Analysis of music posters

1. Analysis of Music Posters
JAMES ELLIS

2. Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal
Here you can see the bands
text font on the top of the
album poster. The white text
contrasts to the black
background, making it easily
visible to its audience, as well
as the large font and
common spaced out text
which is evident in all of the
bands work.
Here you can see the
‘sempiternal’ logo which
features in conjunction to the
name of the album. This was
a very unique idea and
although not identifiable by
most, it acts as an underlying
theme to the band. The gold
hint also works well with the
black background
The album title is positioned
on the bottom of the poster
with the text the same as the
band name, helping keep
continuity and link to band
image. This is also in the same
gold tinge as the sempiternal
logo
Finally, the poster overall
creates a clear enigma with
the little reveal the band are
showing. Whilst still remaining
constant in themes related to
the bands work.

3. Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal
The album cover does differ from
the actual movie poster that was
pre-released. You can see that
this album cover does not have
the band name at all, not the
name of the title. Although, it
does include the bands
traditional logo, which was in
fact on the poster cover.
The album cover does also include
the same colour combination that
was included on the music poster,
helping keep the continuity of the
bands theme
The album cover also includes
some encrypted patterns, which
has no relation to the band but
does link into continuity effect.

4. Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork
Tree
The bands name is positioned
at the top of the poster in a
theatre style theme. This was
commonly used in the 200’s
pop punk era with other bands
such as ‘Panic! At The Disco’
also using theatre themes in
their album cover. This is an
effective measure and works
well in conjunction to the
audience shown also in the
poster almost to draw an
audience to the promotion of
the album
A personal touch is also
created in this album poster
with the bands on-tour troubles
with their tour-van. It was
announced that the band had
crashed their tour-van whilst on
the road, and it appears
evident that the same tour-van
is pictured on the poster cover
of the band.
The mixture of monotone and
vibrant colour themes contrasts
but also give the audience an
insight to the type of music that
the band produces ( a old-school
rock theme).
The album title is also shown but
very discretely in the centre of
the poster, suggesting that this
is not necessarily of high
importance but instead
highlighting the idea of a new
album. This could potentially be
more evident in the bands
album cover.

5. Arctic Monkeys - AM
The bands iconic logo, also
featuring the name of the
band is positioned at the top of
the album poster, highlighting
the fact that this is the most
important feature on the
poster. It is in the traditional
‘Arctic Monkeys’ white-on-
black font, which is specifically
linked to the bands image
The bands poster logo is
also positioned on the
centre of the poster, which
must signify it has potential
links to the album directly.
You can also make out the
‘AM’ title in the centre of
the heat-beat like design.
At the bottom of the album
poster you can see the title of
the album, also positioned at
the centre of the poster, as well
as the release date, again in
the conventional black and
white theme.
The bands iconic logo, also
featuring the name of the
band is positioned at the top of
the album poster, highlighting
the fact that this is the most
important feature on the
poster. It is in the traditional
‘Arctic Monkeys’ white-on-
black font, which is specifically
linked to the bands image