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'''Technique:''' Analog computer effects.
'''Technique:''' Analog computer effects.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A disco-like fanfare, with an announcer saying "The following program is a special presentation from Home Box Office".
'''Audio:''' A disco-like fanfare, with an announcer saying "The following program is a special presentation from Home Box Office".


'''Availability:''' Only seen on the channel's first broadcasts.
'''Availability:''' Only seen on the channel's first broadcasts.
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'''Technique:''' A mix of live-action shots and backlit cel animation, shot with motion control cameras and slit-scan, then composited together (similar to how the space battles in ''Star Wars'' were made). All of the 1979 idents were produced at Robert Abel & Associates.
'''Technique:''' A mix of live-action shots and backlit cel animation, shot with motion control cameras and slit-scan, then composited together (similar to how the space battles in ''Star Wars'' were made). All of the 1979 idents were produced at Robert Abel & Associates.


'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral fanfare that sounds very similar to the ''Star Wars'' theme, with the last portion sounding eerily similar to ''Star Trek''<nowiki/>'s theme.
'''Audio:''' An orchestral fanfare that sounds very similar to the ''Star Wars'' theme, with the last portion sounding eerily similar to ''Star Trek''<nowiki/>'s theme.


'''Availability:''' Last seen on HBO in 1982, so your best bet would be to check old VHS/Betamax recordings.
'''Availability:''' Last seen on HBO in 1982, so your best bet would be to check old VHS/Betamax recordings.
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'''Technique:''' Cel animation, combined with camera-controlled animation effects.
'''Technique:''' Cel animation, combined with camera-controlled animation effects.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazzy version of the fanfare.
'''Audio:''' A jazzy version of the fanfare.


'''Availability:''' Again you should check old HBO recordings to find it. This appears on ''The World of Robert Abel'', an installment in Pioneer's 1985 LaserDisc series ''Visual Pioneers''.
'''Availability:''' Again you should check old HBO recordings to find it. This appears on ''The World of Robert Abel'', an installment in Pioneer's 1985 LaserDisc series ''Visual Pioneers''.
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'''Technique:''' Scanimate animation, combined with the motion-controlled ending.
'''Technique:''' Scanimate animation, combined with the motion-controlled ending.


'''Music/Sounds:''' An alternate version of the fanfare used in the first logo of the time, only slower and louder.
'''Audio:''' An alternate version of the fanfare used in the first logo of the time, only slower and louder.


'''Availability:''' Last seen on HBO in 1982.
'''Availability:''' Last seen on HBO in 1982.
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'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled/cel animation.
'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled/cel animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A bouncy disco version of the fanfare.
'''Audio:''' A bouncy disco version of the fanfare.




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'''Technique:''' A combination of CGI and live-action.
'''Technique:''' A combination of CGI and live-action.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A rather moody, funky, and smooth version of the fanfare.  
'''Audio:''' A rather moody, funky, and smooth version of the fanfare.  




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'''Technique:''' Scanimate, combined with the camera-controlled animated ending.
'''Technique:''' Scanimate, combined with the camera-controlled animated ending.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A relaxing synth version of the fanfare mixed with drums.
'''Audio:''' A relaxing synth version of the fanfare mixed with drums.


'''Availability:''' This was the last intro HBO used until the "HBO In Space" logo debuted in September 1982.
'''Availability:''' This was the last intro HBO used until the "HBO In Space" logo debuted in September 1982.
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'''Technique:''' It's worth nothing that not a single computer-generated image was used to make this bumper. The city is an intricately detailed model with lightbulbs placed under the houses, from which a motorized camera was used to film it. There were also crew members who puffed smoke into the city to add the atmosphere. The starburst before the HBO logo appears is the "stargate" animation, made with two pieces of art and is moved around and animated traditionally, frame-by-frame. The HBO logo itself is a model made of brass and is chrome-plated and combined with the starry sky background. The part with the colored rays was actually a series of fiber optics with motors and gears and pulleys used to change the colors and move them around and put inside the chrome "O". All done by Liberty Studios in New York City.
'''Technique:''' It's worth nothing that not a single computer-generated image was used to make this bumper. The city is an intricately detailed model with lightbulbs placed under the houses, from which a motorized camera was used to film it. There were also crew members who puffed smoke into the city to add the atmosphere. The starburst before the HBO logo appears is the "stargate" animation, made with two pieces of art and is moved around and animated traditionally, frame-by-frame. The HBO logo itself is a model made of brass and is chrome-plated and combined with the starry sky background. The part with the colored rays was actually a series of fiber optics with motors and gears and pulleys used to change the colors and move them around and put inside the chrome "O". All done by Liberty Studios in New York City.


