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Oct 18, 2020 - 7:05 AM
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OnyaBirri
(Member)
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I came of age during the LP era, and the cover art is an absolutely essential part of the listening experience for me. In fact, I have often wondered if the cover art is the main hook for me, and if the music is secondary. For example, the "Thunderball" artwork looks like 1960s GI Joe packaging. How can you possibly resist this?
When all else fails, just slap the poster art on the cover. I mean, how hard is that? At least the poster was designed by professionals.
In the CD era, I can think of a few examples of atrocious cover art for film scores.
1. The cover art to the first Mad Men score CD. So for cover art options, they had stills from the opening animated sequence, or photos of the show's gorgeous stars in mid-century moderne splendor. What did they do for the cover? They repeated the words "Mad Men" in bold red-and-white lettering over a black background.
2. Some boutique label released two polar-opposite scores by a fairly famous composer, and instead of providing insert panels dedicated to each film, they used a photo of the goofy-looking composer over a stock image backdrop, looking like it was assembled by the label proprietor's granddaughter in a Photoshop 101 class.
3. Some boutique label again released two polar-opposite scores by a very famous composer, and instead of providing insert panels dedicated to each film, they did a mashup of the two on the cover.
These are times where you keep the digital files and sell the originals after they go out of print, not that they will ever go out of print, as no one in their right mind would buy them to begin with.
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