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'''Music/Sounds:''' A loud, battling horn with a flute and drum/timpani fanfare. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A loud, battling horn with a flute and drum/timpani fanfare. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* Sometimes, it is silent or has the films opening theme. | *Sometimes, it is silent or has the films opening theme. | ||
* On recent prints of ''Scream and Scream Again'' (1970) such as on TCM and on a February 22, 2023 UK airing on Talking Pictures UK, this has the 1997 Orion Pictures logo theme, due to a sloppy reverse plastering error. | *On recent prints of ''Scream and Scream Again'' (1970) such as on TCM and on a February 22, 2023 UK airing on Talking Pictures UK, this has the 1997 Orion Pictures logo theme, due to a sloppy reverse plastering error. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Still intact on films such as ''Bucket of Blood'' and ''The Dunwich Horror'', usually with the 1997 Orion Pictures logo and/or the MGM lion preceding it. | '''Availability:''' Rare. Still intact on films such as ''Bucket of Blood'' and ''The Dunwich Horror'', usually with the 1997 Orion Pictures logo and/or the MGM lion preceding it. | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the Capitol building inside the same "ai" from the previous logo. The text "an American International Picture" appears next to it. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the Capitol building inside the same "ai" from the previous logo. The text "an American International Picture" appears next to it. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*A version with "Release" instead of "Picture" exists. | *A version with "Release" instead of "Picture" exists. | ||
*Another variant with the text "American International Pictures" vertically exists. The text here is much bigger than usual. | *Another variant with the text "American International Pictures" vertically exists. The text here is much bigger than usual. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* On ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'', it has a majestic fanfare. | *On ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'', it has a majestic fanfare. | ||
* On the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM DVD]] of ''Bucktown'' (1975), it uses the last half of the 1997 [[Orion Pictures]] theme, even though the latter logo precedes the AIP logo. This is one of the strangest editing errors ever known. | *On the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM DVD]] of ''Bucktown'' (1975), it uses the last half of the 1997 [[Orion Pictures]] theme, even though the latter logo precedes the AIP logo. This is one of the strangest editing errors ever known. | ||
* On the separate PAL DVDs of ''The Evictors'' (which is available as a bonus movie on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD of ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'', which has the regular version instead), the logo is heard with the 1995 MGM lion roar that coincides with "The Roaring Paramount Mountain" on a foreign TV airing of ''Braddock: Missing in Action II'', as well as the Universal Pictures variant on select foreign prints of ''Conan The Destroyer'' and ''Firestarter''. | * On the separate PAL DVDs of ''The Evictors'' (which is available as a bonus movie on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD of ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'', which has the regular version instead), the logo is heard with the 1995 MGM lion roar that coincides with "The Roaring Paramount Mountain" on a foreign TV airing of ''Braddock: Missing in Action II'', as well as the Universal Pictures variant on select foreign prints of ''Conan The Destroyer'' and ''Firestarter''. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
* Common on most AIP films from the era, usually proceeded with the MGM and/or Orion logo on home video releases such as ''Black Caesar'', ''Hell Up in Harlem'', ''Truck Turner'', ''Sugar Hill'', ''Coffy'', ''Foxy Brown'', etc. | *Common on most AIP films from the era, usually proceeded with the MGM and/or Orion logo on home video releases such as ''Black Caesar'', ''Hell Up in Harlem'', ''Truck Turner'', ''Sugar Hill'', ''Coffy'', ''Foxy Brown'', etc. | ||
* However, some DVD releases of movies such as ''Bucktown'', ''Breaker! Breaker!'' and ''Joyride'' get iffy with the logo. | *However, some DVD releases of movies such as ''Bucktown'', ''Breaker! Breaker!'' and ''Joyride'' get iffy with the logo. | ||
* On the early '90s [[GoodTimes Entertainment|GoodTimes]] VHS release of ''Breaker! Breaker!'', the logo was replaced with the abridged 1988 [[Orion Home Video]] logo and the DVD print only has the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion and the start of the film. | *On the early '90s [[GoodTimes Entertainment|GoodTimes]] VHS release of ''Breaker! Breaker!'', the logo was replaced with the abridged 1988 [[Orion Home Video]] logo and the DVD print only has the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion and the start of the film. | ||
* The VHS and DVD releases of ''Bucktown'' replace it with the Orion Pictures logo (1982 logo on VHS, 1997 logo on DVD) and the DVD of ''Joyride'' only has the MGM logo. | * The VHS and DVD releases of ''Bucktown'' replace it with the Orion Pictures logo (1982 logo on VHS, 1997 logo on DVD) and the DVD of ''Joyride'' only has the MGM logo. | ||
* The closing version is sort of uncommon as it often had it in the style of the credits, but it's intact on the DVD releases of ''Black Caesar'' and ''Hell Up in Harlem'', as well as the Goodtimes VHS release of ''Breaker! Breaker!''. | *The closing version is sort of uncommon as it often had it in the style of the credits, but it's intact on the DVD releases of ''Black Caesar'' and ''Hell Up in Harlem'', as well as the Goodtimes VHS release of ''Breaker! Breaker!''. | ||
* As the 1994 [[Image Entertainment|Image]]/Orion Home Video Laserdisc of ''Meteor'' uses an international print, the [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] Shield of Staleness appears there instead. | *As the 1994 [[Image Entertainment|Image]]/Orion Home Video Laserdisc of ''Meteor'' uses an international print, the [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] Shield of Staleness appears there instead. | ||
'''Legacy:''' This is the most well-known logo from AIP, as it was in use for 9 years. | '''Legacy:''' This is the most well-known logo from AIP, as it was in use for 9 years. | ||