'''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of the TV in the opening scene (beginning with a TV host saying "On your big bonus question for..." before getting cut off when the man changes the channel), then some honking horns and city noises (or, in the short version, a whoosh, and the fog variant contains wind sounds) A piano/string chord is heard, which leads into a dramatic orchestral theme that gets progressively more tense. When the star explodes, phasing sounds are heard, culminating in a very loud, upbeat, almost disco-style horn-driven overture, ending with synth sweeps (representing the rays "inside" the "O"). Composed by Ferdinand J. Smith with a 65-man orchestra.
'''Audio:''' The sounds of the TV in the opening scene (beginning with a TV host saying "On your big bonus question for..." before getting cut off when the man changes the channel), then some honking horns and city noises (or, in the short version, a whoosh, and the fog variant contains wind sounds) A piano/string chord is heard, which leads into a dramatic orchestral theme that gets progressively more tense. When the star explodes, phasing sounds are heard, culminating in a very loud, upbeat, almost disco-style horn-driven overture, ending with synth sweeps (representing the rays "inside" the "O"). Composed by Ferdinand J. Smith with a 65-man orchestra.


'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' There is a full length pop version of the theme, also composed by Ferdinand Smith. You can listen to it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3PjdRkzu1k here]. Another version of said extended remix with lyrics, known as "The Fantasy", exists as well.
'''Audio Trivia:''' There is a full length pop version of the theme, also composed by Ferdinand Smith. You can listen to it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3PjdRkzu1k here]. Another version of said extended remix with lyrics, known as "The Fantasy", exists as well.


'''Music/Sound Variants:'''
'''Music/Sound Variants:'''
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'''Technique:''' CGI by [[Pacific Data Images]].
'''Technique:''' CGI by [[Pacific Data Images]].


'''Music/Sounds:''' A loud electric guitar tune, which culminates into a brief, funky new wave theme that at the very end ends with another electric guitar strum and a twinkling fade-out.  
'''Audio:''' A loud electric guitar tune, which culminates into a brief, funky new wave theme that at the very end ends with another electric guitar strum and a twinkling fade-out.  


'''Availability:''' It was last seen on HBO in the late '90s.  
'''Availability:''' It was last seen on HBO in the late '90s.  
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'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


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


'''Music/Sounds:''' It begins with an electric guitar solo that segues into a synthesized rock piece with bells heard as the "O"s fly down and synched with the "O"s landing on top of each other.
'''Audio:''' It begins with an electric guitar solo that segues into a synthesized rock piece with bells heard as the "O"s fly down and synched with the "O"s landing on top of each other.


'''Availability:''' Was seen at the beginning of TV movies produced by HBO at the time and only on their original broadcasts.
'''Availability:''' Was seen at the beginning of TV movies produced by HBO at the time and only on their original broadcasts.
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'''Technique:''' CGI produced by Jill Taffet at Pacific Data Images.
'''Technique:''' CGI produced by Jill Taffet at Pacific Data Images.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A calypso/rock theme with a voiceover saying "Blockbuster movies. Original movies!" (cheering) "Boxing." (Series 1000 boxing ring bell sound effect) (boxing commentator mentions "Holyfield") "Big music events." (few guitar notes, voice, cheering) "HBO for kids." "Toto, come on, here boy! We haven't got much time Toto!" "Serious comedy." "Is this funny or what?" (Series 1000 laughing sound effect) "HBO."
'''Audio:''' A calypso/rock theme with a voiceover saying "Blockbuster movies. Original movies!" (cheering) "Boxing." (Series 1000 boxing ring bell sound effect) (boxing commentator mentions "Holyfield") "Big music events." (few guitar notes, voice, cheering) "HBO for kids." "Toto, come on, here boy! We haven't got much time Toto!" "Serious comedy." "Is this funny or what?" (Series 1000 laughing sound effect) "HBO."


'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''  
'''Audio Variants:'''  
*"Movies" ID: A voiceover (with a robotic filter) says "''Die Hard 2''. ''Young Guns 2''. ''Presumed Innocent''. ''Flatliners''. ''Days of Thunder''. ''Goodfellas''. ''Ghost''. ''Rocky V''. ''Postcards from Heaven''." Another voiceover says "Simply the best movies!"
*"Movies" ID: A voiceover (with a robotic filter) says "''Die Hard 2''. ''Young Guns 2''. ''Presumed Innocent''. ''Flatliners''. ''Days of Thunder''. ''Goodfellas''. ''Ghost''. ''Rocky V''. ''Postcards from Heaven''." Another voiceover says "Simply the best movies!"


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'''Technique:''' CGI, often mixed with live action, produced by Telezign.
'''Technique:''' CGI, often mixed with live action, produced by Telezign.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A 12-note cover of the 1982 fanfare in different instruments depending on the variant, composed by RK Music. The "Now" variant features an announcer saying over the music "It's on, now. [brief description of movie]. [2 actors from movie] in, [movie title]. It's on HBO, right now."
'''Audio:''' A 12-note cover of the 1982 fanfare in different instruments depending on the variant, composed by RK Music. The "Now" variant features an announcer saying over the music "It's on, now. [brief description of movie]. [2 actors from movie] in, [movie title]. It's on HBO, right now."


