wastes of time.

[Trent B 276]

You could try the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://whatis...warnerbros.com/

You can get to certain things with those links but once you try to move beyond that it always brings up can't display page or connection error or something.

[fommes 82]

Does anybody still have those John Takis & Ricard Temple of Doom covers they made for that VHS rip, in full quality? I'd like to use it for my personal covers.

[Luke Skywalker 602]

I wanted to do this one ever since they put it on Drew Struzan homepage:

I hope you like it

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

Looks very good. But isn't it rather similar to the real OST, apart from the reddish background?

[Trent B 276]

I have finally finished up my own custom covers for the complete scores for The Matrix Trilogy. I've edited quite a few of the cues from all three scores to run into each other like they do in the film in case if anyone was curious about that. I've definitely nailed down resizing things properly now.

These are of course not the full size ones, I think photobucket has resized them.

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Very well done. My only issue is with the font. I don't think it fits the aesthetic of The Matrix very well. I like the cover of the first one very much, it's quite striking.

[Luke Skywalker 602]

Looks very good. But isn't it rather similar to the real OST, apart from the reddish background?

Its the original poster, without the oversized Vader mask mad in 'post-production'

And the text layout fits EpII.

Which i think, i will make EPI and the OT to match that

[Charlie Brigden 4]

I have to say, I think the original is better. Using that poster is a great concept, as the image is better, but it looks muddled the way Vader's face is masked (pun intended) by the Star Wars logo.

[Luke Skywalker 602]

I have to say, I think the original is better. Using that poster is a great concept, as the image is better, but it looks muddled the way Vader's face is masked (pun intended) by the Star Wars logo.

I can's change that, as the helmet is not complete and i cannot lower the picture.... And if i move the Star Wars title... goodbye continuity... Anyway, Anakin is almost completely covered in AOTC cover...

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Plagiarism, thy name is Charlie:

[Luke Skywalker 602]

As promised:

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

Cool! Any chance you could do "Shadows of the Empire" and "The Force Unleashed" in the same style?

I love having matching covers for all scores.

[Luke Skywalker 602]

Cool! Any chance you could do "Shadows of the Empire" and "The Force Unleashed" in the same style?

I love having matching covers for all scores.

I couldnt find the struzan shadows of the empire poster without titles

i'll see if i can do something

[Charlie Brigden 4]

Something I knocked up based on the original ESB LP cover:

Not great, but due to it being a book cover, the style of the painting is completely different to the posters, so it doesn't have the black border etc, and all efforts to do so looked terrible.

[Nick Parker 2336]

Given the resources you were forced to use, I would say you did a very nice job.

[Mr. Breathmask 403]

"Original Videogame Soundtrack"?

[Charlie Brigden 4]

"Original Videogame Soundtrack"?

Yeah, I know. I was trying to figure out what to put above the title, and went from 'Original Novel Soundtrack' to 'Original Media Project Soundtrack'. So instead, I just went for the video game. It just seemed to fit better, even if it is incorrect.

[Pieter_Boelen 526]

Looks very good! Thanks!