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'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral flute piece that switches to a bombastic orchestral horn/drum fanfare. | '''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral flute piece that switches to a bombastic orchestral horn/drum fanfare. | ||
'''Music/Sounds | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* A high tone variant also exists. | |||
* Sometimes it's silent or out of sync with the animation. | |||
'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The music was sourced from two separate tracks from the Bruton Music library, "Destiny" (composed by Keith Mansfield) and "Endeavour" (composed by John A. Coleman). "Destiny" was also used for the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] coming attractions bumper, and "Endeavour" appears in the 1980 [[Gold Key Entertainment]] logo. | '''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The music was sourced from two separate tracks from the Bruton Music library, "Destiny" (composed by Keith Mansfield) and "Endeavour" (composed by John A. Coleman). "Destiny" was also used for the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] coming attractions bumper, and "Endeavour" appears in the 1980 [[Gold Key Entertainment]] logo. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | ||
* This logo was only seen on UK 35mm release prints of ITC productions and titles they only distributed. Used in conjunction with the next logo below until at least mid-1982. Films that originally had this include ''Porridge: The Film'', ''The Big Sleep'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Saturn 3'', ''Hawk the Slayer'', and the ''Space: 1999'' films ''Destination: Moonbase Alpha'' (where this logo debuted), later 35mm UK theatrical prints of ''Invasion UFO'' (1976 compilation movie), as well as early theatrical prints of ''Cosmic Princess'' and ''Journey Through the Black Sun.'' | * This logo was only seen on UK 35mm release prints of ITC productions and titles they only distributed. | ||
* This logo may have been seen on pre-certification VHS releases by [[ITC Home Video|ITC Home Video]]. | * Used in conjunction with the next logo below until at least mid-1982. | ||
* It remains intact on the current UK digital/HDTV airings, as well as the Second Sight UK | * Films that originally had this include ''Porridge: The Film'', ''The Big Sleep'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Saturn 3'', ''Hawk the Slayer'', and the ''Space: 1999'' films ''Destination: Moonbase Alpha'' (where this logo debuted), later 35mm UK theatrical prints of ''Invasion UFO'' (1976 compilation movie), as well as early theatrical prints of ''Cosmic Princess'' and ''Journey Through the Black Sun.'' | ||
* It was also intact on Film4 airings of ''Porridge: The Film'' from the 2010s, due to an older print being used while newer BBC airings used current prints that cut this out. | * This logo may have also been seen on pre-certification VHS releases by [[ITC Home Video|ITC Home Video]]. | ||
* While [[CBS/Fox Video]] controlled the video rights to the ITC library, this was retained on American video prints of ''Escape to Athena'', which used the longer international theatrical version as its source instead of the shorter, more action-oriented American theatrical version. | * It also remains intact on the current UK digital/HDTV airings, as well as the Second Sight UK Blu-ray release, of ''Gregory's Girl'' (which had the next logo below on UK 35mm release prints and the original pre-cert Hokushin Audio Visual VHS release), and the theatrical trailer for ''The Evictors'' on the US Shout Factory Blu-ray release of said film. | ||
* It is also allegedly intact on the Network UK Blu-ray releases of the ''Space: 1999'' films ''Destination: Moonbase Alpha'' and the 1976 ''Invasion UFO'' compilation movie. | |||
* It was also intact on Film4 airings of ''Porridge: The Film'' from the 2010s, due to an older print being used while newer BBC airings used current prints that cut this out instead. | |||
* While [[CBS/Fox Video]] controlled the video rights to the ITC library, this was still retained on American video prints of ''Escape to Athena'', which used the longer international theatrical version as its source instead of the shorter, more action-oriented American theatrical version. | |||
'''Legacy:''' A favourite among many thanks to the animation and music. | '''Legacy:''' A favourite among many thanks to the animation and music. | ||