'''Availability:''' These opens were only used for two years before the next one came along.
'''Availability:''' These opens were only used for two years before the next one came along.
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'''Technique:''' CGI, directed and designed by Mark Johnston at Pittard Sullivan and animated by Computer Cafe.
'''Technique:''' CGI, directed and designed by Mark Johnston at Pittard Sullivan and animated by Computer Cafe.


'''Music/Sounds:''' The long version has a powerful, dramatic orchestral fanfare that uses the 12-note HBO fanfare at the beginning, and near the end. During the "HBO City" sequence, there are whooshes that can be heard from passing cars and buses. The short version has just the final seconds of the orchestral fanfare.
'''Audio:''' The long version has a powerful, dramatic orchestral fanfare that uses the 12-note HBO fanfare at the beginning, and near the end. During the "HBO City" sequence, there are whooshes that can be heard from passing cars and buses. The short version has just the final seconds of the orchestral fanfare.


'''Availability:''' It may appear on old tapes, DVDs, and/or digital recordings. Also appeared on most of the HBO multiplex channels from 2002 on (with the exception of HBO Family).
'''Availability:''' It may appear on old tapes, DVDs, and/or digital recordings. Also appeared on most of the HBO multiplex channels from 2002 on (with the exception of HBO Family).
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'''Technique:''' Basic CGI done by Jesse Vartanian.
'''Technique:''' Basic CGI done by Jesse Vartanian.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A brief ascending section of strings, followed by an orchestrated version of the 12-note HBO fanfare, composed by Man Made Music. HBO also made a prototype fanfare featuring just a latter part of the music out of just a bass and violin, which was exclusively used on HBO Family.
'''Audio:''' A brief ascending section of strings, followed by an orchestrated version of the 12-note HBO fanfare, composed by Man Made Music. HBO also made a prototype fanfare featuring just a latter part of the music out of just a bass and violin, which was exclusively used on HBO Family.


'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' An alternate version exists where the HBO fanfare sounds different and using the familiar tone from the previous opening. It was also heard on HBO Canada.
'''Audio Variant:''' An alternate version exists where the HBO fanfare sounds different and using the familiar tone from the previous opening. It was also heard on HBO Canada.


'''Availability:''' This bumper was retired by HBO USA on July 4, 2014. On HBO Asia, this bumper was used until December 31, 2016; but is still being used by HBO Signature Asia.
'''Availability:''' This bumper was retired by HBO USA on July 4, 2014. On HBO Asia, this bumper was used until December 31, 2016; but is still being used by HBO Signature Asia.
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'''Technique:''' Simple computer animation.
'''Technique:''' Simple computer animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as before, but an announcer says "And now, an HBO feature presentation". There's also a different variant where an announcer says "And now, an HBO feature presentation: [movie title]." On HBO Asia, there's no announcer. Same with the version on HBO Family USA.
'''Audio:''' Same as before, but an announcer says "And now, an HBO feature presentation". There's also a different variant where an announcer says "And now, an HBO feature presentation: [movie title]." On HBO Asia, there's no announcer. Same with the version on HBO Family USA.


'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
'''Audio Variants:'''
*On the HBO Asia ''GOT'' version, it uses a different orchestrated fanfare.
*On the HBO Asia ''GOT'' version, it uses a different orchestrated fanfare.
*An alternate fanfare from the previous opening is used.
*An alternate fanfare from the previous opening is used.
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'''Technique:''' A blend of live-action and CGI that homages the 8th and 14th openings. It was made by Imaginary Forces.
'''Technique:''' A blend of live-action and CGI that homages the 8th and 14th openings. It was made by Imaginary Forces.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Similar to that of the 14th opening, it's another powerful, epic orchestral fanfare that incorporates the 12-note 1982 fanfare, starting with only a piano, before progressing with some strings, and leading into a full, passionate orchestra. Plus, you can hear the city noises and river sounds. Composed by Man Made Music.
'''Audio:''' Similar to that of the 14th opening, it's another powerful, epic orchestral fanfare that incorporates the 12-note 1982 fanfare, starting with only a piano, before progressing with some strings, and leading into a full, passionate orchestra. Plus, you can hear the city noises and river sounds. Composed by Man Made Music.


'''Availability:''' Debuted on February 28, 2017 as an unlisted video on HBO's YouTube channel. This full version premiered on HBO on March 4, 2017, before its premiere of ''X-Men: Apocalypse'', and can be seen before new movies every Saturday night. The short version can be seen before most movies on the HBO channels (except HBO Family, and if there are promos before the movie).
'''Availability:''' Debuted on February 28, 2017 as an unlisted video on HBO's YouTube channel. This full version premiered on HBO on March 4, 2017, before its premiere of ''X-Men: Apocalypse'', and can be seen before new movies every Saturday night. The short version can be seen before most movies on the HBO channels (except HBO Family, and if there are promos before the movie).
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