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<u>Logo</u>: On a black/salmon gradient background, we see a blue ball with 2 yellow thunderbolts cut into it diagonally. Underneath it is the dark blue text:

T O U C H S T O N E

F I L M S

<u>Editor's Note</u>: This was most likely a placeholder logo, as Disney introduced the Touchstone name and logo less than a month before the release of Splash, which explains its static nature. The pink color scheme for the background screams 1980s.

<u>Logo</u>: We start on a blue background, which then shrinks into a ball on a black background zooms out into the upper center portion of the screen. After it heads toward the background, it flashes and turns into the thunderball from the 1st logo and the whole background lights up with "TOUCHSTONE FILMS" at the bottom in navy blue text.

<u>Logo</u>: On a black background, a blue oblong moves from the right side of the screen to the left. As it shrinks to the left of the screen, the stacked text "TOUCHSTONE PICTURES" slides next to it. After the oblong morphs into a blue ball, the text shines from right to left before hitting the ball. After the text hits the ball, the thunderbolt from the last 2 logos appears on it.

Music/Sounds: A series of synthesized bells, ending in a "twang" when the circle and thunder meet, composed by John Debney. In other cases, it used the opening/closing theme of the movie or silent. On some films, such as ''The Color of Money'', ''3 Ninjas'' and ''The Waterboy'', the film's opening score deliberately syncs up with the logo's animation.

<u>Availability</u>: Common, due to its longevity of nearly 20 years. It's found on many movies produced by the company during this time. It was first seen on ''My Science Project'' and was last seen on ''Shanghai Knights'', released on February 7, 2003, but made one last surprise appearance on ''Veronica Guerin''. This logo wasn't seen at all on ''Gangs of New York'', ''Jerky Boys: The Movie'', and overseas theatrical prints of ''Face/Off'', ''Air Force One'', ''Starship Troopers'', and ''Die Hard With a Vengeance'' (For the latter, Fox sold international theatrical rights to Disney/Buena Vista, who owned co-production company [[Cinergi Pictures Entertainment|Cinergi]]). However, all overseas TV, Video, and streaming releases of the former 3 films start with the Buena Vista International logo, while ''Die Hard With a Vengeance'' (save the European [[Touchstone Home Entertainment]] Blu-ray which contains Buena Vista International) only opens with Cinergi. This logo was seen on pre-2006 prints of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', though newer remastered prints have it plastered with the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo starting with the 3D re-release. It can still be found on pre-2006 DVD and VHS releases of said film.

<u>Editor's Note</u>: Since this logo uses cel animation, the logo wasn't that bad when it made its debut back in the mid-1980s, but in the later years of the logo's use, it started to look worn out. This logo however, is a favorite of many, mainly due to the creepish music.

Nicknames: "Thunderball IV", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball IV", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball"

Logo: On a black background, the lightning bolt from the previous logo streaks in and zooms back onto a grey-blue 3D sphere. After that, the text "TOUCHSTONE PICTURES" zooms out, at first a shadow then is lit up.

Trivia: This logo was made by Picture Mill.

FX/SFX: Zooming out of the flash.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo. Usually, it uses the film's music or silence. On some films such as Under the Tuscan Sun, the synth chord in the background and the final note are removed and a different synth note sustains itself.

Music/Sounds Variant: Composer James Newton Howard wrote a theme for the logo to be specially used for Signs. Although it wound up unused, it was later featured in the respective film's expanded score album. It might have been created as a main theme for the logo in general, but this remains unknown. The possible theme can be heard here, and its alternate version can be heard here.

Availability: Seen on all Touchstone releases starting with the debut of ''Signs'' in 2002. Despite the logo appearing as early as 2002, the previous logo continued to be used until 2003, where this logo's use became more widespread, starting with ''Bringing Down the House'', released on March 7, 2003. Also seen at the start of DreamWorks films starting with ''I Am Number Four'', and at the end of trailers for those films, as well as American prints of ''The Wind Rises''.

Editor's Note: Great CGI. However, it's not as memorable as the previous logo. Also, the previous theme doesn't fit with the logo, which is probably why it was rarely used.