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<u>Nicknames</u>: "'90s/2000s Pegasus", "Ultra Majestic Pegasus", "The TriStar Pegasus II", "CGI Pegasus" | <u>Nicknames</u>: "'90s/2000s Pegasus", "Ultra Majestic Pegasus", "The TriStar Pegasus II", "CGI Pegasus" | ||
<u>Logo</u>: We start out on a black background. Then we see part of a dark background, which slowly fades in and brightens to reveal that it is made up of dark cumulonimbus clouds with fog on the bottom. A white flash of light then starts to glow and gets bright, as it almost fills the background. A Pegasus appears from the far distance, as it spreads its wings out and takes a few steps, causing the fog to flow. "TRISTAR", in a shiny gold chiseled bold font, slowly fades in at the top of the screen with the letters "T" and "S" in a bigger font that the other letters as the flash dims away slowly. The Pegasus stops when its wings are fully spread out and the "TRISTAR" text fully appears. The text slowly shines as the fog still flows. | <u>Logo</u>: We start out on a black background. Then we see part of a dark background, which slowly fades in and brightens to reveal that it is made up of dark cumulonimbus clouds with fog on the bottom. A white flash of light then starts to glow and gets bright, as it almost fills the background. A Pegasus appears from the far distance, as it spreads its wings out and takes a few steps, causing the fog to flow. "TRISTAR", in a shiny gold chiseled bold font, slowly fades in at the top of the screen with the letters "T" and "S" in a bigger font that the other letters as the flash dims away slowly. The Pegasus stops when its wings are fully spread out and the "TRISTAR" text fully appears. The text slowly shines as the fog still flows and the Sony byline fades in from starting in 1995. | ||
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* It's the same current print logo that appeared on movie trailers during its early years, and looking similar to the last print logo. The Pegasus is placed inside a box, with a cloud background overlapping the top. Its wings overlap both ends of the box. Below the logo is the phrase "A TRISTAR RELEASE", or "RELEASED BY" above the logo with the SPE byline underneath. Sometimes, "A TRISTAR RELEASE" isn't there. Sometimes, it's bylineless. | * It's the same current print logo that appeared on movie trailers during its early years, and looking similar to the last print logo. The Pegasus is placed inside a box, with a cloud background overlapping the top. Its wings overlap both ends of the box. Below the logo is the phrase "A TRISTAR RELEASE", or "RELEASED BY" above the logo with the SPE byline underneath. Sometimes, "A TRISTAR RELEASE" isn't there. Sometimes, it's bylineless. | ||
* One early variant of such featured the boxed Pegasus logo at center, with "TRISTAR PICTURES" (in Bank Gothic MD BT) and the SPE byline below one another. This particular closing variant happened to appear at the end of the features ''Chaplin'' and ''Cliffhanger'', which both used the old logo at the beginning, although the latter was the last movie to use the old logo at the beginning; though this may be unsurprising, since both Columbia and TriStar first introduced their new logos for their home video and television divisions a year earlier in 1992. The movie ''Wilder Napalm'' has the "A TriStar Release" text above. | * One early variant of such featured the boxed Pegasus logo at center, with "TRISTAR PICTURES" (in Bank Gothic MD BT) and the SPE byline below one another. This particular closing variant happened to appear at the end of the features ''Chaplin'' and ''Cliffhanger'', which both used the old logo at the beginning, although the latter was the last movie to use the old logo at the beginning; though this may be unsurprising, since both Columbia and TriStar first introduced their new logos for their home video and television divisions a year earlier in 1992. The movie ''Wilder Napalm'' has the "A TriStar Release" text above. | ||
