I recently completed this limited edition package design for the soundtrack to Grand Piano, a Hitchcockian thriller starring Elijah Wood, John Cusack and Alex Winter. Elijah Wood plays Tom Selznick a once promising pianist returning for a comeback performance, only to be the target of a sniper who will kill him if he plays one wrong note. Directed by the talented Eugenio Mira who also wrote the score, the music at the heart of this film is “La Cinquette,” a complicated piano work known as the “The Unplayable Piece”.
I designed the custom 7″ sleeve for Mondo as a formal invitation to the recital from the film, embossed with gold foil on the front, interior and back. The piano cover can be propped up with the flap used to access the record and when opened reveals the keys to be snipers bullets.
A small number of the vinyl records were pressed without a centre hole, making it a truly Unplayable Piece. More info here
