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'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral fanfare that sounds very similar to the Star Wars Theme, with the last piece sounding eerily similar to Star Trek's theme.
'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral fanfare that sounds very similar to the Star Wars Theme, with the last piece sounding eerily similar to Star Trek's theme.


'''Availability:''' Extinct.
'''Availability:''' Extinct. Last seen on HBO in 1982, so your best bet would be to check old VHS/Betamax recordings.


'''Editor's Note:''' The music may not sit well with some. It should be noted that the last part of the animation would be used for the next five openings, so you better get use to it.
'''Editor's Note:''' The music may not sit well with some. It should be noted that the last part of the animation would be used for the next five openings, so you better get use to it.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazzy version of the fanfare. Fits well with this bumper.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazzy version of the fanfare. Fits well with this bumper.


'''Availability:''' Extinct. It was last seen on HBO around 1982. This appears in very high quality on ''The World of Robert Abel'', an installment in Pioneer's 1985 LaserDisc series ''Visual Pioneers''.
'''Availability:''' Extinct. Again you should check old HBO recordings to find it. This appears in very high quality on ''The World of Robert Abel'', an installment in Pioneer's 1985 LaserDisc series ''Visual Pioneers''.


'''Editor's Note:''' The music might be loud to some.
'''Editor's Note:''' The music might be loud to some.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' An alternate version of the fanfare used in the first logo, only more slower and louder.
'''Music/Sounds:''' An alternate version of the fanfare used in the first logo, only more slower and louder.


'''Availability:''' Extinct. It was last seen on HBO in the early '80s.
'''Availability:''' Extinct. Last seen on HBO in 1982.


'''Editor's Note:''' The flashing effects and loud music might not sit well with most people.
'''Editor's Note:''' The flashing effects and loud music might not sit well with most people.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A relaxing synth version of the fanfare mixed with drums.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A relaxing synth version of the fanfare mixed with drums.


'''Availability:''' Extinct. This was the last intro HBO used until the "HBO In Space" logo was created.
'''Availability:''' Extinct. This was the last intro HBO used until the "HBO In Space" logo debuted in September 1982.


'''Editor's Note:''' A nice logo with great animation, even with the same slapped-on ending, though it's absolutely ''nothing'' compared to the next opening.
'''Editor's Note:''' A nice logo with great animation, even with the same slapped-on ending, though it's absolutely ''nothing'' compared to the next opening.
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*Two April Fools Day variants that used a much cheaper version of the city with HBO monolith, and end card also exist: one used "HBO Feature Presentation" in the style of a rebus puzzle (H-bee-O Feet-Y-oar Present-A-shun) which flipped up into the screen, while the other had the "lyrics" to the song in a "follow the bouncing ball" style over the model city. When we reach to space, the familiar HBO is now in aluminum foil held by string and is spins around by a hand. "HBO FEATURE PRESENTATION" in cheaply arranged paper letters fade in on a black background with a pair of live-action hands making odd movements briefly over it (the rebus puzzle version also faded to this, but with only a half-second of hand movement).
*Two April Fools Day variants that used a much cheaper version of the city with HBO monolith, and end card also exist: one used "HBO Feature Presentation" in the style of a rebus puzzle (H-bee-O Feet-Y-oar Present-A-shun) which flipped up into the screen, while the other had the "lyrics" to the song in a "follow the bouncing ball" style over the model city. When we reach to space, the familiar HBO is now in aluminum foil held by string and is spins around by a hand. "HBO FEATURE PRESENTATION" in cheaply arranged paper letters fade in on a black background with a pair of live-action hands making odd movements briefly over it (the rebus puzzle version also faded to this, but with only a half-second of hand movement).
*Some end cards had the lines colored royal blue or a red-gray gradient.
*Some end cards had the lines colored royal blue or a red-gray gradient.
*A somewhat rare version exists. After the man tunes the cable to HBO, we can see his family sharing popcorn while HBO started to be tuned on TV before zooming out the window. This was apparently used when this intro first debuted.
*A somewhat rare version exists. After the man tunes the cable to HBO, we can see his family sharing popcorn while HBO started to be tuned on TV before zooming out the window. This was apparently used in the first weeks this intro debuted.
*Occasionally, during debuts of popular films, when the streaks move around the "O" it would cross-fade into a promo, and when the promo ended it would fade back to the "Feature Presentation" version, which would end as normal.
*Occasionally, during debuts of popular films, when the streaks move around the "O" it would cross-fade into a promo, and when the promo ended it would fade back to the "Feature Presentation" version, which would end as normal.
*For HBO's joint venture with Silver Screen Partners, the part in space had been adapted for their logo; this was only seen on the 1984 movie Flashpoint.
*For HBO's joint venture with Silver Screen Partners, the part in space had been adapted for their logo; this was only seen on the 1984 movie Flashpoint.
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'''FX/SFX:''' The zooming and rising.
'''FX/SFX:''' The zooming and rising.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized rock fanfare.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized rock fanfare with guitar and drums.


