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* 2006-2014: Starting with ''The Holiday'', released on November 29, 2006, the logo was given enhancements to better resemble the 2001 [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] logo and Michael J. Deas' original artwork of the logo. The Torch Lady's hand is also in a different pose in which her finger is at the tip of the torch. The sky is also darker, and the "COLUMBIA" text is more {{color|silver}} and is slightly off-center. Trailers and TV spots, however, continued to use the 1993 version of the logo until 2008. On ''The Holiday'', the logo is seen already formed; the fully animated variant debuted on ''Ghost Rider'', as between those two films, the 1993 version was still used until ''The Messengers''; and additionally came back for a one-time revival with ''Little Women'' (2019). The 2006 enhanced version of the logo might possibly have debuted earlier with the IMAX 3D release of ''Open Season'', considering it appears on it's Blu-ray 3D release that seems to use the same master (though it appears on the 2D version of the film on the same disc as well). Outside of the US, the original logo was used in various Brazilian releases co-produced and distributed by Sony even after the enhanced logo premiered, such as in ''Saneamento Básico: O Filme'' (2007), ''Era Uma Vez...'' (2008), ''Chico Xavier'' (2010), and ''Tainá: A Origem'' (2013). | * 2006-2014: Starting with ''The Holiday'', released on November 29, 2006, the logo was given enhancements to better resemble the 2001 [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] logo and Michael J. Deas' original artwork of the logo. The Torch Lady's hand is also in a different pose in which her finger is at the tip of the torch. The sky is also darker, and the "COLUMBIA" text is more {{color|silver}} and is slightly off-center. Trailers and TV spots, however, continued to use the 1993 version of the logo until 2008. On ''The Holiday'', the logo is seen already formed; the fully animated variant debuted on ''Ghost Rider'', as between those two films, the 1993 version was still used until ''The Messengers''; and additionally came back for a one-time revival with ''Little Women'' (2019). The 2006 enhanced version of the logo might possibly have debuted earlier with the IMAX 3D release of ''Open Season'', considering it appears on it's Blu-ray 3D release that seems to use the same master (though it appears on the 2D version of the film on the same disc as well). Outside of the US, the original logo was used in various Brazilian releases co-produced and distributed by Sony even after the enhanced logo premiered, such as in ''Saneamento Básico: O Filme'' (2007), ''Era Uma Vez...'' (2008), ''Chico Xavier'' (2010), and ''Tainá: A Origem'' (2013). | ||
* 2014-2022: Starting with ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', released on March 31, 2014, the logo is preceded by the then-new [[Sony Entertainment|Sony motion picture logo]]. After the Sony logo zooms in, a shot of blurry parting clouds is seen with a | * 2014-2022: Starting with ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', released on March 31, 2014, the logo is preceded by the then-new [[Sony Entertainment|Sony motion picture logo]]. After the Sony logo zooms in, a shot of blurry parting clouds is seen with a bright light between them. The light gets brighter until the clouds part, then it fades to the traditional zoom out from the torch. This version's last original appearance was in ''Escape Room: Tournament of Champions'', and the last release to use this logo was ''Hotel Transylvania: Transformania'' (albeit as a variant). | ||
* 2021-2023: Starting with ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'', released on September 14, 2021, the preceding Sony motion picture logo now has a new animation, which is based on the brand identity it has used since May 19, 2021. After that, the Columbia logo is shown as above, but the parting clouds at the start have a sharper look to compliment the new Sony logo. This version's last appearance was on US theatrical prints of ''Devotion'' (home media releases were by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]], and thus use [[Paramount Pictures|that studio]]'s logo instead). This later made a re-appearance on ''The Equalizer 3'', released on August 28, 2023. | * 2021-2023: Starting with ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'', released on September 14, 2021, the preceding Sony motion picture logo now has a new animation, which is based on the brand identity it has used since May 19, 2021. After that, the Columbia logo is shown as above, but the parting clouds at the start have a sharper look to compliment the new Sony logo. This version's last appearance was on US theatrical prints of ''Devotion'' (home media releases were by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]], and thus use [[Paramount Pictures|that studio]]'s logo instead). This later made a re-appearance on ''The Equalizer 3'', released on August 28, 2023. | ||
