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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:''' This | '''Availability:''' This is the first alternate THX trailer, introduced in 1988 with the original theatrical release of ''Willow'' in THX certified theaters. | ||
* The original version | * The original version 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. | ||
* The Dolby Digital variant was seen in THX-certified theaters from 1995-2000. | * The Dolby Digital variant was seen in THX-certified theaters from 1995-2000. | ||
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* Earlier prints of the 1996 Signature Collection edition LaserDisc of ''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' use Broadway, while later prints use this logo instead.<!--More investigation is needed here--> | * Earlier prints of the 1996 Signature Collection edition LaserDisc of ''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' use Broadway, while later prints use this logo instead.<!--More investigation is needed here--> | ||
'''Legacy:''' This is one of three | '''Legacy:''' This is one of three trailers that used a theme other than the original Deep Note, the others being "Grand" (the 4th trailer) and "Tex 2: Moo Can" (the 7th trailer). It proved to be unpopular among viewers. Andy Moorer, in an interview with Twenty Thousand Hertz, recalled that "Nobody liked [the sounds], nobody remembered them".<ref>Twenty Thousand Hertz, June 2018 (part 1 and part 2)</ref> The original version is infamous for both the reason it was recalled and for its extreme rarity. Various reconstructions have been made, and some audio had resurfaced, but no one was exactly sure what the original version sounded like beyond a general idea until video footage of the logo was uploaded in mid-February 2022. | ||
===4th Trailer (Grand) (June 11, 1993-1997)=== | ===4th Trailer (Grand) (June 11, 1993-1997)=== | ||