'''Availability:''' Mainly appeared on HBO specials in the late '80s-early '90s, though it appeared as late as 1998. It appeared on The Roseanne Barr Special and George Carlin's Jammin' in New York. Most of the specials are on home video; the latter title contains it. It also appeared when HBO aired The Celluloid Closet.
'''Availability:''' Mainly appeared on HBO specials in the late '80s-early '90s, though it appeared as late as 1998. It appeared on The Roseanne Barr Special and George Carlin's Jammin' in New York. Most of the specials are on home video; the latter title contains it. It also appeared when HBO aired The Celluloid Closet.
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Road", "HBO 2000", "Welcome to the New Millennium, HBO!", "HBGlow", "HBO in the Harbor", "HBO City Revisited", "HBO City II"
'''Nicknames:''' "The Road", "HBO 2000", "Welcome to the New Millennium, HBO!", "HBGlow", "HBO in the Harbor", "HBO City Revisited", "HBO City II"


'''Opening:''' We see a busy street corner with a theater (a homage to the original theater from the 1982 opening) whose marquee reads "HBO FEATURE PRESENTATION". We zoom into the theater, pass the box office and into a bright light. We end up zooming down a road in a residential neighborhood with cars driving and people walking about. The camera goes through a bridge superstructure shaped like an "H". We end up zooming down a rural highway, passing farms and such. After we hit some fog, we are on a mountain road, flying over a pit, and we head down a "B" shaped tunnel. We end up on a desert road surrounded with gorges and cliffs at the other end, and we zoom into a truck with an "O" shaped, cylindrical tank, taking us through another transition. We end up zooming through a CGI rendering of "HBO City" from the 1982 opening, and into a skyscraper-filled downtown. Passing through the buildings with a lens flare effect, we travel down a freeway as lights quickly power up from behind buildings, and then more lights activate ahead of us. The camera pans and takes us into an aerial view above the clouds, and we see the spotlights are outlining an HBO-logo shaped harbor. The 3D letters "FEATURE" go into place over the HBO logo, and a flash below that brings forth the word "PRESENTATION" on a black rectangle as we tilt above the HBO-harbor.
'''Opening:''' We see a busy street corner with a theater (a homage to the original theater from the 1982 opening) whose marquee reads "HBO FEATURE PRESENTATION". We zoom into the theater, pass the box office and into a bright light. We end up zooming down a street in a residential neighborhood with cars driving and people walking about. The camera goes through a bridge superstructure shaped like an "H". We end up zooming down a rural highway, passing farms and such. After we hit some fog, we are on a mountain road, flying over a pit, and we head down a "B" shaped tunnel. We end up on a desert road surrounded with gorges and cliffs at the other end, and we zoom into a truck with an "O" shaped, cylindrical tank, taking us through another transition. We end up zooming through a CGI rendering of "HBO City" from the 1982 opening, then into a skyscraper-filled downtown. Passing through the buildings with a lens flare effect, we travel down a freeway as lights quickly power up from behind buildings, and then more lights activate ahead of us. The camera pans and takes us into an aerial view above the clouds, and we see the spotlights are outlining an HBO-logo shaped harbor. The 3D letters "FEATURE" go into place over the HBO logo, and a flash below that brings forth the word "PRESENTATION" on a black rectangle as we tilt above the HBO-harbor.


'''Variant:''' A shorter, much more common version of this logo was available, which starts off with the lights lighting up. The full version as described above was only shown on Saturday night movie premieres.
'''Variant:''' A shorter, much more common version of this logo was available, which starts off with the lights lighting up. The full version as described above was only shown on Saturday night movie premieres.
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