I always watched Ben-Hur whenever it showed up on The Million-Dollar-Movie on Saturday afternoon when I was a kid. It’s a sweeping epic that even Charlton  Heston’s acting couldn’t spoil.

So when Milan Editions Musique asked me to design the cover of their collection of theme music from great Hollywood epics, I was ready to go. I pictured Mr. Heston arriving at a premiere in his white chariot from the movie drawn in a flat Deco-ish style.