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'''Technique:''' Computer animation. | '''Technique:''' Computer animation. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' A descending synth-electric piano scale at the beginning, followed by a synth-xylophone/flute/clarinet tune, which sounds similar to the beginning of the song "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield (most famously used in ''The Exorcist''). | ||
''' | '''Audio Variant:''' On the "video is alive - live with it" variant, it's silent. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on UK tapes of Guild releases from that era, including ''Baron Blood'' and ''Scanners''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on UK tapes of Guild releases from that era, including ''Baron Blood'' and ''Scanners''. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation. | '''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' A synth tune in the beginning, then a synth-orchestra tune at the end. | ||
''' | '''Audio/Voice-over Variant:''' Sometimes, this is accompanied by an announcer saying, "Before you enjoy our main feature, here's a trailer from another major release from Guild, which is available at your local stockist now.". The announcer has an American accent, despite Guild being a British distributor (the same announcer is heard in Guild's trailers as well). | ||
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'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. | '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' A synth note is held throughout, with a synth bass line (composed on a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer) that speeds up slightly near the end, followed by a synth fanfare in E♭ minor. A female chorus hums during this section, ending in them shouting "Go Guild!". | ||
'''Availability:''' Appears on releases such as ''Roses are For the Rich'' and ''Action Jackson''. | '''Availability:''' Appears on releases such as ''Roses are For the Rich'' and ''Action Jackson''. | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' A twelve-note synthesizer tune, with a synthesized "whoosh" as the "G" forms and a synth choir for the remainder of the logo when the parts of the "G" stem fly in. | ||
''' | '''Audio Variant:''' Rental copies of ''The Wizard'' have the logo music start before the logo actually appears, due to an error. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Cel animation by Cascom. | '''Technique:''' Cel animation by Cascom. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' "Breaking Glass (One)" by James Kaleth and Richard Thomas with whooshes from the lasers, along with an overly excited announcer saying "Introducing future releases from Guild Home Video!" or "Look out for these and other great new releases from Guild at your local video library!". The first variant uses the beginning, while the other two use the end of the track. Like the 2nd logo, the announcer has a North American accent. | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' A mystical pan-flute tune, complete with a synth whoosh and an orchestra at the end. | ||
''' | '''Audio Trivia:''' The music was composed using the Korg M1 workstation, which was released in 1988. | ||
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