* 2022-2023: Starting with theatrical prints of ''Bullet Train'', released on July 18, 2022, the Sony logo plays as normal, but the clouds that were normally in the transition to the Columbia Pictures logo are replaced by those in grey and a red sun is seen; the torch's light rays are redone as well. This version later made its digital and home media debut on ''Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'', and made its (currently) final appearance on ''Anyone but You''. | * 2022-2023: Starting with theatrical prints of ''Bullet Train'', released on July 18, 2022, the Sony logo plays as normal, but the clouds that were normally in the transition to the Columbia Pictures logo are replaced by those in grey and a red sun is seen; the torch's light rays are redone as well. This version later made its digital and home media debut on ''Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'', and made its (currently) final appearance on ''Anyone but You''. | ||
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* On 4:3 prints of ''The Remains of the Day'', the logo zooms out to a much farther distance, making it look like an open-matte version, but it's positioned so as to not show the cloud background below the pedestal. | * On 4:3 prints of ''The Remains of the Day'', the logo zooms out to a much farther distance, making it look like an open-matte version, but it's positioned so as to not show the cloud background below the pedestal. | ||
* At the end of ''Black Hawk Down'', the logo zooms out to a further distance than usual, revealing the bottom of the cloud background below the pedestal. This is because the film was shot in Super 35 1.66:1 negative ratio and framed for 2.39:1 scope. This variant is seen on 4:3 prints of the film, which exposes more of the image that was not meant to be seen. This variant can also be found on a trailer for ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000). | * At the end of ''Black Hawk Down'', the logo zooms out to a further distance than usual, revealing the bottom of the cloud background below the pedestal. This is because the film was shot in Super 35 1.66:1 negative ratio and framed for 2.39:1 scope. This variant is seen on 4:3 prints of the film, which exposes more of the image that was not meant to be seen. This variant can also be found on a trailer for ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000). | ||
* On non-HD versions of the ''Surf<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Up'' game, the logo zooms out to a point where a | * On non-HD versions of the ''Surf<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Up'' game, the logo zooms out to a point where a small sliver below the pedestal is visible. This can be accessed on the Wii version if the console is set to 4:3. | ||
* On a few Columbia Pictures licensed video games, such as ''Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime'' and ''The Smurfs'', the print version seen on most DVD covers of Columbia films appears on a white background, with the text in black (as with Columbia Pictures Television) and the byline below the stacked words. | * On a few Columbia Pictures licensed video games, such as ''Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime'' and ''The Smurfs'', the print version seen on most DVD covers of Columbia films appears on a white background, with the text in black (as with Columbia Pictures Television) and the byline below the stacked words. | ||
* A textless version can be found in Columbia's 95th anniversary area in the Sony Pictures booth at the 2019 Tokyo Comic Con, as shown [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GP4sWBcAQ0c here], in which one of the two variants are played after a short amount of time. After that, the animation is reversed, in which shows the print [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]] logo. Furthermore, a special illustration of the Torch Lady, which features the water waves, are given out to attendants who came to the booth, as shown [https://twitter.com/kou_hiiikaru/status/1197779196749078528/photo/1 here]. | * A textless version can be found in Columbia's 95th anniversary area in the Sony Pictures booth at the 2019 Tokyo Comic Con, as shown [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GP4sWBcAQ0c here], in which one of the two variants are played after a short amount of time. After that, the animation is reversed, in which shows the print [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]] logo. Furthermore, a special illustration of the Torch Lady, which features the water waves, are given out to attendants who came to the booth, as shown [https://twitter.com/kou_hiiikaru/status/1197779196749078528/photo/1 here]. | ||
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* On the ''Open Season'' short "Boog & Elliot's Midnight Bun Run" and ''The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas'', the first half of the [[Sony Pictures Animation]] logo music can be heard during the logo, before the Columbia logo cuts into the mentioned logo as the music finishes. | * On the ''Open Season'' short "Boog & Elliot's Midnight Bun Run" and ''The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas'', the first half of the [[Sony Pictures Animation]] logo music can be heard during the logo, before the Columbia logo cuts into the mentioned logo as the music finishes. | ||