* Starting with ''Heaven is for Real'', the Pegasus' wings have the shadows removed, and "A TRISTAR PICTURES RELEASE" is now seen underneath with the byline "a Sony Company". | * Starting with ''Heaven is for Real'', the Pegasus' wings have the shadows removed, and "A TRISTAR PICTURES RELEASE" is now seen underneath with the byline "a Sony Company". Sometimes, the shadows are still there. | ||
<u>FX/SFX</u>: The light beam forming the Pegasus, the fog flowing, the text fading in and shining | <u>FX/SFX</u>: The light beam forming the Pegasus, the fog flowing, the text fading in and shining. | ||
<u>Music/Sounds</u>: | <u>Music/Sounds</u>: It starts with a xylophone-like tune, then we hear French horns playing the same opening notes as the last logo. The music rises in intensity as we hear more and more instruments come in, ending in a very majestic fanfare. This was composed by Bill Johnson. Starting with the film ''Godzilla'', released on May 20, 1998, the fanfare has been rearranged. | ||
<u>Music/Sounds Variants</u>: | <u>Music/Sounds Variants</u>: | ||
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* The bylineless version can be found on all 1993-1995 releases including ''Sleepless in Seattle'', ''Weekend at Bernie's II'', ''Look Who's Talking Now'', ''Philadelphia'', ''Mr. Jones'', ''Mixed Nuts'', ''Legends of the Fall'', ''Jury Duty'' and ''Magic in the Water''. It was also used on some post-1995 films such as ''Desperate Measures'', ''3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain'', and ''Baby Geniuses''. | * The bylineless version can be found on all 1993-1995 releases including ''Sleepless in Seattle'', ''Weekend at Bernie's II'', ''Look Who's Talking Now'', ''Philadelphia'', ''Mr. Jones'', ''Mixed Nuts'', ''Legends of the Fall'', ''Jury Duty'' and ''Magic in the Water''. It was also used on some post-1995 films such as ''Desperate Measures'', ''3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain'', and ''Baby Geniuses''. | ||
* The version with the | * The version with the SPE byline made its debut on ''Jumanji'' and would be used on all 1995-2014 films such as ''Matilda'', ''Jerry Maguire'', ''My Best Friend's Wedding'', ''As Good as it Gets'', ''The Mask of Zorro'', ''Madeline'', ''Godzilla'' and many others. | ||
* Strangely, this logo is seen on 1997 VHS prints of ''The Craft'', ''Multiplicity'', ''Alaska'', ''Fly Away Home'', AVON VHS copies of ''Matilda'', later copies of the 1993 VHS of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and 1997 reissue releases of ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', ''Matilda'', and ''Annie'' (1982) instead of the Columbia TriStar Home Video logo (some prints of these tapes do have the CTHV logo instead). | * Strangely, this logo is seen on 1997 VHS prints of ''The Craft'', ''Multiplicity'', ''Alaska'', ''Fly Away Home'', AVON VHS copies of ''Matilda'', later copies of the 1993 VHS of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and 1997 reissue releases of ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', ''Matilda'', and ''Annie'' (1982) instead of the Columbia TriStar Home Video logo (some prints of these tapes do have the CTHV logo instead). | ||
* This is also preserved on the LIVE Home Video VHS, DVD and laserdisc releases of ''Wagons East!'' (which was the last Carolco film distributed by TriStar Pictures). | * This is also preserved on the LIVE Home Video VHS, DVD and laserdisc releases of ''Wagons East!'' (which was the last Carolco film distributed by TriStar Pictures). | ||
* The 1984 music is replaced with the 1993 music on early VHS prints of ''Sleepless in Seattle''. | * The 1984 music is replaced with the 1993 music on early VHS prints of ''Sleepless in Seattle''. | ||
* Seen on international printings of ''Faster'' and on US video releases. | * Seen on international printings of ''Faster'' and on US video releases. | ||
<u>Editor's Note</u>: This logo is beautiful and has held up over the years, including the music and mind-blowing CGI. | <u>Editor's Note</u>: This logo is beautiful and has held up over the years, including the music and mind-blowing CGI which was still good for over two decades. | ||
===3rd Logo (September 30, 2015- )=== | ===3rd Logo (September 30, 2015- )=== | ||