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** The LaserDisc variant also starts with a thunderclap, transitioning into the ascending string notes from the 1990 music variant. The theme is condensed and slightly shorter (particularly after the THX logo zooms past the camera). | ** The LaserDisc variant also starts with a thunderclap, transitioning into the ascending string notes from the 1990 music variant. The theme is condensed and slightly shorter (particularly after the THX logo zooms past the camera). | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' This became the first alternate THX trailer to be used in 1988, beginning with the original theatrical release of ''Willow'' in THX-certified theaters. | ||
* The original version is extinct as it was recalled due to the soundtrack's potential to break theater speakers, and only survives in the hands of a few home projectionists. Footage of the logo in action, seen before a British theatrical showing of ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' at the Empire Leicester Square cinema in London, was discovered in mid-February 2022. | * The original version is extinct as it was recalled due to the soundtrack's potential to break theater speakers, and only survives in the hands of a few home projectionists. Footage of the logo in action, seen before a British theatrical showing of ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' at the Empire Leicester Square cinema in London, was discovered in mid-February 2022. | ||
* The second version is only available on THX demo discs. | * The second version is only available on THX demo discs. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Some chimes and wind howling. When the background opens, wind whistles, then various ascending notes and sounds, until a ''Star Wars'' laser-gun sound and a whooshing sound occurs as the THX logo appears and ends with a choir-like version of the Deep Note. The sound for this trailer was apparently created at Skywalker Sound and, according to ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'', designed by David Slusser and Marco d'Ambrosio. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Some chimes and wind howling. When the background opens, wind whistles, then various ascending notes and sounds, until a ''Star Wars'' laser-gun sound and a whooshing sound occurs as the THX logo appears and ends with a choir-like version of the Deep Note. The sound for this trailer was apparently created at Skywalker Sound and, according to ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'', designed by David Slusser and Marco d'Ambrosio. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Alongside [[DTS]]'s "Stand Alone" trailer, this debuted on the original theatrical release of ''Jurassic Park'' (according to the 1998 Lucasfilm THX "The Audience is Listening on DVD" disc and the THX Ultimate Demo Disc), and then it was seen in all THX-certified theaters from 1993 until 1997, as well as online, on the DVDs that came with second-edition and third-edition copies of the book ''DVD Demystified'' by Jim Taylor and on the 2002 Fox Five-Star Collection DVD release of ''Speed''. The "DELL PC" version is exclusive to the ''THX Picture and Sound Optimizer'' disc. The DTS version is all but extinct, only being used on early DTS films such as the aforementioned ''Jurassic Park''; and it took until May 2022 for this variant to be discovered. | ||
===5th Trailer (Simpsons) (April 14, 1994-1997)=== | ===5th Trailer (Simpsons) (April 14, 1994-1997)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A shorter version of the Deep Note that begins right before the rapid pitch change. However, new voices are added to the Deep Note and drown out most of the original voices except for the lower ones. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A shorter version of the Deep Note that begins right before the rapid pitch change. However, new voices are added to the Deep Note and drown out most of the original voices except for the lower ones. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen in THX-certified theaters at the time. Although the THX Ultimate Demo Disc claims the trailer debuted in late 1999, this trailer did indeed debut on ''Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'' in May 1999. This also appears on ''The Adventures of Indiana Jones'' (2003 release only), ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'' and the ''Lucasfilm THX Surround EX Demonstration Disc''. | ||
===9th Trailer (Cavalcade) (August 29, 2000, May 25, 2001-May 19, 2009)=== | ===9th Trailer (Cavalcade) (August 29, 2000, May 25, 2001-May 19, 2009)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The -1.5/low-pitched Deep Note from "Tex" and "Broadway" (DVD variant) trailers. None for the still variant. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The -1.5/low-pitched Deep Note from "Tex" and "Broadway" (DVD variant) trailers. None for the still variant. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Can be seen on ''THX Demo Disc II'', in HD on the games ''NBA 08'' and ''MLB 07: The Show'' (PS2 and PS3), ''The Bourne Conspiracy'', and whenever you start up a THX-Certified TiVo. The alternate HD variant seen on a promotional disc on the HD-DVD side for the French HD-DVD release of ''Pan's Labyrinth (Le Labyrinthe de Pan)'' (also in SD on the DVD side), the Japanese DVD of [https://youtu.be/BDchaG0jJDM ''I Just Didn't Do It''] (それでもボクはやってない), the French DVDs of ''L'Ennemi Intime'' (hidden in title 7) and ''Shine a Light'' (hidden in title 13), as well as the French (2-disc) DVD of ''Hot Fuzz''. | ||
=== 13th Trailer (Shrek) (May 2006, May 18, 2007)=== | === 13th Trailer (Shrek) (May 2006, May 18, 2007)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The 2005 Deep Note. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The 2005 Deep Note. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Can be found on the ''THX Calibrator'' disc, 3D movies in cinemas and 3D Blu-ray releases, like the 3D Blu-ray of ''Avatar'' (to date, the very last certified THX home media release with logos on it) and the theatrical premiere of ''Tron: Legacy''. | ||
===18th Trailer (Musical Wisps) (2012)=== | ===18th Trailer (Musical Wisps) (2012)=== | ||