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'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''Splash''. Retained on TV airings and VHS and DVD prints of said film as well as on [[Disney+ Originals|Disney+]], but some late-1980s to mid-1990s issues plaster it with the early version of the 3rd logo. Pre-theatrical prints and test screenings of the film have the first Walt Disney Pictures logo instead.

'''Audio Variant:''' In other cases, it's silent.

'''Availability:''' Only known to appear on two films: ''Country'' and ''Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend''. It's intact on their respective DVD and Blu-ray releases.

* For the first two years of this logo's use, "{{color|blue|{{font|Serif|FILMS}}}}" was seen instead of "{{color|blue|{{Font|Serif|PICTURES}}}}". The "shining" of the letters is also difficult to see and the flash was bigger. This version appeared on ''My Science Project'', ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'', ''Off Beat'', ''Ruthless People'', and ''The Color of Money''.

* In its later years, the logo was enhanced with a motion blur effect added when the logo slides, and a slightly larger shine. This variant can be seen on movies like ''Unbreakable'', ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', and ''Veronica Guerin''. However, some films still use the original version.

'''Audio:''' A series of synthesized bells, ending in a "twang" when the streak appears, composed by John Debney (who also composed the 1985-2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo and the 2007-2014 [[ABC Studios]] logo). In other cases, it used the opening/closing theme of the movie or it's silent. On some films, such as ''The Color of Money'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''3 Ninjas'', and ''The Waterboy'', the film's opening score deliberately syncs up with the logo's animation. This also sometimes applies to the closing score of a film, like ''Sister Act''. In later years, the theme was rarely used, at a point that starting in the early 2000s, it was mainly mostly used on [[Spyglass Entertainment]] productions.  

* On <u>AMC's print of ''Shanghai Noon''</u>, the logo is low-pitched.

* Other times, it starts off silent, and when the oblong morphs into the ball, the opening theme starts over the second half.  

* 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'', 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, co-producer [[Cinergi Pictures Entertainment|Cinergi]] sold most international theatrical rights to Disney/Buena Vista). 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. The Australian Special Edition DVD release of ''Face/Off'' retains this logo at the start and end of the film.

* It is unclear if either this logo or Buena Vista International appears on international prints of either ''End of Days'' or ''The Hurricane'' (both [[Beacon Pictures]] productions), though some European DVDs contain the home video variant of this logo on the latter film.  

* 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 (though Touchstone is still listed at the end of the closing credits). It can still be found on pre-2006 DVD and VHS releases of said film.

* Surprisingly, this can be seen at the start of the original UK VHS release of ''Pulp Fiction'', before the [[Miramax Films]] logo.  

* Seen on all Touchstone releases starting with the debut of ''Signs'' in 2002, and ending with ''The Light Between Oceans'' in 2016.  

* Also seen at the start of [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] films from ''I Am Number Four'' to ''The Light Between Oceans'' (on US prints), and at the end of trailers for those films, as well as American prints of ''The Wind Rises''.