Orion Pictures: Difference between revisions

===1st Logo (April 27, 1979-December 18, 1981)===

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'''Logo:''' On a black screen, two rectangles, one {{color|blue}} and one {{color|orange}}, each one tilted forward at a 45 degree angle (making them appear like the floor and ceiling of a tunnel), shoot out towards the center of the screen. When they both connect at the center of the screen, they tilt back 45 degrees, so that they are facing the viewer completely, and enlarge to fill the screen. In the {{color|blue}} rectangle, which is on the top, we see the 1972 [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] "Big W" logo and the words "{{color|orange|WARNER BROS}}". In the {{color|orange}} rectangle, which is on the bottom, we see the words "{{color|blue|ORION}} (in their trademark font) {{color|blue|PICTURES COMPANY}} (in an ITC Avant Garde Gothic font)". After a while, the {{color|blue}} and {{color|orange}} rectangles move to each other's spot, briefly overlapping. "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" and "present" fade-in under "{{color|orange|WARNER BROS}}".

===2nd Logo (July 4, 1979-March 19, 1997, October 4, 2013-)===

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'''Logo:''' We first see a starry sky, then a constellation of stars (in the shape of Orion, appropriately) in the middle shine brighter than the rest. It moves to the left, forms a circle, and spins around until, in a small but bright flash, it forms a letter "O". Then the letters "RION" appear by a sliding effect to complete the logo, which is stylized when a line is drawn across it. The traces of the line remain on the left side of each letter except the "I", which has the line across the word. "{{color|deepskyblue|An}}" and "{{color|deepskyblue|PICTURES RELEASE}}" appear above and below the logo accordingly.

'''Trivia:'''

* On the 2002 [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM DVD]] release of ''UHF'', if you listen to the commentary, it has "Weird Al" Yankovic sing lyrics to the jingle ("Orion, Orion is bankrupt now!"). This references how Orion nearly killed themselves by releasing the film the same year that many popular franchises were releasing new films.

* A trailer version begins at the logo forming, and cuts before the light draws the line through it. This appears on a trailer for ''Napoleon'' on the 1998 MGM VHS releases of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and ''Joey''.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An ascending cycle of strings that repeats alongside a horn tune. As the logo begins to form, it picks up tempo, culminating in a majestic hit and a 3-note sounder. This theme was composed by John Pratt and Michael Alemania, and conducted by cellist Suzie Katayama.

'''Logo:''' Starts similarly to the second logo. As the stars of Orion fade into view, the stars form a circle, but it stays at the center instead of shifting to the left. Additionally, the space background is now much more detailed and continues to rotate along with the Orion stars. As the stars form the circle, a {{color|darkviolet|purple}}-{{color|blue}} cloud appears, which quickly turns into a constantly-shifting spectrum of color. After a few seconds, the word "'''ORION'''" (now in a completely different font and straight up) emerges from the cloud on a new space background, lacking the holes in the letters (a la the [[A24]] logo's ''Bodies Bodies Bodies'' trailer variant). The dazzling colors then die down and form a backdrop within the letters, as a line slashes through the letters like the second logo and a tiny [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] byline fades in underneath the second "O".

'''Music/Sounds:''' An ethereal choir accompanied by some howling, a timpani hit and then a three-note tune as the line appears. Composed by electro-pop musician Kid Moxie. Otherwise, it's the opening theme of the film.

==Unused Logo==

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