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* 1988-1990: The appearance of the box is accompanied by the sound of an orchestra warming up, which fades out as the conductor's hand appears. Once it flicks the baton, a booming, descending synth note accompanies the hyperspeed boost, overlapped by an orchestra crescendo as it reaches its peak. When the THX logo appears in the abyss, the descending synth is played again, but this time at a slower speed and with less distortion. As the THX logo gets closer to the camera, the synth note gets more intense, and an ascending string crescendo slowly becomes prominent before replacing the synth entirely. Once the THX logo completely moves past, the strings reach its highest point, culminating in a majestic chord representing the Deep Note. The strings get quieter, and twinkling sounds play as the "The Audience is Listening" text appears, and echo until a few seconds after the visuals fade out. This early audio was recalled due to its potential to break underpowered theater speakers and thus replaced with what can be read below.

* 1990-2002: A new orchestral piece composed by James Horner. The trailer still begins with an orchestra warming up, but the loud descending note following the conductor flicking his baton is replaced with a rousing orchestral cue; whistling sounds accompany the hyperspeed boost as the cue reaches a crescendo before abruptly fading out. As the THX logo appears, a slightly quieter series of ascending string notes is heard, representing the Deep Note; we also hear twinkling sounds as well as a loud whoosh accompanying the THX logo zooming in. Afterwards, we hear a low-pitched bell, segueing into a ending consisting of quiet strings/twinkling sounds (not unlike the original mix's ending), to accompany the appearance of the "The Audience is Listening" text.  

'''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 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.

'''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.