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'''Technique:''' CGI by Rhythm & Hues, animated on a Silicon Graphics 4D/60G. | '''Technique:''' CGI by Rhythm & Hues, animated on a Silicon Graphics 4D/60G. | ||
'''Audio:''' A low synthesizer sound, followed by a jet engine-like "swoosh" when the light streak passes, and a quiet synthesizer chord when the logo shines | '''Audio:''' A low synthesizer sound, followed by a jet engine-like "swoosh" when the light streak passes, and a quiet synthesizer chord when the logo shines. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
*On an <u>early DVD print of ''Rocky''</u>, it uses the last half of the 1982 fanfare due to a plastering error. | *On an <u>early DVD print of ''Rocky''</u>, it uses the last half of the 1982 fanfare due to a plastering error. | ||
*A lower-pitched variant exists. | *A lower-pitched variant exists. | ||
*On a <u>TCM UK airing of an unknown movie</u>, the 1995 MGM lion roar | *On a <u>TCM UK airing of an unknown movie</u>, the 1995 MGM lion roar is heard due to sloppy plastering. | ||
*In Rhythm & Hues' 1988 showreel, "Where's the Walrus?" by The Alan Parsons Project plays underneath. | *In Rhythm & Hues' 1988 showreel, "Where's the Walrus?" by The Alan Parsons Project plays underneath. | ||
*Other times, the logo is silent or the opening soundtrack to the film plays. | |||
'''Availability:''' Despite being subject to plastering with the 1994 and 2001 logos, it | '''Availability:''' Despite being subject to plastering with the 1994 and 2001 logos, it still easily appears on UA-released films of the period, such as ''Baby Boom'', ''Rain Man'', and ''Rocky V'' to name a few. | ||
*This logo first appeared on the U.S. release of ''The Living Daylights'', released on July 31, 1987, and made its final appearance on ''Son of the Pink Panther'', released on August 27, 1993. | *This logo first appeared on the U.S. release of ''The Living Daylights'', released on July 31, 1987, and made its final appearance on ''Son of the Pink Panther'', released on August 27, 1993. | ||
*It also appears on the 1997 DVD release of ''The Black Stallion'', the MGM MOD DVD-R of ''Tomorrow Is Forever'', the 2001 MGM DVD releases of ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'', ''License to Kill'', and ''Child's Play'', TCM airings of ''Malta Story'' and ''Valdez Is Coming'', ThisTV airings of ''The World of Henry Orient'', ''Call Me Bwana'', ''The Barefoot Contessa'', ''Bound for Glory'' (with the 7th logo following it), ''Ten Seconds of Hell'', ''Support Your Local Sheriff!'', ''Trail of the Pink Panther'', ''True Love'', ''The Aviator'', and ''Heaven's Gate'' (the shorter general release cut) and Comet airings of ''The Man from Planet X'' and ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete''. | *It also appears on the 1997 DVD release of ''The Black Stallion'', the MGM MOD DVD-R release of ''Tomorrow Is Forever'', the 2001 MGM DVD releases of ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'', ''License to Kill'', and ''Child's Play'', TCM airings of ''Malta Story'' and ''Valdez Is Coming'', ThisTV airings of ''The World of Henry Orient'', ''Call Me Bwana'', ''The Barefoot Contessa'', ''Bound for Glory'' (with the 7th logo following it), ''Ten Seconds of Hell'', ''Support Your Local Sheriff!'', ''Trail of the Pink Panther'', ''True Love'', ''The Aviator'', and ''Heaven's Gate'' (the shorter general release cut) and Comet airings of ''The Man from Planet X'' and ''Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete''. | ||
*This logo also appears on 2005 DVD release of ''Fatal Beauty'' (which was a 1987 MGM film, so this was most likely an editing error). | *This logo also appears on the 2005 U.S. DVD release of ''Fatal Beauty'' (which was a 1987 MGM film, so this was most likely an editing error). | ||
**It also appears on the 2005 Australian Special Edition DVD release of ''Rain Main'' (1988). | **It also appears on the 2005 Australian Special Edition DVD release of ''Rain Main'' (1988). | ||
*This logo was often paired off with the popular MGM/UA Communications logo (which is sometimes cut off like on current prints of ''The Living Daylights'' and a 1993 MGM/UA Home Video print of ''Rocky''), and both logos are thus regarded as favorites. | *This logo was often paired off with the popular MGM/UA Communications logo (which is sometimes cut off like on current prints of ''The Living Daylights'' and a 1993 MGM/UA Home Video VHS print of ''Rocky''), and both logos are thus regarded as favorites. | ||
**However, the short version seems slightly easier to find than the normal variant. | **However, the short version seems slightly easier to find than the normal variant. | ||
*The scope variant appears on older letterboxed video releases of ''The Living Daylights'' and was also used to plaster older logos on certain older DVD releases. | *The scope variant appears on older letterboxed video releases of ''The Living Daylights'' and was also used to plaster older logos on certain older DVD releases. | ||