* From 2005 to 2012, the alternate mix of the fanfare is PAL pitched. | * From 2005 to 2012, the alternate mix of the fanfare is PAL pitched. | ||
* From 1999 to 2000, there is also a double-pitched ( | * From 1999 to 2000, there is also a double-pitched (high tone) version of the 1998 theme. | ||
* On <u>''Palmetto''</u>, yet another arrangement of the theme is heard without cymbal hits, ending smoothly with synthesized flutes (presumably a version of the 1993 rough mix). This variant was only seen on original Sony Pictures releases, as current releases remove this logo (prior to Time Warner owning the [[Castle Rock Entertainment|Castle Rock]] library, as ''Palmetto'' is a Castle Rock film, however a recent TCM France airing retained the Columbia logo, which was also in widescreen). | * On <u>''Palmetto''</u>, yet another arrangement of the theme is heard without cymbal hits, ending smoothly with synthesized flutes (presumably a version of the 1993 rough mix). This variant was only seen on original Sony Pictures releases, as current releases remove this logo (prior to Time Warner owning the [[Castle Rock Entertainment|Castle Rock]] library, as ''Palmetto'' is a Castle Rock film, however a recent TCM France airing retained the Columbia logo, which was also in widescreen). | ||
* On the 2000 Region 2/4 PAL DVD release of ''Erin Brockovich'' (and its 2012 reprint), for some reason, the 1998 theme is NTSC-pitched (as with the 1997 Universal logo's theme). This is also the case on the film's UK VHS release. | * On the 2000 Region 2/4 PAL DVD release of ''Erin Brockovich'' (and its 2012 reprint), for some reason, the 1998 theme is NTSC-pitched (as with the 1997 Universal logo's theme). This is also the case on the film's UK VHS release. | ||
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* Current prints of 1994-1998 Castle Rock films distributed by Columbia have the logo either plastered by a Warner Bros. logo or edited out altogether. Even the end in-credit notices aren't safe as they're either blacked out or replaced by a WB logo (it is, however, retained on the 1999 DVD release of ''City Hall'' and the Blu-ray and 2021 UHD release of ''The Shawshank Redemption''). The 1998 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''The American President'' retains this, however. It is retained on the British VHS releases of ''Palmetto, Zero Effect,'' and ''Sour Grapes'', the Indonesian VCD releases of ''My Giant, Alaska,'' ''Hamlet'' (the 2004 full cut edition)'','' and ''Extreme Measures,'' among possible others. | * Current prints of 1994-1998 Castle Rock films distributed by Columbia have the logo either plastered by a Warner Bros. logo or edited out altogether. Even the end in-credit notices aren't safe as they're either blacked out or replaced by a WB logo (it is, however, retained on the 1999 DVD release of ''City Hall'' and the Blu-ray and 2021 UHD release of ''The Shawshank Redemption''). The 1998 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''The American President'' retains this, however. It is retained on the British VHS releases of ''Palmetto, Zero Effect,'' and ''Sour Grapes'', the Indonesian VCD releases of ''My Giant, Alaska,'' ''Hamlet'' (the 2004 full cut edition)'','' and ''Extreme Measures,'' among possible others. | ||
* It is unknown if any prints of ''Absolute Power'' retain this logo. | * It is unknown if any prints of ''Absolute Power'' retain this logo. | ||
* | * The print logo made its first appearance in early 1993 on posters for ''The Pickle'' and ''Lost in Yonkers'', as well as newspaper ads for ''Groundhog Day''; however, those aforementioned titles use the previous logo. | ||
* This also appears on the 1997 Director's Cut version of ''Das Boot'', plastering the previous logo. Also, the 2006 version plasters the original 1993 logo on the Blu-ray of ''Muppets from Space,'' and the [[Sony Pictures Classics]] logo on the Blu-Ray and HDTV prints of ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'' | * This also appears on the 1997 Director's Cut version of ''Das Boot'', plastering the previous logo. Also, the 2006 version plasters the original 1993 logo on the Blu-ray of ''Muppets from Space,'' and the [[Sony Pictures Classics]] logo on the Blu-Ray and HDTV prints of ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'' | ||
* It also may have been seen on U.S. theatrical prints of ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1996), later re-titled ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'', but it doesn't appear on any VHS or DVD releases of said film due to Disney owning the U.S. home video rights. It is, instead, plastered by the 1985 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo. | * It also may have been seen on U.S. theatrical prints of ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1996), later re-titled ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'', but it doesn't appear on any VHS or DVD releases of said film due to Disney owning the U.S. home video rights. It is, instead, plastered by the 1985 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo. | ||