Album design and cover illustration for a collection of music from The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings trilogy performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
For this release I wanted to capture more of the folky/fantasy elements to Tolkien's work than that of Peter Jackson's big screen adaptation. For this I decided to be a little obscure with the imagery, hinting at, rather than spelling out, some key aspects to the tales of Middle-earth.
The idea for the cover illustration came to me while re-watching the opening scenes to "The Fellowship of The Ring" whereby Gandalf creates an apparition of a ship from his pipe smoke. From here I began toying with the idea of creating a detailed image and hiding subtle elements within it.
"In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees"
Released on 4 February 2013, available from:
Silva Screen
Amazon
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***UPDATE (1st August 2020)***
This CD is now out of press, and not so widely available to purchase any more. However, for those with a continued interest (I thank you), I have made the artwork available for the first time as a print on my Red Bubble profile in various formats...
