The bright lettering against the dark background immediately catches your eye. Bringing the photos of the stars forward is more effective than a straight 3-wide photo of the stage would have been. And having leggy Natalie Wood front and center doesn't hurt.
My two favorites are "Master of the World" (Vincent Price film) and "Sky Bandits" (Jeff Osterhage film). Sort of in the same style as others have picked. I love many already chosen! Especially "Thunderball."
Yellow is such an eye-catching color for an album cover or movie poster because it so rarely occurs naturally (see WALK ON THE WILD SIDE above). The obtuse angles of the 6-noose gallows point upward to the bold lettering of the title. The three drawings of scenes from the film are kept small and at the bottom so as not to clutter up the design.
My two favorites are "Master of the World" (Vincent Price film) and "Sky Bandits" (Jeff Osterhage film). Sort of in the same style as others have picked. I love many already chosen! Especially "Thunderball."
Are you thinking of the LP or the CD of MASTER OF THE WORLD?
Here again, it's the background color that makes this cover effective--the yellow and red sky indicating conflict. Imagine the same image against a white background with black lettering and it loses much of its punch.
The one bright background color, and the perspective of the gunman falling out of the frame are what make this cover distinctive. And, although the subject of the film isn't mentioned on the cover, the line drawing of the gun--the Buntline Special--immediately suggests Wyatt Earp.
Here's one where a white background makes sense. This has one of the best-drawn collages you'll find--six scenes from the film surrounding a portrait of Sophia Loren.
Is there anything that suggests conflict more than those two portraits, at right angles to each other, hovering over that massive battle scene, with the entire sky seemingly ablaze?
Artwork that is as crude and in your face as all get-out. But, boy, did it grab me when I was rifling through the soundtrack bin. I bought it immediately.
A decent action collage here, but it's actually the nice clean text that I admire on this cover. If you are going to include film credits on your cover, this is the way to do it.
The sepia toned image is more effective than a full color image would have been, and it's one of the few album covers for a western that doesn't show someone brandishing a gun, which is true to the nature of the film.
