Latest BMG doc spotlights album art design

Rock studio Hipgnosis is profiled

BMG has announced its newest feature-length documentary film Squaring The Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis), the first feature documentary from celebrated filmmaker, photographer, and creative director Anton Corbijn. The film chronicles legendary designers Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell as they form their iconic album art design studio Hipgnosis during the ferment of the 1960s and go on to help shape a new visual language for rock in the 70s.

BMG has co-financed the movie together with Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a specialist investment company whose name was inspired by the design company.

It features new interviews with rock legends including BMG publishing client Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many more.

Over the years, Hipgnosis’ famed artwork has been featured on work from BMG clients including Roger Waters, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, T. Rex, Labi Siffre, Nazareth, Bad Company, Sammy Hagar, Status Quo, Robin Trower, Gerry Rafferty, Mick Taylor; and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer.

The documentary is the latest in BMG’s growing line of music-related films and television projects, and fourth film to be introduced by BMG in just the past few months, following Moonage Daydream, the definitive new portrait of David Bowie, which made its world premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival; Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival; and Dio: Dreamers Never Die, which premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival.

SSquaring The Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) is produced by Raindog Films’ Ged Doherty, Trish D Chetty, and Colin Firth. The film was written by Trish D Chetty and edited by Andrew Hulme. Executive producers are Hartwig Masuch, Alistair Norbury, and Stuart Souter for BMG, Merck Mercuriadis for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, and Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science.

Buddy Iahn
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